For the academic year 2022-2023, the average graduation rate of Pennsylvania 4-Year Colleges is 57.12%. Compared to last year's rate, the 2023 graduation rate decreased by 9.95%.
Over the past 5 years, the graduation rate of Pennsylvania 4-Year Colleges has decreased by 6.46% from 61.06% to 57.12%. Of the 132 Pennsylvania 4-Year Colleges, 47 schools's graduation rate is higher than 5 years ago and 72 schools' rate is lower.
You can check 2023 graduation rate along with transfer-out and retention rate at Pennsylvania 4-Year Colleges graduation rate comparison table.
Comparison Table of Graduation Rate Changes for Pennsylvania 4-Year Colleges
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Graduation Rate Changes from 2017 to 2022 at Pennsylvania 4-Year Colleges | School Name | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 5-Year Average |
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Bryn Athyn College of the New ChurchBryn Athyn, PA | 56.00% | 58.00%
2% | 34.00%
24% | 48.00%
14% | 50.00%
2% | 49.20% |
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Albright CollegeReading, PA | 51.00% | 57.00%
6% | 59.00%
2% | 47.00%
12% | 48.00%
1% | 52.40% |
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Allegheny CollegeMeadville, PA | 74.00% | 73.00%
1% | 72.00%
1% | 74.00%
2% | 67.00%
7% | 72.00% |
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DeSales UniversityCenter Valley, PA | 71.00% | 68.00%
3% | 64.00%
4% | 69.00%
5% | 67.00%
2% | 67.80% |
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Alvernia UniversityReading, PA | 57.00% | 62.00%
5% | 61.00%
1% | 65.00%
4% | 63.00%
2% | 61.60% |
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Clarks Summit UniversityClarks Summit, PA | 57.00% | 88.00%
31% | 68.00%
20% | 54.00%
14% | 64.00%
10% | 66.20% |
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Arcadia UniversityGlenside, PA | 71.00% | 66.00%
5% | 65.00%
1% | 61.00%
4% | 63.00%
2% | 65.20% |
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Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, PA | 87.00% | 84.00%
3% | 84.00% | 87.00%
3% | 82.00%
5% | 84.80% |
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Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, PA | 88.00% | 90.00%
2% | 87.00%
3% | 87.00% | 86.00%
1% | 87.60% |
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Cabrini UniversityRadnor, PA | 57.00% | 55.00%
2% | 54.00%
1% | 52.00%
2% | 50.00%
2% | 53.60% |
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Carlow UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 53.00% | 57.00%
4% | 58.00%
1% | 52.00%
6% | 56.00%
4% | 55.20% |
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Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 89.00% | 90.00%
1% | 93.00%
3% | 92.00%
1% | 91.00%
1% | 91.00% |
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Cedar Crest CollegeAllentown, PA | 46.00% | 51.00%
5% | 62.00%
11% | 63.00%
1% | 62.00%
1% | 56.80% |
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Central Penn CollegeSummerdale, PA | 24.00% | 39.00%
15% | 47.00%
8% | 44.00%
3% | 35.00%
9% | 37.80% |
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Chatham UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 63.00% | 69.00%
6% | 61.00%
8% | 62.00%
1% | 68.00%
6% | 64.60% |
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Chestnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA | 60.00% | 56.00%
4% | 51.00%
5% | 62.00%
11% | 62.00% | 58.20% |
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Cheyney University of PennsylvaniaCheyney, PA | 15.00% | 26.00%
11% | 27.00%
1% | 41.00%
14% | 14.00%
27% | 24.60% |
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Curtis Institute of MusicPhiladelphia, PA | 64.00% | 68.00%
4% | 84.00%
16% | 80.00%
4% | 83.00%
3% | 75.80% |
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Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, PA | 53.00% | 60.00%
7% | 54.00%
6% | 53.00%
1% | 54.00%
1% | 54.80% |
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Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, PA | 84.00% | 82.00%
2% | 83.00%
1% | 82.00%
1% | 83.00%
1% | 82.80% |
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Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 74.00% | 69.00%
5% | 70.00%
1% | 78.00%
8% | 78.00% | 73.80% |
