The graduation rate of students at Cabrini is still lower than the state average, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. With a four-year graduation rate of 51.6 percent, Cabrini has a lower graduation rate than the majority of Pennsylvania private, non-profit colleges.
According to The state average for four-year graduation is around 58 percent as of 2002, and Cabrini is significantly below that number. There are a variety of reasons for this number. Students drop out because of poor grades or otherwise. Some decide to transfer to another school. Still other students simply do not make the grade or receive the proper amount of credits to graduate in four years and are forced enroll for an extra year as a “super senior.”
Students here at Cabrini who intend to graduate on time have been preparing themselves to do so by budgeting their time and picking the correct amount of classes. Colleen Bowman, a senior business administration major, thinks that graduating on time isn’t really that difficult to accomplish. Bowman said, “Graduating on time is not a difficult thing to do if you’re organized. Keeping track of what classes need to be taken and when they need to be taken is key.
