Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Principia

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 77.20% where the current academic year rate is 74%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Principia College over the past 10 years (2015-2025).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	80%	72%	85%
2016-17	68%	63%	73%
2017-18	84%	88%	82%
2018-19	75%	71%	79%
2019-20	79%	72%	84%
2020-21	75%	69%	82%
2021-22	85%	86%	85%
2022-23	76%	80%	73%
2023-24	76%	76%	76%
2024-25	74%	69%	80%
Average	77.20%	74.60%	79.90%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 85.60% (all full-time students).

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Principia 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 5.90 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 6 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Principia College since 2025.

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