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Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 80.00% | 80.00% | 79.00%
1% | 78.00%
1% | 77.00%
1% | 78.80% |
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East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, PA | 50.00% | 52.00%
2% | 50.00%
2% | 48.00%
2% | 45.00%
3% | 49.00% |
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Eastern UniversitySaint Davids, PA | 61.00% | 59.00%
2% | 57.00%
2% | 60.00%
3% | 59.00%
1% | 59.20% |
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Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, PA | 73.00% | 69.00%
4% | 72.00%
3% | 75.00%
3% | 76.00%
1% | 73.00% |
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Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, PA | 83.00% | 85.00%
2% | 85.00% | 82.00%
3% | 85.00%
3% | 84.00% |
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Gannon UniversityErie, PA | 67.00% | 67.00% | 68.00%
1% | 64.00%
4% | 69.00%
5% | 67.00% |
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Geneva CollegeBeaver Falls, PA | 64.00% | 72.00%
8% | 72.00% | 70.00%
2% | 68.00%
2% | 69.20% |
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Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, PA | 82.00% | 80.00%
2% | 84.00%
4% | 81.00%
3% | 81.00% | 81.60% |
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Gratz CollegeMelrose Park, PA | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
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Grove City CollegeGrove City, PA | 82.00% | 85.00%
3% | 83.00%
2% | 87.00%
4% | 80.00%
7% | 83.40% |
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Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd Valley, PA | 54.00% | 59.00%
5% | 56.00%
3% | 54.00%
2% | 56.00%
2% | 55.80% |
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Haverford CollegeHaverford, PA | 92.00% | 89.00%
3% | 92.00%
3% | 90.00%
2% | 91.00%
1% | 90.80% |
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Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 60.00% | 58.00%
2% | 57.00%
1% | 56.00%
1% | 58.00%
2% | 57.80% |
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Immaculata UniversityImmaculata, PA | 69.00% | 67.00%
2% | 69.00%
2% | 68.00%
1% | 61.00%
7% | 66.80% |
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main CampusIndiana, PA | 56.00% | 56.00% | 54.00%
2% | 55.00%
1% | 52.00%
3% | 54.60% |
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Juniata CollegeHuntingdon, PA | 79.00% | 78.00%
1% | 74.00%
4% | 75.00%
1% | 70.00%
5% | 75.20% |
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Keystone CollegeLa Plume, PA | 46.00% | 46.00% | 44.00%
2% | 46.00%
2% | 43.00%
3% | 45.00% |
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King's CollegeWilkes-Barre, PA | 63.00% | 63.00% | 58.00%
5% | 67.00%
9% | 57.00%
10% | 61.60% |
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Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown, PA | 55.00% | 54.00%
1% | 52.00%
2% | 53.00%
1% | 56.00%
3% | 54.00% |
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La Roche UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 55.00% | 54.00%
1% | 58.00%
4% | 51.00%
7% | 55.00%
4% | 54.60% |
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La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 67.00% | 65.00%
2% | 65.00% | 57.00%
8% | 61.00%
4% | 63.00% |
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Lackawanna CollegeScranton, PA | 31.00% | 31.00% | 31.00% | 32.00%
1% | 38.00%
6% | 32.60% |
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Lafayette CollegeEaston, PA | 87.00% | 87.00% | 90.00%
3% | 87.00%
3% | 89.00%
2% | 88.00% |
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Lancaster Bible CollegeLancaster, PA | 60.00% | 61.00%
1% | 72.00%
11% | 61.00%
11% | 68.00%
7% | 64.40% |
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Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville, PA | 73.00% | 77.00%
4% | 75.00%
2% | 67.00%
8% | 68.00%
1% | 72.00% |
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Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA | 87.00% | 89.00%
2% | 88.00%
1% | 87.00%
1% | 91.00%
4% | 88.40% |
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Lincoln UniversityLincoln University, PA | 47.00% | 47.00% | 45.00%
2% | 49.00%
4% | 44.00%
5% | 46.40% |
