Make an informed decision about your education by understanding Career Care Institute retention and graduation rates. First year retention rates let you know how many first-time, full-time students students come back for their second year. Graduation rates tell you how many students complete their degree and how long it takes.
Freshmen retention rate refers to the percentage of first-time / full-time students who return for their second year.
With 26% students making it past their freshmen year, Career Care Institute has freshmen retention rates similar to the national average.
Nationwide, the average first to second year retention rate is 70.57%.
When looking at just colleges and universities in California, the average is 73.07%.
Retention Rate | |
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Career Care Institute | 26% |
Nationwide | 70.57% |
California | 73.07% |
There were approximately 322 students in the class of 2015. How many of them actually completed their degree in a timely fashion?
Four years after beginning their degree, 61% of those students had graduated. By 2017, six years after starting their degree, 64% of the students had graduated and after eight years 64% of this class completed their degree.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, a student is considered to have graduated on time if they complete their degree within six years, making the official Career Care Institute graduation rate 64%.
Completion Within | Undergraduates | Percentage |
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Four Years | 322 | 64% |
Six Years | 322 | 64% |
Eight Years | 0 | 0% |
Did Not Complete | 182 | 36% |
Some schools have mainly first-time, full-time students, while others cater to part-time students, transfer students, or adult learners. For a variety of reasons first-time, full-time students under the age of 25 are usually more likely to graduate in four years.
Traditional Students:
First-time, full-time students under the age of 25.
Non-Traditional Students:
Any student that is not first-time, full-time, and under the age of 25.
The majority of students at Career Care Institute are considered 'traditional students' who are first-time attending full-time.
Comparing the graduation rates of specific cohorts shown below will be more revealing than the overall statistics shared above.
First-time / full-time students at Career Care Institute represent 41% of the students in the class of 2015, and 39.44% of Career Care Institute bachelor's degree graduations.
With a four-year graduation rate of 61%, first-time students in the Career Care Institute class of 2015 who attended classes full-time were more likely than average to graduate on time.
After six years, the Career Care Institute graduation rate was 61%, and by the eight year mark, 61% of the cohort had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for first-time undergraduates attending classes full-time is 37.92% after four years, 46.43% after six years, and 47.82% after eight years.
First-Time / Full-Time Completions | Career Care Institute | Nationwide |
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Four Years | 61% | 37.92% |
Six Years | 61% | 46.43% |
Eight Years | 61% | 47.82% |
81 first-time / full-time students or 39% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
0 are still enrolled.
0 transferred to another institution.
Career Care Institute lost contact with the remaining 81 who we assumed dropped out.
First-Time / Full-Time Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
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Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.00% |
Transferred | 0 | 0.00% |
Dropped Out | 81 | 100.00% |
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data on Career Care Institute first-time, part-time students.
296 Career Care Institute students were classified as full-time / not first-time. This represents 58.73% of the students in the class of 2015.
Non first-time students could include transfer students or adults who have returned to school after an absense.
With a six year graduation rate of 66%, returning students in the class of 2015 and attended classes full-time had a graduation rate higher than the national average for students in this category.
After eight years, the graduation rate was 66%.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for non first-time undergraduates attending classes full-time is: 49.57% after four years, 53.83% after six years, and 55.07% after eight years.
Returning / Full-Time Completions | Career Care Institute | Nationwide |
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Four Years | 0% | 49.57% |
Six Years | 66% | 53.83% |
Eight Years | 66% | 55.07% |
101 non first-time / part-time students or 34% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
0 are still enrolled.
0 transferred to another institution.
Career Care Institute lost contact with the remaining 101 who we assumed dropped out.
First-Time / Part-Time Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
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Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.00% |
Transferred | 0 | 0.00% |
Dropped Out | 101 | 100.00% |
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data on Career Care Institute returning, part-time students.