The average graduation rate for Pennsylvania 4-Year Colleges is 55.07%, transfer-out rate is 22.14%, and retention rate is 75.15%.

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Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rate Comparison between Pennsylvania 4-Year Colleges

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Pennsylvania 4-Year Colleges Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rate Comparison Table
School NameGraduation RateTransfer-out RateTransfer-out Rate (BS degree)Retention Rate (Full-time)Retention Rate (Part-time)
Albright CollegeReading, PA48% -- 64%-
All-State Career SchoolEssington, PA26% -- 62%-
All-State Career School-PittsburghWest Mifflin, PA- -- 79%-
Allegheny CollegeMeadville, PA67% -- 79%-
Altoona Beauty School IncAltoona, PA- -- 83%75%
Alvernia UniversityReading, PA63% 26%33% 68%-
American Barber and Beauty AcademyReading, PA- -- 89%-
Arcadia UniversityGlenside, PA63% 28%23% 80%-
ASPIRA City CollegePhiladelphia, PA- -- 100%100%
Automotive Training Center-ExtonExton, PA71% -- 75%100%
Automotive Training Center-WarminsterWarminster, PA62% -- 71%100%
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA28% -- 74%-
Barber and Beauty Academy of PennsylvaniaHarrisburg, PA- -- 100%-
Barber School of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA- -- 54%-
Beaver Falls Beauty AcademyBeaver Falls, PA- -- 57%-
Bella Capelli AcademyMonroeville, PA- -- 91%-
Berks Career & Technology CenterLeesport, PA- -- 84%100%
Bryn Athyn College of the New ChurchBryn Athyn, PA50% 37%30% 78%20%
Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, PA82% 9%- 90%-
Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, PA86% 9%8% 91%-
Bucks County Community CollegeNewtown, PA25% 20%- 71%53%
Bucks County School of Beauty Culture IncFeasterville, PA- -- 96%100%
Butler Beauty AcademyButler, PA- -- 92%-
Butler Beauty Academy-Kittanning Beauty AcademyKittanning, PA- -- 86%-
Butler Beauty Academy-New Castle Beauty AcademyNew Castle, PA- -- 94%-
Butler County Community CollegeButler, PA30% 26%- 65%50%
Cabrini UniversityRadnor, PA50% 30%34% 75%-
Cairn University-LanghorneLanghorne, PA55% 24%- 79%50%
Career Technology Center of Lackawanna CountyScranton, PA- -- 100%-
Carlow UniversityPittsburgh, PA56% -- 76%50%
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA91% -7% 97%-
Cedar Crest CollegeAllentown, PA62% 17%- 73%-
Central Penn CollegeSummerdale, PA35% 2%- 75%32%
Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and TechnologyPleasant Gap, PA77% -- 78%85%
Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit LPN CareerMilton, PA- -- 71%-
Champ's Barber SchoolLancaster, PA- -- 43%11%
Chatham UniversityPittsburgh, PA68% 19%26% 80%-
Chester County Intermediate UnitDowningtown, PA- -- 100%40%
Chestnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA62% 24%30% 67%25%
Cheyney University of PennsylvaniaCheyney, PA14% 55%44% 68%25%
Citizens School of NursingTarentum, PA70% -- 60%-
Clarks Summit UniversityClarks Summit, PA64% 14%7% 66%33%
Clearfield County Career and Technology CenterClearfield, PA- -- 69%67%
Commonwealth Technical InstituteJohnstown, PA90% -- 81%-
Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, PA53% 28%- 74%59%
Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburgh, PA18% 18%- 59%48%
Community College of Beaver CountyMonaca, PA20% 21%- 60%35%
Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA16% 10%- 59%41%
Cortiva InstituteKing of Prussia, PA- -- 11%-
Crawford County Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing ProgramMeadville, PA- -- 22%-
Curtis Institute of MusicPhiladelphia, PA83% -8% 100%-
Delaware County Community CollegeMedia, PA20% 18%- 59%38%
Delaware County Technical School-Practical Nursing ProgramBroomall, PA- -- 52%-
Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, PA54% 32%38% 76%50%
DeSales UniversityCenter Valley, PA67% 25%24% 78%50%
Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, PA83% -- 89%-
DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown, PA54% -- 50%-
Douglas Education CenterMonessen, PA79% -- 88%-
Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA78% -- 87%65%
Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, PA77% -- 84%50%
East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, PA45% 32%34% 74%17%
Eastern Center for Arts and TechnologyWillow Grove, PA- -- 71%-
Eastern UniversitySaint Davids, PA59% 29%28% 74%-
Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, PA76% 13%- 85%100%
Empire Beauty School-Lehigh ValleyWhitehall, PA- -- 56%50%