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Lycoming CollegeWilliamsport, PA | 67.00% | 67.00% | 61.00%
6% | 66.00%
5% | 63.00%
3% | 64.80% |
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Manor CollegeJenkintown, PA | 27.00% | 32.00%
5% | 19.00%
13% | 37.00%
18% | 35.00%
2% | 30.00% |
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Marywood UniversityScranton, PA | 67.00% | 67.00% | 71.00%
4% | 69.00%
2% | 75.00%
6% | 69.80% |
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Mercyhurst UniversityErie, PA | 69.00% | 68.00%
1% | 70.00%
2% | 62.00%
8% | 63.00%
1% | 66.40% |
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Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, PA | 78.00% | 79.00%
1% | 78.00%
1% | 76.00%
2% | 78.00%
2% | 77.80% |
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Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, PA | 60.00% | 56.00%
4% | 56.00% | 56.00% | 57.00%
1% | 57.00% |
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Misericordia UniversityDallas, PA | 69.00% | 67.00%
2% | 73.00%
6% | 71.00%
2% | 74.00%
3% | 70.80% |
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Moore College of Art and DesignPhiladelphia, PA | 59.00% | 71.00%
12% | 54.00%
17% | 57.00%
3% | 61.00%
4% | 60.40% |
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Moravian UniversityBethlehem, PA | 68.00% | 69.00%
1% | 69.00% | 67.00%
2% | 69.00%
2% | 68.40% |
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Mount Aloysius CollegeCresson, PA | 45.00% | 47.00%
2% | 46.00%
1% | 52.00%
6% | 45.00%
7% | 47.00% |
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Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PA | 82.00% | 84.00%
2% | 81.00%
3% | 81.00% | 82.00%
1% | 82.00% |
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Neumann UniversityAston, PA | 47.00% | 51.00%
4% | 50.00%
1% | 49.00%
1% | 54.00%
5% | 50.20% |
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Pennsylvania Institute of TechnologyMedia, PA | 58.00% | 74.00%
16% | 32.00%
42% | 58.00%
26% | 74.00%
16% | 59.20% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, PA | 66.00% | - | - | - | 42.00% | 54.00% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New KensingtonNew Kensington, PA | 47.00% | - | - | - | 28.00% | 37.50% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ShenangoSharon, PA | 44.00% | - | - | - | 23.00% | 33.50% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-BarreDallas, PA | 53.00% | - | - | - | 20.00% | 36.50% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ScrantonDunmore, PA | 40.00% | - | - | - | 34.00% | 37.00% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh ValleyCenter Valley, PA | 63.00% | - | - | - | 12.00% | 37.50% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AltoonaAltoona, PA | 64.00% | - | - | - | 16.00% | 40.00% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BeaverMonaca, PA | 46.00% | - | - | - | 20.00% | 33.00% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReading, PA | 59.00% | - | - | - | 33.00% | 46.00% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, PA | 63.00% | - | - | - | 24.00% | 43.50% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BrandywineMedia, PA | 47.00% | - | - | - | 25.00% | 36.00% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBoisDuBois, PA | 53.00% | - | - | - | 27.00% | 40.00% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- EberlyLemont Furnace, PA | 49.00% | - | - | - | 30.00% | 39.50% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HazletonHazleton, PA | 51.00% | - | - | - | 16.00% | 33.50% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, PA | 85.00% | 70.00%
15% | - | - | 83.00% | 79.33% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater AlleghenyMcKeesport, PA | 46.00% | - | - | - | 21.00% | 33.50% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont AltoMont Alto, PA | 50.00% | - | - | - | 27.00% | 38.50% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, PA | 54.00% | - | - | - | 28.00% | 41.00% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State SchuylkillSchuylkill Haven, PA | 44.00% | - | - | - | 26.00% | 35.00% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkYork, PA | 53.00% | - | - | - | 10.00% | 31.50% |
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Peirce CollegePhiladelphia, PA | 35.00% | 41.00%
6% | 15.00%
26% | 11.00%
4% | 5.00%
6% | 21.40% |
