by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding how Eastfield College's retention and graduation rates impact you. First year retention rates let you know how many students come back for their sophomore year. Graduation rates tell you how long it takes to complete a degree at Eastfield College . Remember, every extra semester it takes to graduate will increase the cost of your degree.
In order to graduate you have to make it past freshman year. With only 64.0% of students staying on to become sophomores, Eastfield College has freshman retention rates below the national average.
Nationwide, the average first year to second year retention rate is 69.0% . When looking at just colleges and universities in Texas , the average is 65.0% .
At Eastfield College , there were 2,601 bachelors degree candidates in the class of 2016 . By 2018 , six years after beginning their degree, 10.7% of these students had graduated. After an additional two years, 12.3% of this class eventually completed their degree.
We consider the "on-time" graduation rate for a bachelor's degree to be four years, but colleges typically report their graduation rates after six or even eight years.
This implies that 87.7% did not graduate within eight years. Of these 2,281 students, 28 were still working towards their degree, 1,022 had transferred to a different institution, and Eastfield College lost contact with the remaining 1,230 whom we assume dropped out.
First-time, full-time students under the age of 25 are much more likely to graduate in four years (on-time). Some schools cater mostly to traditional students while others cater to “non-traditional” students who may be attending part time and thus are likely to take longer to graduate.
Comparing the graduation rates of specific cohorts shown below will be more revealing than the overall statistics shared above.
With a four year graduation rate of N/A , first-time students in the Eastfield College class of 2016 who attended classes full-time After six years, the graduation rate was 14.6% and by 2020 ,16.5% of this class had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for first-time undergraduates attending classes full-time is: 35.8% after four years, 46.4% after six years, and 47.8% after eight years.
Of these 663 students, 12 were still working towards their degree, 275 had transferred to a different institution, and Eastfield College lost contact with the remaining 376 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 9.0% , first-time students in the Eastfield College class of 2016 who attended classes part-time were less likely than average to graduate in a reasonable time. After eight years, the graduation rate was 10.6% .
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for first-time undergraduates attending classes part-time is: 21.6% after six years and 23.7% after eight years.
Of these 1,358 students, 15 were still working towards their degree, 570 had transferred to a different institution, and Eastfield College lost contact with the remaining 773 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 12.3% , returning students in the Eastfield College class of 2016 who attended classes full-time were among the least likely in the nation to graduate in a reasonable time. After eight years, the graduation rate was 15.4% .
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for returning undergraduates attending classes full-time is: 53.8% after six years and 55.1% after eight years.
Of these 55 students, 0 were still working towards their degree, 34 had transferred to a different institution, and Eastfield College lost contact with the remaining 21 whom we assume dropped out.
With a six year graduation rate of 8.1% , returning students in the Eastfield College class of 2016 who attended classes part-time were among the least likely in the nation to graduate in a reasonable time. After eight years, the graduation rate was 8.5% .
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for returning undergraduates attending classes part-time is: 36.0% after six years and 37.8% after eight years.
Of these 204 students, 1 were still working towards their degree, 143 had transferred to a different institution, and Eastfield College lost contact with the remaining 60 whom we assume dropped out.