Empire Beauty School-Center City PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA- -- 50%38%
Empire Beauty School-CheltenhamWyncote, PA- -- 55%50%
Empire Beauty School-HanoverHanover, PA- -- 81%64%
Empire Beauty School-HarrisburgHarrisburg, PA- -- 57%47%
Empire Beauty School-LancasterLancaster, PA- -- 91%60%
Empire Beauty School-LebanonLebanon, PA- -- 83%-
Empire Beauty School-MonroevilleMonroeville, PA- -- 81%50%
Empire Beauty School-NE PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA- -- 82%67%
Empire Beauty School-North HillsPittsburgh, PA- -- 47%86%
Empire Beauty School-PottsvillePottsville, PA- -- 76%-
Empire Beauty School-ReadingReading, PA- -- 59%50%
Empire Beauty School-Shamokin DamShamokin Dam, PA- -- 61%25%
Empire Beauty School-SpringfieldSpringfield, PA- -- 74%50%
Empire Beauty School-West MifflinWest Mifflin, PA- -- 65%55%
Empire Beauty School-Wyoming ValleyMoosic, PA- -- 78%80%
Empire Beauty School-YorkYork, PA- -- 81%53%
Erie Institute of Technology IncErie, PA70% -- 66%-
Falcon Institute of Health and ScienceBethlehem, PA- -- 100%-
Fayette County Career & Technical Institute Practical Nursing ProgramUniontown, PA- -- 85%-
Fortis Institute-Forty FortForty Fort, PA50% -- 65%-
Fortis Institute-ScrantonScranton, PA43% -- 50%-
Fountain of Youth Academy of CosmetologyBellevue, PA- -- 40%57%
Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, PA85% 10%12% 88%-
Franklin County Career and Technology CenterChambersburg, PA- -- 89%-
Gannon UniversityErie, PA69% 17%23% 79%67%
Geneva CollegeBeaver Falls, PA68% 25%11% 75%-
Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, PA81% 14%15% 89%-
Great Lakes Institute of TechnologyErie, PA50% -- 71%84%
Greater Altoona Career & Technology CenterAltoona, PA- -- 57%32%
Greater Johnstown Career and Technology CenterJohnstown, PA- -- 78%100%
Greene County Career and Technology CenterWaynesburg, PA- -- 100%-
Grove City CollegeGrove City, PA80% 9%9% 88%-
Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd Valley, PA56% -- 76%-
Harcum CollegeBryn Mawr, PA34% -- 51%34%
Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, PA16% 18%- 53%39%
Harrisburg University of Science and TechnologyHarrisburg, PA31% 2%3% 79%50%
Haverford CollegeHaverford, PA91% 4%3% 96%-
Health and Technology Training InstitutePhiladelphia, PA- -- 100%-
Heritage Valley Kennedy School of NursingMcKees Rocks, PA- -- 100%-
Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphia, PA58% 26%37% 79%100%
Immaculata UniversityImmaculata, PA61% 30%25% 83%100%
Indiana County Technology CenterIndiana, PA- -- 50%67%
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main CampusIndiana, PA52% 24%28% 71%38%
Institute of Medical CareersPittsburgh, PA80% 3%- 96%-
Jean Madeline Aveda InstitutePhiladelphia, PA- -- 92%-
Jefferson County Dubois Area Vocational Technical Practical Nursing ProgramReynoldsville, PA- -- 50%-
Jna Institute of Culinary ArtsPhiladelphia, PA75% -- 80%-
Johnson CollegeScranton, PA53% 2%- 74%80%
Juniata CollegeHuntingdon, PA70% 7%- 81%100%
Keystone CollegeLa Plume, PA43% -- 64%60%
King's CollegeWilkes-Barre, PA57% -- 78%100%
Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown, PA56% 26%30% 79%67%
La Roche UniversityPittsburgh, PA55% 25%21% 67%-
La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, PA61% 24%22% 69%-
Lackawanna CollegeScranton, PA38% 30%- 67%-
Lafayette CollegeEaston, PA89% 8%6% 90%-
Lancaster Bible CollegeLancaster, PA68% 17%- 81%33%
Lancaster County Career and Technology CenterWillow Street, PA80% -- 78%57%
Lancaster School of Cosmetology & Therapeutic BodyworkLancaster, PA- -- 89%61%
Lansdale School of BusinessNorth Wales, PA71% -- 69%67%
Lansdale School of Cosmetology IncLansdale, PA- -- 100%90%
Laurel Business InstituteUniontown, PA87% -- 88%100%
Laurel Technical InstituteHermitage, PA63% -- 71%-
Lebanon County Area Vocational Technical SchoolLebanon, PA- -- 48%31%
Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville, PA68% -- 89%-
Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksville, PA20% 20%- 63%44%
Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA91% -- 91%-
Lehigh Valley Barber SchoolBethlehem, PA- -- 41%29%
Lenape Technical School Practical Nursing ProgramFord City, PA- -- 94%64%
Lincoln Technical Institute-AllentownAllentown, PA55% -- 63%-
Lincoln Technical Institute-PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA43% -- 73%67%
Lincoln UniversityLincoln University, PA44% 30%34% 79%33%
Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticoke, PA17% 15%- 60%42%
Lycoming CollegeWilliamsport, PA63% 25%24% 72%-