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsPhiladelphia, PA | 52.00% | 64.00%
12% | 61.00%
3% | 47.00%
14% | 50.00%
3% | 54.80% |
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Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignLancaster, PA | 59.00% | 44.00%
15% | 50.00%
6% | 57.00%
7% | 60.00%
3% | 54.00% |
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University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA | 95.00% | 96.00%
1% | 95.00%
1% | 96.00%
1% | 96.00% | 95.60% |
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The University of the ArtsPhiladelphia, PA | 62.00% | 61.00%
1% | 57.00%
4% | 68.00%
11% | 66.00%
2% | 62.80% |
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Cairn University-LanghorneLanghorne, PA | 62.00% | 59.00%
3% | 54.00%
5% | 61.00%
7% | 55.00%
6% | 58.20% |
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University of Pittsburgh-BradfordBradford, PA | 42.00% | 39.00%
3% | 43.00%
4% | 36.00%
7% | 41.00%
5% | 40.20% |
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University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgGreensburg, PA | 35.00% | 33.00%
2% | 36.00%
3% | 34.00%
2% | 38.00%
4% | 35.20% |
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University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown, PA | 48.00% | 57.00%
9% | 54.00%
3% | 49.00%
5% | 48.00%
1% | 51.20% |
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University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, PA | 83.00% | 82.00%
1% | 83.00%
1% | 84.00%
1% | 83.00%
1% | 83.00% |
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Pittsburgh Technical CollegeOakdale, PA | 55.00% | 57.00%
2% | 58.00%
1% | 59.00%
1% | 53.00%
6% | 56.40% |
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Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 60.00% | 59.00%
1% | 54.00%
5% | 60.00%
6% | 58.00%
2% | 58.20% |
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Walnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA | 82.00% | 66.00%
16% | 74.00%
8% | 34.00%
40% | 61.00%
27% | 63.40% |
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Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, PA | 64.00% | 64.00% | 69.00%
5% | 64.00%
5% | 64.00% | 65.00% |
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Rosemont CollegeRosemont, PA | 53.00% | 49.00%
4% | 47.00%
2% | 49.00%
2% | 43.00%
6% | 48.20% |
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Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, PA | 69.00% | 73.00%
4% | 62.00%
11% | 74.00%
12% | 71.00%
3% | 69.80% |
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Saint Joseph's UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 80.00% | 81.00%
1% | 80.00%
1% | 83.00%
3% | 82.00%
1% | 81.20% |
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Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe, PA | 77.00% | 69.00%
8% | 73.00%
4% | 72.00%
1% | 76.00%
4% | 73.40% |
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University of ScrantonScranton, PA | 82.00% | 83.00%
1% | 81.00%
2% | 78.00%
3% | 79.00%
1% | 80.60% |
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Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg, PA | 66.00% | 65.00%
1% | 66.00%
1% | 66.00% | 71.00%
5% | 66.80% |
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Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg, PA | 53.00% | 58.00%
5% | 51.00%
7% | 58.00%
7% | 50.00%
8% | 54.00% |
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Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, PA | 67.00% | 67.00% | 68.00%
1% | 68.00% | 66.00%
2% | 67.20% |
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Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-OverbrookWynnewood, PA | 71.00% | 40.00%
31% | 53.00%
13% | 56.00%
3% | 58.00%
2% | 55.60% |
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Susquehanna UniversitySelinsgrove, PA | 71.00% | 71.00% | 75.00%
4% | 74.00%
1% | 75.00%
1% | 73.20% |
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Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, PA | 94.00% | 94.00% | 97.00%
3% | 94.00%
3% | 93.00%
1% | 94.40% |
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Talmudical Yeshiva of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA | 47.00% | 62.00%
15% | 41.00%
21% | 47.00%
6% | 60.00%
13% | 51.40% |
