Public University student Graduation Percentage

      There is a abnormally big number of students across the U.S. that attend Universities that do not graduate at their desired or expected time. Less than 1/3 of all students that attend college will graduate. That means that in a classroom of 30 students only 10 of those students will graduate within 6 years. 

     

     Most students that are just starting college as freshmen are not really aware of this fact. This article on Cappex (https://www.cappex.com/articles/blog/government-publishes-graduation-rate-data) is a discussion about the percentage of college students who stay enrolled for their 2nd year(Sophomore year) of college and it’s only at 52%. That is a very big amount of students dropping out of school after their freshman year of college. 

     And also on top of that 48% of freshman starting at any year do not end up graduating college. That’s a huge waste of time and money. At Clark Atlanta university about 50% of students drop out of college by their sophomore year. But the article says that students who transfers to Chicago State College have a higher success percentage at graduating.

     Most students that are a full time student usually graduate within six years. But that shouldn’t be the case for everybody. I strongly feel that if you are goin to college to learn and know exactly what you are going there for, the desire and willingness of the student determines if he or she will graduate on time or if he or she will drop out. Students have a better success rate not transferring to other universities and staying at the college they started their freshman year

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