Student Outcomes

Retention Rates

Park University uses the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) definition for retention. Retention rates measure the percentage of full-time, first-time students who are seeking a bachelor degree who return to Park to continue their studies the following fall.

Transfer-Out Rates

The percentage of full-time, first-time students who transferred to another institution without completing at Park.

Completion/Graduation Rates

Also known as the “Student Right to Know” or IPEDS graduation rate. It tracks the progress of students who began their studies as full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking students to see if they complete a degree or other award within 150% of “normal time” for completing the program in which they are enrolled.

First-Time in College Full-Time	# of Students	Retention Rate	Transfer Out Rate	Completion Rate
2016	168	44%	32%	23%
2017	238	55%	38%	30%
2018	216	66%	25%	38%
2019	341	63%
2020	209	57%
2021	254	59%
2022	216	57%
2023	154	58%
2024	209

Additional Outcomes for sub-groups of cohorts can be found on College Navigator.

Transfer Out and Completion Rates for Students with Athletic Related Student Aid.

	Transfer Out Rate		Completion Rate
	17-18 cohort	4 yr average	17-18 cohort	4 yr average
Men's Baseball	25%	42%	25%	33%
Men's Basketball	0%	0%	100%	67%
Men's Cross Country & Track	100%	63%	0%	13%
Men All Other Sports	50%	35%	30%	45%
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Women's Basketball	0%	0%	100%	67%
Women's Cross Country & Track	100%	63%	0%	13%
Women All Other Sports	50%	35%	30%	45%

Graduation/Employment/Grad School

Data was collected through Park’s First Destination Survey using Handshake and web database pulls. The survey gathers information about where graduates’ first-destination is within six months of graduating with a Bachelor’s degree. Park began using the National Association for Career Education (NACE) standards for the survey in spring 2019 and adopted Handshake as a first-destination survey collection tool in fall 2023.

	2024-2025 Graduates
TOTAL BACHELOR'S DEGREE GRADUATES	1229
Graduates whose first destination is unknown to the institution	920
Graduates whose first destination is known to the institution	309
Knowledge Rate	25.14%
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Graduates whose first destination is known to the institution	309
Unduplicated
Employed, military, and/or more education	96.11%
Something else	4.20%
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Graduates whose first destination is known to the institution	309
Total exceeds 100%: many have more than one first destination.
Active-duty military	8.14%
Employed	21.35%
Employed full-time	18.44%
Employed part-time	2.91%
Employed unknown time	--
Continuing their education	74.75%
At Park	41.10%
Not at Park	33.98%

NCLEX RN Pass Rates

	Park University First-Time* Pass Rate	Park University First-Time* & Repeater Pass Rates**	Missouri First-Time* Pass Rate	National First-Time* Pass Rate
2024	100%	100%	93.20%	91.16%
2023	87.10%	100%	89.92%	88.56%
2022	88.89%	100%	82.96%	79.90%
2021	90.48%	100%	86.74%	82.48%
2020	100%	100%	89.99%	86.57%

* Per the Missouri Secretary of State: Code of State Regulations 20 CSR 2200.2-180 Licensure Examination Performance (2), first-time candidates shall include only those graduates of the program who take the licensure examination for the first time within (1) year of graduation.

** Repeater pass rates are at the time of publication and could increase over time.

Title II: Education Summary Pass Rates

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Program Completers Academic Year	Pass Rate %
2023-2024	96%
2022-2023	93%
2021-2022	90%