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Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 73.00% | 73.00% | 74.00%
1% | 75.00%
1% | 77.00%
2% | 74.40% |
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Thiel CollegeGreenville, PA | 48.00% | 53.00%
5% | 48.00%
5% | 46.00%
2% | 43.00%
3% | 47.60% |
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Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 64.00% | 69.00%
5% | 69.00% | 71.00%
2% | 67.00%
4% | 68.00% |
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Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, PA | 79.00% | 81.00%
2% | 73.00%
8% | 72.00%
1% | 73.00%
1% | 75.60% |
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University of Valley ForgePhoenixville, PA | 53.00% | 45.00%
8% | 45.00% | 55.00%
10% | 42.00%
13% | 48.00% |
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Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA | 91.00% | 89.00%
2% | 92.00%
3% | 91.00%
1% | 90.00%
1% | 90.60% |
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Washington & Jefferson CollegeWashington, PA | 73.00% | 75.00%
2% | 64.00%
11% | 76.00%
12% | 74.00%
2% | 72.40% |
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Waynesburg UniversityWaynesburg, PA | 66.00% | 66.00% | 65.00%
1% | 66.00%
1% | 59.00%
7% | 64.40% |
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West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, PA | 75.00% | 76.00%
1% | 75.00%
1% | 72.00%
3% | 71.00%
1% | 73.80% |
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Westminster CollegeNew Wilmington, PA | 73.00% | 70.00%
3% | 71.00%
1% | 72.00%
1% | 62.00%
10% | 69.60% |
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Widener UniversityChester, PA | 63.00% | 65.00%
2% | 65.00% | 68.00%
3% | 67.00%
1% | 65.60% |
|---|
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Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, PA | 60.00% | 63.00%
3% | 63.00% | 61.00%
2% | 59.00%
2% | 61.20% |
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Wilson CollegeChambersburg, PA | 40.00% | 64.00%
24% | 49.00%
15% | 53.00%
4% | 50.00%
3% | 51.20% |
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Yeshivath Beth MosheScranton, PA | 21.00% | 70.00%
49% | 76.00%
6% | 57.00%
19% | 88.00%
31% | 62.40% |
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York College of PennsylvaniaYork, PA | 59.00% | 63.00%
4% | 65.00%
2% | 65.00% | 64.00%
1% | 63.20% |
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Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, PA | 47.00% | 45.00%
2% | 46.00%
1% | 49.00%
3% | 48.00%
1% | 47.00% |
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Lake Erie College of Osteopathic MedicineErie, PA | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
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Pennsylvania College of Health SciencesLancaster, PA | 66.00% | 63.00%
3% | 66.00%
3% | 46.00%
20% | 58.00%
12% | 59.80% |
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Strayer University-PennsylvaniaTrevose, PA | 17.00% | 50.00%
33% | - | 100.00% | 50.00%
50% | 54.25% |
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Harrisburg University of Science and TechnologyHarrisburg, PA | 43.00% | 30.00%
13% | 24.00%
6% | 32.00%
8% | 31.00%
1% | 32.00% |
|---|
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Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, PA | 29.00% | - | - | - | 36.00% | 32.50% |
|---|
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Strayer University-Allentown CampusAllentown, PA | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
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Strayer University-Center City CampusPhiladelphia, PA | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00% |
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Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, PA | - | - | - | - | 53.00% | 53.00% |
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Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, PA | - | - | - | - | 48.00% | 48.00% |
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| Average | 61.06% | 64.57%
3.5% | 63.03%
1.54% | 63.43%
0.4% | 57.12%
6.31% | 61.84% |
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Pennsylvania 4-Year Colleges with Higher Graduation Rate
Complete In Time (High Graduation Rate)
Satisfied Schools (High Retention Rate)