by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding how East Los Angeles College's retention and graduation rates impact you. First year retention rates let you know how many students come back for their sophomore year. Graduation rates tell you how long it takes to complete a degree at East Los Angeles College . Remember, every extra semester it takes to graduate will increase the cost of your degree.
With 70.0% of students making it past their freshman year, East Los Angeles College has freshman retention rates similar to the national average.
Nationwide, the average first year to second year retention rate is 69.0% . When looking at just colleges and universities in California , the average is 74.0% .
At East Los Angeles College , there were 50,646 bachelors degree candidates in the class of 2016 . By 2018 , six years after beginning their degree, 21.2% of these students had graduated. After an additional two years, 23.1% of this class eventually completed their degree.
We consider the "on-time" graduation rate for a bachelor's degree to be four years, but colleges typically report their graduation rates after six or even eight years.
This implies that 76.9% did not graduate within eight years. Of these 38,942 students, 2,044 were still working towards their degree, 11,705 had transferred to a different institution, and East Los Angeles College lost contact with the remaining 25,192 whom we assume dropped out.
First-time, full-time students under the age of 25 are much more likely to graduate in four years (on-time). Some schools cater mostly to traditional students while others cater to “non-traditional” students who may be attending part time and thus are likely to take longer to graduate.
Comparing the graduation rates of specific cohorts shown below will be more revealing than the overall statistics shared above.
With a four year graduation rate of N/A , first-time students in the East Los Angeles College class of 2016 who attended classes full-time After six years, the graduation rate was 48.1% and by 2020 ,51.0% of this class had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for first-time undergraduates attending classes full-time is: 35.8% after four years, 46.4% after six years, and 47.8% after eight years.
Of these 861 students, 31 were still working towards their degree, 213 had transferred to a different institution, and East Los Angeles College lost contact with the remaining 617 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 14.3% , first-time students in the East Los Angeles College class of 2016 who attended classes part-time had a graduation rate similar to the national average. After eight years, the graduation rate was 16.5% .
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for first-time undergraduates attending classes part-time is: 21.6% after six years and 23.7% after eight years.
Of these 5,331 students, 196 were still working towards their degree, 792 had transferred to a different institution, and East Los Angeles College lost contact with the remaining 4,343 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 47.3% , returning students in the East Los Angeles College class of 2016 who attended classes full-time were less likely than average to graduate in a reasonable time. After eight years, the graduation rate was 49.4% .
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for returning undergraduates attending classes full-time is: 53.8% after six years and 55.1% after eight years.
Of these 3,624 students, 150 were still working towards their degree, 1,343 had transferred to a different institution, and East Los Angeles College lost contact with the remaining 2,131 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 15.8% , returning students in the East Los Angeles College class of 2016 who attended classes part-time were among the least likely in the nation to graduate in a reasonable time. After eight years, the graduation rate was 17.6% .
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for returning undergraduates attending classes part-time is: 36.0% after six years and 37.8% after eight years.
Of these 29,125 students, 1,667 were still working towards their degree, 9,357 had transferred to a different institution, and East Los Angeles College lost contact with the remaining 18,101 whom we assume dropped out.
