by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding how Florida Technical 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 Florida Technical College . Remember, every extra semester it takes to graduate will increase the cost of your degree.
You have to make it past freshman year in order to graduate. With only 29.0% of students staying on to become sophomores, Florida Technical College has among the worst freshman retention rates in the country.
Nationwide, the average first year to second year retention rate is 69.0% . When looking at just colleges and universities in Florida , the average is 69.0% .
At Florida Technical College , there were 4,285 bachelors degree candidates in the class of 2016 . By 2018 , six years after beginning their degree, 37.3% of these students had graduated. After an additional two years, 37.3% 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 62.7% did not graduate within eight years. Of these 2,689 students, 0 were still working towards their degree, 49 had transferred to a different institution, and Florida Technical College lost contact with the remaining 2,639 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 32.0% , first-time students in the Florida Technical College class of 2016 who attended classes full-time had a graduation rate similar to the national average. After six years, the graduation rate was 33.8% and by 2020 ,33.8% 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.
Studies have shown that high-achieving students are more likely to complete their degree on time. Given the academic preparedness of the first-time / full-time students accepted to Florida Technical College , we expected that after six years about 37.8% of them would have completed their undergraduate degree.
Of these 2,086 students, 0 were still working towards their degree, 41 had transferred to a different institution, and Florida Technical College lost contact with the remaining 2,045 whom we assume dropped out.
None of the students in Florida Technical College's class of 2016 were classified as as a "first-time" student attending classes "part-time".
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.
With a six year graduation rate of 46.9% , returning students in the Florida Technical 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 46.9% .
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 602 students, 0 were still working towards their degree, 8 had transferred to a different institution, and Florida Technical College lost contact with the remaining 594 whom we assume dropped out.
None of the students in Florida Technical College's class of 2016 were classified as as a "returning" student attending classes "part-time".
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for returning undergraduates attending classes part-time is: 36.0% after six years and 37.8% after eight years.
