For the academic year 2024-2025, the average graduation rate of Pennsylvania Colleges is 57.88%. Compared to last year's rate, the 2025 graduation rate increased by 1.81%.
Over the past 5 years, the graduation rate of Pennsylvania Colleges has decreased by 8.17% from 63.03% to 57.88%. Of the 134 Pennsylvania Colleges, 71 schools's graduation rate is higher than 5 years ago and 49 schools' rate is lower.
You can check 2025 graduation rate along with transfer-out and retention rate at Pennsylvania Colleges graduation rate comparison table.
| School Name | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 5-Year Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn Athyn College of the New ChurchBryn Athyn, PA | 34.00% | 48.00% 14% | 50.00% 2% | 46.00% 4% | 67.00% 21% | 49.00% |
| Albright CollegeReading, PA | 59.00% | 47.00% 12% | 48.00% 1% | 42.00% 6% | 50.00% 8% | 49.20% |
| Allegheny CollegeMeadville, PA | 72.00% | 74.00% 2% | 67.00% 7% | 66.00% 1% | 72.00% 6% | 70.20% |
| DeSales UniversityCenter Valley, PA | 64.00% | 69.00% 5% | 67.00% 2% | 71.00% 4% | 72.00% 1% | 68.60% |
| Alvernia UniversityReading, PA | 61.00% | 65.00% 4% | 63.00% 2% | 58.00% 5% | 55.00% 3% | 60.40% |
| Clarks Summit UniversityClarks Summit, PA | 68.00% | 54.00% 14% | 64.00% 10% | 54.00% 10% | - | 60.00% |
| Arcadia UniversityGlenside, PA | 65.00% | 61.00% 4% | 63.00% 2% | 64.00% 1% | 66.00% 2% | 63.80% |
| Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, PA | 84.00% | 87.00% 3% | 82.00% 5% | 85.00% 3% | 81.00% 4% | 83.80% |
| Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, PA | 87.00% | 87.00% | 86.00% 1% | 86.00% | 86.00% | 86.40% |
| Cabrini UniversityRadnor, PA | 54.00% | 52.00% 2% | 50.00% 2% | 50.00% | - | 51.50% |
| Carlow UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 58.00% | 52.00% 6% | 56.00% 4% | 55.00% 1% | 59.00% 4% | 56.00% |
| Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 93.00% | 92.00% 1% | 91.00% 1% | 92.00% 1% | 94.00% 2% | 92.40% |
| Cedar Crest CollegeAllentown, PA | 62.00% | 63.00% 1% | 62.00% 1% | 58.00% 4% | 60.00% 2% | 61.00% |
| Central Penn CollegeSummerdale, PA | 47.00% | 44.00% 3% | 35.00% 9% | 38.00% 3% | 50.00% 12% | 42.80% |
| Chatham UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 61.00% | 62.00% 1% | 68.00% 6% | 66.00% 2% | 63.00% 3% | 64.00% |
| Chestnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA | 51.00% | 62.00% 11% | 62.00% | 56.00% 6% | 48.00% 8% | 55.80% |
| Cheyney University of PennsylvaniaCheyney, PA | 27.00% | 41.00% 14% | 14.00% 27% | 16.00% 2% | 40.00% 24% | 27.60% |
| Curtis Institute of MusicPhiladelphia, PA | 84.00% | 80.00% 4% | 83.00% 3% | 94.00% 11% | 96.00% 2% | 87.40% |
| Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, PA | 54.00% | 53.00% 1% | 54.00% 1% | 52.00% 2% | 55.00% 3% | 53.60% |
| Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, PA | 83.00% | 82.00% 1% | 83.00% 1% | 83.00% | 79.00% 4% | 82.00% |
| Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 70.00% | 78.00% 8% | 78.00% | 77.00% 1% | 78.00% 1% | 76.20% |
| Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 79.00% | 78.00% 1% | 77.00% 1% | 75.00% 2% | 77.00% 2% | 77.20% |
| East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, PA | 50.00% | 48.00% 2% | 45.00% 3% | 43.00% 2% | 43.00% | 45.80% |
