How Graduation Rate Changes over Past 5 Years for Pennsylvania Community Colleges

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average graduation rate of Pennsylvania Community Colleges is 52.39%. Compared to last year's rate, the 2023 graduation rate decreased by 8.21%.
Over the past 5 years, the graduation rate of Pennsylvania Community Colleges has decreased by 6.66% from 56.13% to 52.39%. Of the 90 Pennsylvania Community Colleges, 26 schools's graduation rate is higher than 5 years ago and 42 schools' rate is lower.
You can check 2023 graduation rate along with transfer-out and retention rate at Pennsylvania Community Colleges graduation rate comparison table.

Comparison Table of Graduation Rate Changes for Pennsylvania Community Colleges

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Graduation Rate Changes from 2017 to 2022 at Pennsylvania Community Colleges
School Name2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-235-Year Average
All-State Career SchoolEssington, PA43.00%46.00%
3%
48.00%
2%
54.00%
6%
26.00%
28%
43.40%
Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburgh, PA15.00%17.00%
2%
16.00%
1%
16.00%18.00%
2%
16.40%
Automotive Training Center-ExtonExton, PA65.00%58.00%
7%
59.00%
1%
65.00%
6%
71.00%
6%
63.60%
Community College of Beaver CountyMonaca, PA26.00%27.00%
1%
20.00%
7%
25.00%
5%
20.00%
5%
23.60%
Bucks County Community CollegeNewtown, PA20.00%21.00%
1%
25.00%
4%
26.00%
1%
25.00%
1%
23.40%
Butler County Community CollegeButler, PA28.00%28.00%29.00%
1%
24.00%
5%
30.00%
6%
27.80%
Citizens School of NursingTarentum, PA100.00%--66.00%70.00%
4%
78.67%
DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown, PA80.00%89.00%
9%
70.00%
19%
60.00%
10%
54.00%
6%
70.60%
Delaware County Community CollegeMedia, PA18.00%19.00%
1%
20.00%
1%
23.00%
3%
20.00%
3%
20.00%
Douglas Education CenterMonessen, PA79.00%84.00%
5%
76.00%
8%
84.00%
8%
79.00%
5%
80.40%
Erie Institute of Technology IncErie, PA68.00%86.00%
18%
71.00%
15%
83.00%
12%
70.00%
13%
75.60%
Harcum CollegeBryn Mawr, PA32.00%41.00%
9%
33.00%
8%
39.00%
6%
34.00%
5%
35.80%
Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, PA12.00%14.00%
2%
15.00%
1%
15.00%16.00%
1%
14.40%
Commonwealth Technical InstituteJohnstown, PA73.00%86.00%
13%
82.00%
4%
78.00%
4%
90.00%
12%
81.80%
UPMC Jameson School of NursingNew Castle, PA---75.00%100.00%
25%
87.50%
Great Lakes Institute of TechnologyErie, PA76.00%85.00%
9%
88.00%
3%
61.00%
27%
50.00%
11%
72.00%
Johnson CollegeScranton, PA61.00%55.00%
6%
61.00%
6%
67.00%
6%
53.00%
14%
59.40%
Lansdale School of BusinessNorth Wales, PA56.00%71.00%
15%
76.00%
5%
71.00%
5%
71.00%69.00%
Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksville, PA21.00%17.00%
4%
19.00%
2%
24.00%
5%
20.00%
4%
20.20%
Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical InstituteWyomissing, PA44.00%40.00%
4%
36.00%
4%
43.00%
7%
44.00%
1%
41.40%
Lincoln Technical Institute-AllentownAllentown, PA64.00%63.00%
1%
66.00%
3%
63.00%
3%
55.00%
8%
62.20%
Lincoln Technical Institute-PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA45.00%41.00%
4%
40.00%
1%
48.00%
8%
43.00%
5%
43.40%
UPMC St. Margaret School of NursingPittsburgh, PA25.00%50.00%
25%
66.00%
16%
75.00%
9%
38.00%
37%
