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Clarion University Cohort - Retention, Persistence and Graduation Rates
(First Time, Full-time, Baccalaureate Degree Seeking Students)
Year 6
Grad %

390
538
569
610
575
654
548
508
513

Graduated

1.50%
59.17%
50.55%
51.94%
53.67%
52.59%
57.71%
52.11%
52.64%
54.04%

Persisted %

14
555
553
628
687
640
737
629
588
616

Persisted

17.91
17.82%
16.38%
22.81%
23.09%
25.06%
25.02%
26.68%
28.07%

Retained %

168
195
198
292
281
320
302
298
320

Retained

932
938
1,094
1,209
1,280
1,217
1,277
1,207
1,117
1,140

Adjusted

14
390
358
430
395
359
417
327
290
296

Grad %

60.30%
60.49%
56.40%
54.67%
57.06%
55.88%
62.02%
55.09%
56.13%
57.04%

Graduated

Graduated

562
568
617
661
731
680
792
666
627
652

Persisted %

Persisted %

58.8
58.79%
55.03%
53.76%
56.28%
54.89%
61.55%
54.43%
55.68%
56.43%

Persisted

Persisted

548
552
602
650
721
668
786
658
622
645

Retained %

Retained %

932
939
1,094
1,209
1,281
1,217
1,277
1,209
1,117
1,143

Retained

Retained

1.50%
1.70%
1.37%
0.91%
0.78%
0.99%
0.47%
0.66%
0.45%
0.61%

Adjusted

Adjusted

14
16
15
11
10
12
6
8
5
7

Grad %

Grad %

Year 5

Graduated

Year 4
Persisted %

Persisted

Retained %

Retained

Adjusted

Grad %

Graduated

Year 3
Persisted %

Persisted

Retained %

823
782
780
932
940
1,095
1,213
1,286
1,229
1,286
1,217
1,124
1,148

Retained

Cohort

2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004

Year 2
Adjusted

Year

Year 1

940
1,094
1,209
1,280
1,217
1,277
1,207
1,117
1,140

36
42
38
50
57
55
67
71

3.29
3.47%
2.97%
4.11%
4.46%
4.56%
6.00%
6.23%

390
574
611
648
625
711
603
575
584

41.49%
54.27%
50.54%
50.63%
51.36%
55.68%
49.96%
51.48%
51.23%

538
604
633
604
685
584
552
553

49.18%
49.96%
49.45%
49.63%
53.64%
48.38%
49.42%
48.51%

782 578 73.91%
778
932
939
1,094
1,209
1,282
1,218
1,279
1,212
1,118
1,145

573
694
711
772
849
920
874
952
872
822
856

73.65%
74.46%
75.72%
70.57%
70.22%
71.76%
71.76%
74.43%
71.95%
73.52%
74.76%

777 497
63.96 497 63.96%
1 0.11% 932 586 62.88% 587 62.98%
0
0 939 616 65.60% 616 65.60%
0
0 1,094 658 60.15% 658 60.15%
0
0 1,209 704 58.23% 704 58.23%
0
0 1,281 791 61.75% 791 61.75%
0
0 1,217 732 60.15% 732 60.15%
0
0 1,277 836 65.47% 836 65.47%
0
0 1,210 722 59.67% 722 59.67%
0
0 1,117 677 60.61% 677 60.61%
0
0 1,144 706 61.71% 706 61.71%

1.50%
41.53%
32.72%
35.57%
30.84%
29.50%
32.65%
27.05%
25.96%
25.90%

41.58%
49.48%
47.06%
47.66%
47.25%
51.21%
45.40%
45.48%
45.00%

Cohort - All first time, full-time, baccalaureate degree seeking undergraduates in the entering class used for tracking purposes.
Adjusted Cohort - The result of removing any allowable exclusions from a cohort (Ex. death, military, etc.)
Retained % - The number of cohort students still enrolled at the institution divided by the total number in the adjusted cohort.
Persisted % - The total number of graduated cohort students (from the prior year) plus the number of cohort students still enrolled at the institution divided by the total number in the adjusted cohort.
Graduated % - The total number of graduated cohort students divided by the total number of the adjusted cohort within the period of measurement. To be considered a completer the degree must have been conferred.
Source: PASSHE OEI