| Eastern UniversitySaint Davids, PA | 57.00% | 60.00% 3% | 59.00% 1% | 55.00% 4% | 54.00% 1% | 57.00% |
| Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, PA | 72.00% | 75.00% 3% | 76.00% 1% | 77.00% 1% | 76.00% 1% | 75.20% |
| Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, PA | 85.00% | 82.00% 3% | 85.00% 3% | 86.00% 1% | 83.00% 3% | 84.20% |
| Gannon UniversityErie, PA | 68.00% | 64.00% 4% | 69.00% 5% | 69.00% | 66.00% 3% | 67.20% |
| Geneva CollegeBeaver Falls, PA | 72.00% | 70.00% 2% | 68.00% 2% | 61.00% 7% | 60.00% 1% | 66.20% |
| Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, PA | 84.00% | 81.00% 3% | 81.00% | 82.00% 1% | 82.00% | 82.00% |
| Gratz CollegeJenkintown, PA | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
| Grove City CollegeGrove City, PA | 83.00% | 87.00% 4% | 80.00% 7% | 79.00% 1% | 83.00% 4% | 82.40% |
| Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd Valley, PA | 56.00% | 54.00% 2% | 56.00% 2% | 58.00% 2% | 56.00% 2% | 56.00% |
| Haverford CollegeHaverford, PA | 92.00% | 90.00% 2% | 91.00% 1% | 89.00% 2% | 89.00% | 90.20% |
| Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 57.00% | 56.00% 1% | 58.00% 2% | 60.00% 2% | 60.00% | 58.20% |
| Immaculata UniversityImmaculata, PA | 69.00% | 68.00% 1% | 61.00% 7% | 64.00% 3% | 71.00% 7% | 66.60% |
| Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, PA | 54.00% | 55.00% 1% | 52.00% 3% | 52.00% | 55.00% 3% | 53.60% |
| Juniata CollegeHuntingdon, PA | 74.00% | 75.00% 1% | 70.00% 5% | 68.00% 2% | 73.00% 5% | 72.00% |
| Keystone CollegeLa Plume, PA | 44.00% | 46.00% 2% | 43.00% 3% | 41.00% 2% | 35.00% 6% | 41.80% |
| King's CollegeWilkes-Barre, PA | 58.00% | 67.00% 9% | 57.00% 10% | 60.00% 3% | 59.00% 1% | 60.20% |
| Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown, PA | 52.00% | 53.00% 1% | 56.00% 3% | 54.00% 2% | 53.00% 1% | 53.60% |
| La Roche UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 58.00% | 51.00% 7% | 55.00% 4% | 57.00% 2% | 57.00% | 55.60% |
| La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 65.00% | 57.00% 8% | 61.00% 4% | 57.00% 4% | 57.00% | 59.40% |
| Lackawanna CollegeScranton, PA | 31.00% | 32.00% 1% | 38.00% 6% | 37.00% 1% | 36.00% 1% | 34.80% |
| Lafayette CollegeEaston, PA | 90.00% | 87.00% 3% | 89.00% 2% | 88.00% 1% | 87.00% 1% | 88.20% |
| Lancaster Bible CollegeLancaster, PA | 72.00% | 61.00% 11% | 68.00% 7% | 71.00% 3% | 66.00% 5% | 67.60% |
| Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville, PA | 75.00% | 67.00% 8% | 68.00% 1% | 72.00% 4% | 64.00% 8% | 69.20% |
| Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA | 88.00% | 87.00% 1% | 91.00% 4% | 89.00% 2% | 87.00% 2% | 88.40% |
| Lincoln UniversityLincoln University, PA | 45.00% | 49.00% 4% | 44.00% 5% | 52.00% 8% | 43.00% 9% | 46.60% |
| Lycoming CollegeWilliamsport, PA | 61.00% | 66.00% 5% | 63.00% 3% | 59.00% 4% | 59.00% | 61.60% |
| Manor CollegeJenkintown, PA | 19.00% | 37.00% 18% | 35.00% 2% | 24.00% 11% | 25.00% 1% | 28.00% |
| Marywood UniversityScranton, PA | 71.00% | 69.00% 2% | 75.00% 6% | 72.00% 3% | 71.00% 1% | 71.60% |
| Mercyhurst UniversityErie, PA | 70.00% | 62.00% 8% | 63.00% 1% | 58.00% 5% | 60.00% 2% | 62.60% |
| Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, PA | 78.00% | 76.00% 2% | 78.00% 2% | 78.00% | 74.00% 4% | 76.80% |
| Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, PA | 56.00% | 56.00% | 57.00% 1% | 54.00% 3% | 57.00% 3% | 56.00% |
| Misericordia UniversityDallas, PA | 73.00% | 71.00% 2% | 74.00% 3% | 69.00% 5% | 71.00% 2% | 71.60% |
| Moore College of Art and DesignPhiladelphia, PA | 54.00% | 57.00% 3% | 61.00% 4% | 63.00% 2% | 57.00% 6% | 58.40% |
| Moravian UniversityBethlehem, PA | 69.00% | 67.00% 2% | 69.00% 2% | 71.00% 2% | 71.00% | 69.40% |
| Mount Aloysius CollegeCresson, PA | 46.00% | 52.00% 6% | 45.00% 7% | 55.00% 10% | 56.00% 1% | 50.80% |
| Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PA | 81.00% | 81.00% | 82.00% 1% | 80.00% 2% | 82.00% 2% | 81.20% |
| Neumann UniversityAston, PA | 50.00% | 49.00% 1% | 54.00% 5% | 46.00% 8% | 53.00% 7% | 50.40% |
| Pennsylvania Institute of TechnologyMedia, PA | 32.00% | 58.00% 26% | 74.00% 16% | 32.00% 42% | 21.00% 11% | 43.40% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, PA | - | - | 42.00% | 45.00% 3% | 43.00% 2% | 43.33% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New KensingtonNew Kensington, PA | - | - | 28.00% | 24.00% 4% | 27.00% 3% | 26.33% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ShenangoSharon, PA | - | - | 23.00% | 22.00% 1% | 41.00% 19% | 28.67% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-BarreDallas, PA | - | - | 20.00% | 16.00% 4% | 22.00% 6% | 19.33% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ScrantonDunmore, PA | - | - | 34.00% | 31.00% 3% | 39.00% 8% | 34.67% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh ValleyCenter Valley, PA | - | - | 12.00% | 17.00% 5% | 17.00% | 15.33% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AltoonaAltoona, PA | - | - | 16.00% | 17.00% 1% | 16.00% 1% | 16.33% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BeaverMonaca, PA | - | - | 20.00% | 21.00% 1% | 21.00% | 20.67% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReading, PA | - | - | 33.00% | 24.00% 9% | 31.00% 7% | 29.33% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, PA | - | - | 24.00% | 29.00% 5% | 26.00% 3% | 26.33% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BrandywineMedia, PA | - | - | 25.00% | 21.00% 4% | 25.00% 4% | 23.67% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBoisDuBois, PA | - | - | 27.00% | 29.00% 2% | 33.00% 4% | 29.67% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- EberlyLemont Furnace, PA | - | - | 30.00% | 33.00% 3% | 38.00% 5% | 33.67% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HazletonHazleton, PA | - | - | 16.00% | 17.00% 1% | 26.00% 9% | 19.67% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, PA | - | - | 83.00% | 85.00% 2% | 86.00% 1% | 84.67% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater AlleghenyMcKeesport, PA | - | - | 21.00% | 27.00% 6% | 18.00% 9% | 22.00% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont AltoMont Alto, PA | - | - | 27.00% | 25.00% 2% | 33.00% 8% | 28.33% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, PA | - | - | 28.00% | 22.00% 6% | 19.00% 3% | 23.00% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State SchuylkillSchuylkill Haven, PA | - | - | 26.00% | 20.00% 6% | 31.00% 11% | 25.67% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkYork, PA | - | - | 10.00% | 11.00% 1% | 16.00% 5% | 12.33% |