50.80%
Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticoke, PA18.00%18.00%19.00%
1%
19.00%17.00%
2%
18.20%
Vet Tech InstitutePittsburgh, PA62.00%69.00%
7%
72.00%
3%
71.00%
1%
71.00%69.00%
Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of NursingPhiladelphia, PA-----0.00%
ASPIRA City CollegePhiladelphia, PA50.00%100.00%
50%
50.00%
50%
--66.67%
Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, PA22.00%24.00%
2%
24.00%20.00%
4%
23.00%
3%
22.60%
New Castle School of TradesNew Castle, PA74.00%70.00%
4%
74.00%
4%
78.00%
4%
72.00%
6%
73.60%
Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehem, PA21.00%22.00%
1%
22.00%21.00%
1%
21.00%21.40%
Penn Commercial Business/Technical SchoolWashington, PA95.00%50.00%
45%
66.00%
16%
69.00%
3%
87.00%
18%
73.40%
Pennco Tech-BristolBristol, PA78.00%75.00%
3%
79.00%
4%
74.00%
5%
72.00%
2%
75.60%
Pennsylvania Gunsmith SchoolPittsburgh, PA89.00%91.00%
2%
89.00%
2%
85.00%
4%
78.00%
7%
86.40%
Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA16.00%15.00%
1%
15.00%18.00%
3%
16.00%
2%
16.00%
University of Pittsburgh-TitusvilleTitusville, PA28.00%24.00%
4%
31.00%
7%
22.00%
9%
13.00%
9%
23.60%
Pittsburgh Institute of AeronauticsWest Mifflin, PA70.00%66.00%
4%
69.00%
3%
66.00%
3%
56.00%
10%
65.40%
Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science IncPittsburgh, PA86.00%92.00%
6%
69.00%
23%
70.00%
1%
72.00%
2%
77.80%
Joseph F McCloskey School of NursingPottsville, PA-----0.00%
Reading Area Community CollegeReading, PA20.00%21.00%
1%
23.00%
2%
23.00%20.00%
3%
21.40%
Reading Hospital School of Health SciencesReading, PA36.00%57.00%
21%
52.00%
5%
52.00%44.00%
8%
48.20%
Rosedale Technical CollegePittsburgh, PA75.00%78.00%
3%
85.00%
7%
83.00%
2%
78.00%
5%
79.80%
UPMC Shadyside School of NursingPittsburgh, PA67.00%-63.00%57.00%
6%
22.00%
35%
52.25%
Laurel Technical InstituteHermitage, PA47.00%75.00%
28%
59.00%
16%
70.00%
11%
63.00%
7%
62.80%
South Hills School of Business & TechnologyState College, PA72.00%59.00%
13%
64.00%
5%
58.00%
6%
61.00%
3%
62.80%
Thaddeus Stevens College of TechnologyLancaster, PA67.00%61.00%
6%
54.00%
7%
59.00%
5%
56.00%
3%
59.40%
Triangle Tech Inc-PittsburghPittsburgh, PA55.00%82.00%
27%
69.00%
13%
61.00%
8%
30.00%
31%
59.40%
Triangle Tech Inc-GreensburgGreensburg, PA84.00%80.00%
4%
83.00%
3%
100.00%
17%
78.00%
22%
85.00%
Triangle Tech Inc-DuboisFalls Creek, PA82.00%75.00%
7%
74.00%
1%
82.00%
8%
68.00%
14%
76.20%
Valley Forge Military CollegeWayne, PA42.00%33.00%
9%
44.00%
11%
32.00%
12%
28.00%
4%
35.80%
Washington Health System School of NursingWashington, PA-----0.00%
Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of NursingPittsburgh, PA76.00%50.00%
26%
71.00%
21%
75.00%
4%
53.00%
22%
65.00%
Pittsburgh Career InstitutePittsburgh, PA75.00%42.00%
33%
49.00%
7%
35.00%
14%
-50.25%
Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwood, PA22.00%18.00%
4%
19.00%
1%
21.00%
2%
18.00%
3%
19.60%
YTI Career Institute-YorkYork, PA62.00%63.00%
1%
56.00%
7%
52.00%
4%
46.00%
6%
55.80%
Fortis Institute-Forty FortForty Fort, PA54.00%75.00%
21%
60.00%
15%
69.00%
9%
50.00%
19%
61.60%
Laurel Business InstituteUniontown, PA69.00%80.00%
11%
77.00%
3%
75.00%
2%
87.00%
12%
77.60%
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA54.00%57.00%
