by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding PMI San Marcos retention and graduation rates. First year retention rates let you know how many first-time, full-time students students come back for their second year. Graduation rates tell you how many students complete their degree and how long it takes.
The freshmen retention rate applies to first-time / full-time students who come back for their second year.
With 87% students making it past their freshmen year, PMI San Marcos has freshmen retention rates above the national average.
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 | |
|---|---|
| PMI San Marcos | 87% |
| Nationwide | 70.57% |
| California | 73.07% |
Of the 23 students in the class of 2023, how many completed their degree on time?
Four years after beginning their degree, 96% of those students had graduated. By 2025, six years after starting their degree, 96% of the students had graduated and after eight years 96% of this class completed their degree.
Any student who completes their bachelor's degree within six years is considered to have graduated on time, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. This makes the offical PMI San Marcos graduation rate 96%.
| Completion Within | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 23 | 96% |
| Six Years | 23 | 96% |
| Eight Years | 0 | 0% |
| Did Not Complete | 1 | 4% |
The non-completers rate is anyone who is not still enrolled at the institution after eight years. Both transfer students and drop-outs could be included in this group.
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to drop out data for Pima Medical Institute-San Marcos.
First-time, full-time students under the age of 25 are much more likely to graduate in four years. Some schools cater to mostly traditional students while others cater to 'non-traditional' students. So called 'non-traditional' students include part-time students or those who may be returning after an absense. It is common for part-time and/or adult students to take longer to graduate.
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.
Examining the graduation rates of the specific cohorts shown below may be more revealing than looking at the overall graduaton rates.
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data for this cohort at Pima Medical Institute-San Marcos.
We don’t have data for this cohort at Pima Medical Institute-San Marcos.
Returning / full-time students at Pima Medical Institute-San Marcos represent 100.00% of the students in the class of 2023.
After six years, the PMI San Marcos graduation rate was 96%, and by the eight year mark, 96% of the cohort had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for this group is 53.83% after six years, and 55.07% after eight years.
| Completions | PMI San Marcos | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 0% | 49.57% |
| Six Years | 96% | 53.83% |
| Eight Years | 96% | 55.07% |
1 non first-time / part-time students or 4% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
0 are still enrolled.
0 transferred to another institution.
PMI San Marcos lost contact with the remaining 1 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.00% |
| Transferred | 0 | 0.00% |
| Dropped Out | 1 | 100.00% |
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data for this cohort at Pima Medical Institute-San Marcos.