| Peirce CollegePhiladelphia, PA | 15.00% | 11.00% 4% | 5.00% 6% | 5.00% | 10.00% 5% | 9.20% |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsPhiladelphia, PA | 61.00% | 47.00% 14% | 50.00% 3% | 67.00% 17% | 57.00% 10% | 56.40% |
| Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignLancaster, PA | 50.00% | 57.00% 7% | 60.00% 3% | 63.00% 3% | 68.00% 5% | 59.60% |
| University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA | 95.00% | 96.00% 1% | 96.00% | 96.00% | 96.00% | 95.80% |
| University of the ArtsPhiladelphia, PA | 57.00% | 68.00% 11% | 66.00% 2% | 69.00% 3% | - | 65.00% |
| Cairn University-LanghorneLanghorne, PA | 54.00% | 61.00% 7% | 55.00% 6% | 65.00% 10% | 59.00% 6% | 58.80% |
| University of Pittsburgh-BradfordBradford, PA | 43.00% | 36.00% 7% | 41.00% 5% | 43.00% 2% | 47.00% 4% | 42.00% |
| University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgGreensburg, PA | 36.00% | 34.00% 2% | 38.00% 4% | 39.00% 1% | 39.00% | 37.20% |
| University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown, PA | 54.00% | 49.00% 5% | 48.00% 1% | 53.00% 5% | 55.00% 2% | 51.80% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, PA | 83.00% | 84.00% 1% | 83.00% 1% | 84.00% 1% | 85.00% 1% | 83.80% |
| Pittsburgh Technical CollegeOakdale, PA | 58.00% | 59.00% 1% | 53.00% 6% | 53.00% | - | 55.75% |
| Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 54.00% | 60.00% 6% | 58.00% 2% | 59.00% 1% | 58.00% 1% | 57.80% |
| Walnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA | 74.00% | 34.00% 40% | 61.00% 27% | 60.00% 1% | 57.00% 3% | 57.20% |
| Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, PA | 69.00% | 64.00% 5% | 64.00% | 65.00% 1% | 65.00% | 65.40% |
| Rosemont CollegeRosemont, PA | 47.00% | 49.00% 2% | 43.00% 6% | 43.00% | 57.00% 14% | 47.80% |
| Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, PA | 62.00% | 74.00% 12% | 71.00% 3% | 72.00% 1% | 74.00% 2% | 70.60% |
| Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA | 80.00% | 83.00% 3% | 82.00% 1% | 79.00% 3% | 78.00% 1% | 80.40% |
| Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe, PA | 73.00% | 72.00% 1% | 76.00% 4% | 72.00% 4% | 68.00% 4% | 72.20% |
| University of ScrantonScranton, PA | 81.00% | 78.00% 3% | 79.00% 1% | 80.00% 1% | 79.00% 1% | 79.40% |
| Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg, PA | 66.00% | 66.00% | 71.00% 5% | 70.00% 1% | 67.00% 3% | 68.00% |
| Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg, PA | 51.00% | 58.00% 7% | 50.00% 8% | 51.00% 1% | 55.00% 4% | 53.00% |
| Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, PA | 68.00% | 68.00% | 66.00% 2% | 65.00% 1% | 65.00% | 66.40% |
| Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-OverbrookAmbler, PA | 53.00% | 56.00% 3% | 58.00% 2% | 44.00% 14% | 41.00% 3% | 50.40% |
| Susquehanna UniversitySelinsgrove, PA | 75.00% | 74.00% 1% | 75.00% 1% | 74.00% 1% | 81.00% 7% | 75.80% |
| Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, PA | 97.00% | 94.00% 3% | 93.00% 1% | 94.00% 1% | 92.00% 2% | 94.00% |
| Talmudical Yeshiva of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA | 41.00% | 47.00% 6% | 60.00% 13% | 81.00% 21% | 50.00% 31% | 55.80% |
| Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 74.00% | 75.00% 1% | 77.00% 2% | 74.00% 3% | 75.00% 1% | 75.00% |
| Thiel CollegeGreenville, PA | 48.00% | 46.00% 2% | 43.00% 3% | 43.00% | 48.00% 5% | 45.60% |
| Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 69.00% | 71.00% 2% | 67.00% 4% | 68.00% 1% | 68.00% | 68.60% |
| Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, PA | 73.00% | 72.00% 1% | 73.00% 1% | 76.00% 3% | 73.00% 3% | 73.40% |
| University of Valley ForgePhoenixville, PA | 45.00% | 55.00% 10% | 42.00% 13% | 56.00% 14% | 49.00% 7% | 49.40% |
| Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA | 92.00% | 91.00% 1% | 90.00% 1% | 92.00% 2% | 91.00% 1% | 91.20% |
| Washington & Jefferson CollegeWashington, PA | 64.00% | 76.00% 12% | 74.00% 2% | 71.00% 3% | 69.00% 2% | 70.80% |
| Waynesburg UniversityWaynesburg, PA | 65.00% | 66.00% 1% | 59.00% 7% | 60.00% 1% | 65.00% 5% | 63.00% |
| West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, PA | 75.00% | 72.00% 3% | 71.00% 1% | 69.00% 2% | 70.00% 1% | 71.40% |
| Westminster CollegeNew Wilmington, PA | 71.00% | 72.00% 1% | 62.00% 10% | 65.00% 3% | 64.00% 1% | 66.80% |
| Widener UniversityChester, PA | 65.00% | 68.00% 3% | 67.00% 1% | 63.00% 4% | 68.00% 5% | 66.20% |
| Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, PA | 63.00% | 61.00% 2% | 59.00% 2% | 60.00% 1% | 63.00% 3% | 61.20% |
| Wilson CollegeChambersburg, PA | 49.00% | 53.00% 4% | 50.00% 3% | 51.00% 1% | 48.00% 3% | 50.20% |
| Yeshivath Beth MosheScranton, PA | 76.00% | 57.00% 19% | 88.00% 31% | 75.00% 13% | 100.00% 25% | 79.20% |
| York College of PennsylvaniaYork, PA | 65.00% | 65.00% | 64.00% 1% | 59.00% 5% | 64.00% 5% | 63.40% |
| Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, PA | 46.00% | 49.00% 3% | 48.00% 1% | 50.00% 2% | 53.00% 3% | 49.20% |
| Lake Erie College of Osteopathic MedicineErie, PA | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
| Saint Joseph's University - LancasterLancaster, PA | 66.00% | 46.00% 20% | 58.00% 12% | 67.00% 9% | 68.00% 1% | 61.00% |
| Strayer University-PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA | - | 100.00% | 50.00% 50% | 50.00% | - | 66.67% |
| Harrisburg University of Science and TechnologyHarrisburg, PA | 24.00% | 32.00% 8% | 31.00% 1% | 43.00% 12% | 33.00% 10% | 32.60% |
| Geisinger Commonwealth School of MedicineScranton, PA | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
| Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, PA | - | - | 36.00% | 33.00% 3% | 34.00% 1% | 34.33% |
| Strayer University-Center City CampusPhiladelphia, PA | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
| Strayer University-Allentown CampusAllentown, PA | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
| Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, PA | - | - | 53.00% | 53.00% | 54.00% 1% | 53.33% |
| Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, PA | - | - | 48.00% | 51.00% 3% | 51.00% | 50.00% |
| Relay Graduate School of Education - Philadelphia & CamdenPhiladelphia, PA | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
| Average | 63.03% | 63.43% 0.4% | 57.12% 6.31% | 56.85% 0.27% | 57.88% 1.03% | 59.66% |