by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding how Los Angeles ORT 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 ORT 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 28.0% of students staying on to become sophomores, Los Angeles ORT 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 California , the average is 74.0% .
At Los Angeles ORT College , there were 334 bachelors degree candidates in the class of 2016 . By 2018 , six years after beginning their degree, 82.0% of these students had graduated. After an additional two years, 82.0% 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 18.0% did not graduate within eight years. Of these 61 students, 0 were still working towards their degree, 4 had transferred to a different institution, and Los Angeles ORT College lost contact with the remaining 56 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 ORT College class of 2016 who attended classes full-time After six years, the graduation rate was 81.7% and by 2020 ,81.7% 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 52 students, 0 were still working towards their degree, 3 had transferred to a different institution, and Los Angeles ORT College lost contact with the remaining 49 whom we assume dropped out.
None of the students in Los Angeles ORT 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 84.0% , returning students in the Los Angeles ORT College class of 2016 who attended classes full-time were among the most likely in the nation to graduate in a reasonable time. After eight years, the graduation rate was 84.0% .
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 8 students, 0 were still working towards their degree, 1 had transferred to a different institution, and Los Angeles ORT College lost contact with the remaining 7 whom we assume dropped out.
None of the students in Los Angeles ORT 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.