Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Penn State Lehigh Valley

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 27.10% where the current academic year rate is 17%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley over the past 10 years (2015-2025).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	50%	47%	54%
2016-17	57%	52%	65%
2017-18	55%	53%	57%
2018-19	63%	64%	62%
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	-	-
2022-23	12%	10%	17%
2023-24	17%	9%	29%
2024-25	17%	12%	25%
Average	27.10%	24.70%	30.90%

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 11 years is 13.80% where the current year rate is 43%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley from 2019 to 2025.

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Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 57.00% for full-time students and 26.70% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Penn State Lehigh Valley from 2015 to 2025.

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Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 9.80 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 14 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley since 2025.

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