by our College Data Analytics TeamAre students coming back to L.A. County School of Nursing after their first year? Are L.A. County School of Nursing students graduating in a timely manner? What happens to the students who don't graduate? Get all your questions answered here.
Freshmen retention rate refers to the percentage of first-time / full-time students who return for their second year.
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Nationwide, the average first to second year retention rate is 70.57%.
When looking at just colleges and universities in California, the average is 73.07%.
| Retention Rate | |
|---|---|
| L.A. County School of Nursing | |
| Nationwide | 70.57% |
| California | 73.07% |
Of the 80 students in the class of 2015, how many completed their degree on time?
Four years after beginning their degree, <nil>% of those students had graduated. By 2017, six years after starting their degree, 74% of the students had graduated and after eight years 74% of this class completed their degree.
The official graduation rate of L.A. County School of Nursing is 74%. This is the percentage of students who completed their degree within 150% of the published time. That means six years for a standard bachelor's degree program.
| Completion Within | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 80 | 74% |
| Six Years | 80 | 74% |
| Eight Years | 0 | 0% |
| Did Not Complete | 28 | 26% |
Approximately 28 students or 26% of the cohort did not complete their degree within eight years.
What happened to the 28 students who did not complete their degree?
0 are still enrolled.
8 transferred to another institution.
L.A. County School of Nursing lost contact with the remaining 20 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.0% |
| Transferred | 8 | 28.6% |
| Dropped Out | 20 | 71.4% |
Some schools have mainly first-time, full-time students, while others cater to part-time students, transfer students, or adult learners. For a variety of reasons first-time, full-time students under the age of 25 are usually more likely to graduate in four years.
Traditional Students:
First-time, full-time students under the age of 25.
Non-Traditional Students:
Any student that is not first-time, full-time, and under the age of 25.
Comparing the graduation rates of specific cohorts shown below will be more revealing than the overall statistics shared above.
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data on L.A. County School of Nursing first-time, full-time students.
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data on L.A. County School of Nursing first-time, part-time students.
108 L.A. County School of Nursing students were classified as full-time / not first-time. This represents 100.00% of the students in the class of 2015.
With a six year graduation rate of 74%, returning students in the class of 2015 and attended classes full-time had a graduation rate higher than the national average.
After eight years, the graduation rate was 74%.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for non first-time undergraduates attending classes part-time is: 36.03% after six years, 36.03% after eight years.
| Returning / Part-Time Completions | L.A. County School of Nursing | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 0% | 30.46% |
| Six Years | 74% | 36.03% |
| Eight Years | 74% | 37.80% |
28 non first-time / part-time students or 26% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
0 are still enrolled.
8 transferred to another institution.
L.A. County School of Nursing lost contact with the remaining 20 who we assumed dropped out.
| Returning / Part-Time Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.00% |
| Transferred | 8 | 28.57% |
| Dropped Out | 20 | 71.43% |