Manor CollegeJenkintown, PA35% 29%- 61%-
Marywood UniversityScranton, PA75% 16%24% 83%-
Mercyhurst UniversityErie, PA63% 25%25% 80%100%
Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, PA78% 16%16% 86%-
Metro Beauty AcademyAllentown, PA- -- 95%100%
Mifflin County Academy of Science and TechnologyLewistown, PA- -- 71%-
Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical InstituteWyomissing, PA44% -- 68%100%
Miller-Motte College-McCann-AllentownAllentown, PA45% -- 69%-
Miller-Motte College-McCann-LewisburgLewisburg, PA51% -- 64%100%
Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, PA57% 23%27% 77%15%
Misericordia UniversityDallas, PA74% -26% 80%-
Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, PA23% 13%- 65%48%
Moore College of Art and DesignPhiladelphia, PA61% 5%22% 73%-
Moravian UniversityBethlehem, PA69% 20%25% 78%-
Mount Aloysius CollegeCresson, PA45% 24%31% 74%33%
Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PA82% 12%- 91%-
Neumann UniversityAston, PA54% -- 71%100%
New Castle School of TradesNew Castle, PA72% -- 82%-
Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehem, PA21% 14%- 63%41%
Northern Pennsylvania Regional CollegeWarren, PA- -- 33%50%
Northern Tier Career CenterTowanda, PA- -- 65%-
Peirce CollegePhiladelphia, PA5% 10%13% 100%-
Penn Commercial Business/Technical SchoolWashington, PA87% -- 87%-
Pennco Tech-BristolBristol, PA72% -- 75%71%
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsPhiladelphia, PA50% 36%- 80%-
Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignLancaster, PA60% 20%19% 61%67%
Pennsylvania College of Health SciencesLancaster, PA58% 25%- 72%100%
Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, PA48% 7%5% 77%25%
Pennsylvania Gunsmith SchoolPittsburgh, PA78% -- 80%-
Pennsylvania Highlands Community CollegeJohnstown, PA37% 15%- 55%40%
Pennsylvania Institute of TechnologyMedia, PA74% 10%- --
Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, PA83% 1%- 91%67%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, PA28% 32%- 76%71%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AltoonaAltoona, PA16% 47%- 77%40%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BeaverMonaca, PA20% 37%- 72%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReading, PA33% 25%- 76%33%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BrandywineMedia, PA25% 29%- 74%25%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBoisDuBois, PA27% 37%- 86%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, PA42% 25%- 82%100%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- EberlyLemont Furnace, PA30% 24%- 74%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater AlleghenyMcKeesport, PA21% 34%- 66%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, PA24% 45%- 80%33%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HazletonHazleton, PA16% 49%- 76%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh ValleyCenter Valley, PA12% 48%- 79%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont AltoMont Alto, PA27% 37%- 75%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New KensingtonNew Kensington, PA28% 24%- 76%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State SchuylkillSchuylkill Haven, PA26% 33%- 81%100%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ScrantonDunmore, PA34% 25%- 78%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ShenangoSharon, PA23% 20%- 82%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-BarreDallas, PA20% 41%- 86%-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkYork, PA10% 48%- 72%67%
Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, PA36% -- 75%61%
Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, PA48% 23%- 70%33%
Philadelphia Technician TrainingPhiladelphia, PA- -- 59%-
PITC InstituteWyncote, PA10% -- 55%46%
Pittsburgh Institute of AeronauticsWest Mifflin, PA56% -- 75%-
Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science IncPittsburgh, PA72% 27%- 92%91%
Pittsburgh Technical CollegeOakdale, PA53% 10%- 75%-
PMCA Pittsburgh Multicultural Cosmetology AcademyPittsburgh, PA- -- 100%-
Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, PA58% 24%25% 73%-
Premier Barber InstituteNorristown, PA- -- 83%-
Prism Career Institute-PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA- -- 71%-
Reading Area Community CollegeReading, PA20% 12%- 71%51%
Reading Hospital School of Health SciencesReading, PA44% -- 78%88%
Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, PA64% 21%22% 82%80%
Rosedale Technical CollegePittsburgh, PA78% -- 78%-
