Graduation Rates in Reasonable Completion Time

For the academic year 2022-2023, 415 students out of 502 candidates have completed their courses within 150% normal time (i.e. in 6 years for 4-years BS degree) at Occidental College. By gender, 167 male and 248 female students graduated the school last year completing their jobs in the period. Its graduation rate is much higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (67.46% in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences).
CandidatesCompletersGraduation Rates
Total50241582.67%
Men21916776.26%
Women28324887.63%
Occidental College graduate rate

Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity

The graduation rate of Asian students is 85.14%, rate of Black (Non-Hispanic) students is 84.38%, rate of Hispanic students is 75.41%, rate of White students is 86.51%, rate of Two or More Race students is 74.29%, and rate of Unknown students is 88.89% at Occidental College.
TotalMaleFemale
Asian85.14%(63/74) 81.25%(26/32) 88.10%(37/42)
Black (Non-Hispanic)84.38%(27/32) 66.67%(6/9) 91.30%(21/23)
Hispanic75.41%(46/61) 56.00%(14/25) 88.89%(32/36)
White86.51%(218/252) 82.11%(101/123) 90.70%(117/129)
Two or More Race74.29%(26/35) 75.00%(9/12) 73.91%(17/23)
Unknown88.89%(8/9) 75.00%(3/4) 100.00%(5/5)
Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity
Occidental College graduate rate by race

Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

For BS degrees, 388 students completed their courses in 4 years (or 100% normal time) and 25 finished in 5 years (or 125% normal time). An additional 390 students graduated within 6 years (or 150% normal time).
Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

Transfer-out and Retention Rates

The transfer-out rate is calculated by dividing the total number of students who are known to have transferred out of other institutions within 150% of normal time to completion into the total number of students. At Occidental, the transfer-out rate is 12.95%. Its transfer-out rate is much lower than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (17.60% in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences).
Transfer-out and Retention Rates
By definition, the retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Occidental College, the retention rate is 89% last year. Its retention rate is relatively higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (80.87% in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences).
Retention Rates at Occidental College

Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate

A non-resident alien student is not a US citizen/green card holder and studies with a student visa, such as an F visa, in the United States. At Occidental College, 27 of 39 non-resident alien students completed their studies and the graduation rate was 69.23%.
Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate

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