by our College Data Analytics TeamAre students coming back to Professional Skills Institute after their first year? Are Professional Skills Institute students graduating in a timely manner? What happens to the students who don't graduate? Get all your questions answered here.
Freshmen retention rate refers to the percentage of first-time / full-time students who return for their second year.
With 68% students making it past their freshmen year, Professional Skills 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 Ohio, the average is 69.84%.
| Retention Rate | |
|---|---|
| Professional Skills Institute | 68% |
| Nationwide | 70.57% |
| Ohio | 69.84% |
There were approximately 173 students in the class of 2015. How many of them actually completed their degree in a timely fashion?
Four years after beginning their degree, 60% of those students had graduated. By 2017, six years after starting their degree, 62% of the students had graduated and after eight years 62% of this class completed their degree.
The official graduation rate of Professional Skills Institute is 62%. This is the percentage of students who completed their degree within 150% of the published time. That means six years for a standard bachelor's degree program.
| Completion Within | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 173 | 62% |
| Six Years | 173 | 62% |
| Eight Years | 0 | 0% |
| Did Not Complete | 108 | 38% |
Approximately 108 students or 38% of the cohort did not complete their degree within eight years.
What happened to the 108 students who did not complete their degree?
0 are still enrolled.
2 transferred to another institution.
Professional Skills Institute lost contact with the remaining 106 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.0% |
| Transferred | 2 | 1.9% |
| Dropped Out | 106 | 98.1% |
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 Professional Skills 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 Professional Skills Institute represent 22% of the students in the class of 2015, and 21.39% of Professional Skills Institute bachelor's degree graduations.
With a four-year graduation rate of 60%, first-time students in the Professional Skills Institute class of 2015 who attended classes full-time were more likely than average to graduate on time.
After six years, the Professional Skills Institute graduation rate was 60%, and by the eight year mark, 60% 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 | Professional Skills Institute | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 60% | 37.92% |
| Six Years | 60% | 46.43% |
| Eight Years | 60% | 47.82% |
25 first-time / full-time students or 40% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
0 are still enrolled.
1 transferred to another institution.
Professional Skills Institute lost contact with the remaining 24 who we assumed dropped out.
| First-Time / Full-Time Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.00% |
| Transferred | 1 | 4.00% |
| Dropped Out | 24 | 96.00% |
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data on Professional Skills Institute first-time, part-time students.
219 Professional Skills Institute students were classified as full-time / not first-time. This represents 77.94% 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 62%, 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 62%.
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 | Professional Skills Institute | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 0% | 49.57% |
| Six Years | 62% | 53.83% |
| Eight Years | 62% | 55.07% |
83 non first-time / part-time students or 38% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
0 are still enrolled.
1 transferred to another institution.
Professional Skills Institute lost contact with the remaining 82 who we assumed dropped out.
| First-Time / Part-Time Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.00% |
| Transferred | 1 | 1.20% |
| Dropped Out | 82 | 98.80% |
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data on Professional Skills Institute returning, part-time students.