Rosemont CollegeRosemont, PA43% 23%24% 82%60%
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-OverbrookWynnewood, PA58% -- 83%-
Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, PA71% -- 85%-
Saint Joseph's UniversityPhiladelphia, PA82% 7%11% 86%50%
Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe, PA76% 10%18% 84%100%
Schuylkill Technology CenterFrackville, PA- -- 88%100%
Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg, PA71% 18%29% 80%-
Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg, PA50% 31%33% 69%8%
Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, PA66% 17%22% 82%100%
Somerset County Technology CenterSomerset, PA- -- 88%-
South Hills Beauty AcademyPittsburgh, PA- -- 90%88%
South Hills School of Business & TechnologyState College, PA61% 3%- 84%100%
Strayer University-PennsylvaniaTrevose, PA50% 25%- -34%
Susquehanna County Career and Technology CenterSpringville, PA- -- 91%-
Susquehanna UniversitySelinsgrove, PA75% -- 85%-
Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, PA93% -- 96%-
Talmudical Yeshiva of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA60% 39%53% 94%-
Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA77% 11%16% 84%46%
Thaddeus Stevens College of TechnologyLancaster, PA56% -- 85%33%
The Beauty InstituteWhitehall, PA- -- 71%-
The Beauty InstituteStroudsburg, PA- -- 73%-
The Beauty Institute-AmblerAmbler, PA- -- 74%80%
The Rapha SchoolHome, PA- -- 100%-
The Salon Professional AcademyCollegeville, PA- -- 100%88%
The Salon Professional Academy-AltoonaAltoona, PA- -- 92%80%
The University of the ArtsPhiladelphia, PA66% 18%- 80%-
Thiel CollegeGreenville, PA43% 33%22% 71%-
Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA67% 22%30% 82%-
Triangle Tech Inc-BethlehemBethlehem, PA68% -- 79%-
Triangle Tech Inc-DuboisFalls Creek, PA68% -- 80%-
Triangle Tech Inc-GreensburgGreensburg, PA78% -- 67%-
Triangle Tech Inc-PittsburghPittsburgh, PA30% -- 55%-
Triangle Tech Inc-SunburySunbury, PA63% -- 73%-
Triangle Tech-ChambersburgChambersburg, PA- -- 62%-
Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania IncExton, PA44% 1%- 64%-
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA96% -- 98%93%
University of Pittsburgh-BradfordBradford, PA41% 36%32% 71%-
University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgGreensburg, PA38% 50%37% 63%-
University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown, PA48% 36%35% 76%-
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, PA83% 11%13% 93%80%
University of Pittsburgh-TitusvilleTitusville, PA13% 41%- 20%-
University of ScrantonScranton, PA79% -- 85%75%
University of Valley ForgePhoenixville, PA42% 30%28% 71%67%
UPMC Jameson School of NursingNew Castle, PA100% -- 50%-
UPMC Mercy School of NursingPittsburgh, PA- -- 33%-
UPMC Shadyside School of NursingPittsburgh, PA22% -- 38%-
UPMC St. Margaret School of NursingPittsburgh, PA38% -- 17%-
Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, PA73% -- 82%-
Valley Forge Military CollegeWayne, PA28% -- 100%100%
Venango County Area Vocational Technical SchoolOil City, PA- -- 53%-
Venus Beauty AcademySharon Hill, PA- -- 79%-
Vet Tech InstitutePittsburgh, PA71% -- 74%-
Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA90% 7%8% 96%60%
Walnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA61% -- 18%-
Washington & Jefferson CollegeWashington, PA74% 18%27% 83%-
Waynesburg UniversityWaynesburg, PA59% 14%23% 72%-
Welder Training and Testing InstituteAllentown, PA- -- 100%100%
West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, PA71% 18%18% 82%50%
West Virginia Junior College-United Career InstituteIrwin, PA- -- 78%-
Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of NursingPittsburgh, PA53% -- 77%-
Westminster CollegeNew Wilmington, PA62% -- 82%-
Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwood, PA18% 17%- 67%43%
Widener UniversityChester, PA67% 25%20% 75%75%
Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, PA59% 26%29% 71%20%
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical NursingWilkes Barre, PA- -- 50%-
Williamson College of the TradesMedia, PA67% -- 87%-
Wilson CollegeChambersburg, PA50% 29%41% 69%-
Yeshivath Beth MosheScranton, PA88% 11%64% 75%-
York College of PennsylvaniaYork, PA64% 21%31% 76%57%
York County School of Technology-Adult & Continuing EducationYork, PA- -- 92%93%
YTI Career Institute-AltoonaAltoona, PA100% -- 100%-
YTI Career Institute-YorkYork, PA46% -- 88%-
Average55.07%22.14%23.84%75.15%61.98%

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