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Retention Rates: Penn State Lehigh Valley
For the cohort of all full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered your institution as freshmen in fall XXX (or
the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the date your institution calculates it official enrollment in fall
XXX?: ____%
Year Retention Rate (Core Council Goal: 80%)
Entered as freshmen in Summer/Fall 2010 and enrolled in Fall 2011 76.2%
Entered as freshmen in Summer/ Fall 2009 and enrolled in Fall 2010 71.9%
Entered as freshmen in Summer/Fall 2008 and enrolled in Fall 2009 77.9%
Entered as freshmen in Summer/ Fall 2007 and enrolled in Fall 2008 76.2%
Entered as freshman in Summer/ Fall 2006 and enrolled in Fall 2007 74.5%
Entered as freshmen in Summer/Fall 2005 and enrolled in Fall 2006 71.6%
Entered as freshmen in Summer/Fall 2004 and enrolled in Fall 2005 83.3%
Graduation: Penn State Lehigh Valley (six year graduation rates)
Year
Entering
PSLV
Total
Number
Entering
Completed
in 4 years
or less
More
than 4;
5 or less
More
than 5;
6 or
less
Total
graduating
within 6
years
Six year
graduation
rate
Fall 2005 140 34 24 8 66 47.1%
Fall 2004 156 40 37 7 84 53.8%
Fall 2003 175 46 31 6 83 47.4%
Fall 2002 174 45 40 10 95 54.6%
Fall 2001 177 42 42 11 95 53.7%
Fall 2000 158 39 33 5 77 48.7%
Fall 1999 180 32 40 9 81 45.0%
Core Council Goal:
The Core Council recommends that the campus study its
graduation rates to determine the reasons for the relatively
lower graduation rates and the higher than average time-todegree,
and to develop strategies to improve six-year
graduation rates for students who remain at Lehigh Valley.
*Students are counted in the cohort at the location where they
began. Many students change locations in the process of
completing their degree. Students are counted in the
graduation rate regardless of the Penn State location where
they graduate. (Source: Penn State Fact Book).
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