3%
67.00%
10%
68.00%
1%
28.00%
40%
54.80%
West Virginia Junior College-United Career InstituteMount Braddock, PA67.00%85.00%
18%
68.00%
17%
82.00%
14%
62.00%
20%
72.80%
Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and TechnologyPleasant Gap, PA87.00%86.00%
1%
82.00%
4%
82.00%77.00%
5%
82.80%
YTI Career Institute-AltoonaAltoona, PA61.00%54.00%
7%
65.00%
11%
100.00%
35%
100.00%76.00%
Fortis Institute-ScrantonScranton, PA48.00%53.00%
5%
52.00%
1%
42.00%
10%
43.00%
1%
47.60%
Laurel Technical InstituteMEADVILLE, PA53.00%50.00%
3%
60.00%
10%
77.00%
17%
78.00%
1%
63.60%
Pennsylvania Highlands Community CollegeJohnstown, PA35.00%28.00%
7%
32.00%
4%
37.00%
5%
37.00%33.80%
Lancaster County Career and Technology CenterWillow Street, PA60.00%81.00%
21%
71.00%
10%
83.00%
12%
80.00%
3%
75.00%
Jna Institute of Culinary ArtsPhiladelphia, PA71.00%66.00%
5%
76.00%
10%
70.00%
6%
75.00%
5%
71.60%
UPMC Mercy School of NursingPittsburgh, PA100.00%51.00%
49%
50.00%
1%
58.00%
8%
-64.75%
Miller-Motte College-McCann-LewisburgLewisburg, PA49.00%40.00%
9%
26.00%
14%
50.00%
24%
51.00%
1%
43.20%
Triangle Tech Inc-SunburySunbury, PA86.00%75.00%
11%
72.00%
3%
73.00%
1%
63.00%
10%
73.80%
PITC InstituteWyncote, PA27.00%22.00%
5%
27.00%
5%
25.00%
2%
10.00%
15%
22.20%
Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania IncExton, PA64.00%63.00%
1%
65.00%
2%
59.00%
6%
44.00%
15%
59.00%
Automotive Training Center-WarminsterWarminster, PA63.00%64.00%
1%
62.00%
2%
50.00%
12%
62.00%
12%
60.20%
Triangle Tech Inc-BethlehemBethlehem, PA67.00%75.00%
8%
62.00%
13%
71.00%
9%
68.00%
3%
68.60%
Miller-Motte College-McCann-AllentownAllentown, PA50.00%43.00%
7%
51.00%
8%
59.00%
8%
45.00%
14%
49.60%
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital School of NursingLewistown, PA68.00%70.00%
2%
78.00%
8%
80.00%
2%
100.00%
20%
79.20%
Institute of Medical CareersPittsburgh, PA89.00%69.00%
20%
94.00%
25%
80.00%
14%
80.00%82.40%
Studio IncamminatiPhiladelphia, PA-----0.00%
Williamson College of the TradesMedia, PA77.00%71.00%
6%
71.00%61.00%
10%
67.00%
6%
69.40%
West Virginia Junior College-United Career InstituteIrwin, PA-----0.00%
Northern Pennsylvania Regional CollegeWarren, PA-----0.00%
South Hills School of Business and Technology-AltoonaAltoona, PA-----0.00%
Northampton County Area Community College-MonroeTannersville, PA-----0.00%
New Castle School of Trades - PulaskiPulaski, PA-----0.00%
UPMC Jameson School of Nursing - UPMC HamotErie, PA-----0.00%
Harrisburg Area Community College-YorkYork, PA-----0.00%
Harrisburg Area Community College-LebanonLebanon, PA-----0.00%
Harrisburg Area Community College-GettysburgGettysburg, PA-----0.00%
Harrisburg Area Community College-LancasterLancaster, PA-----0.00%
Bucks County Community College-Gene and Marlene Epstein Campus at Lower BucksBristol, PA-----0.00%
Bucks County Community College-Upper Bucks CampusPerkasie, PA-----0.00%
Triangle Tech-ChambersburgChambersburg, PA-----0.00%
Average56.13%55.80%
0.33%
55.32%
0.48%
57.07%
1.75%
52.39%
4.68%
55.34%
*Schools missing information are not included in this table. The schools have not report their information to the IPEDS/NCES or not applicable.)
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