by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding how Los Angeles City 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 Los Angeles City College . Remember, every extra semester it takes to graduate will increase the cost of your degree.
In order to graduate you have to make it past freshman year. With only 64.0% of students staying on to become sophomores, Los Angeles City College has freshman retention rates below 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 Los Angeles City College , there were 27,128 bachelors degree candidates in the class of 2016 . By 2018 , six years after beginning their degree, 18.2% of these students had graduated. After an additional two years, 20.2% 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 79.8% did not graduate within eight years. Of these 21,648 students, 297 were still working towards their degree, 10,408 had transferred to a different institution, and Los Angeles City College lost contact with the remaining 10,942 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 Los Angeles City College class of 2016 who attended classes full-time After six years, the graduation rate was 28.4% and by 2020 ,30.7% 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 742 students, 15 were still working towards their degree, 176 had transferred to a different institution, and Los Angeles City College lost contact with the remaining 551 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 16.1% , first-time students in the Los Angeles City 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 18.5% .
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 2,174 students, 23 were still working towards their degree, 660 had transferred to a different institution, and Los Angeles City College lost contact with the remaining 1,491 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 29.1% , returning students in the Los Angeles City College class of 2016 who attended classes full-time were among the least likely in the nation to graduate in a reasonable time. After eight years, the graduation rate was 31.1% .
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 3,965 students, 68 were still working towards their degree, 1,556 had transferred to a different institution, and Los Angeles City College lost contact with the remaining 2,341 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 14.4% , returning students in the Los Angeles City 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 16.2% .
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 14,766 students, 191 were still working towards their degree, 8,016 had transferred to a different institution, and Los Angeles City College lost contact with the remaining 6,559 whom we assume dropped out.
