Culinary Institute of America - What's the graduation rate like?

Hi! I'm planning on applying to the Culinary Institute of America and I was trying to find some stats on their graduation rate. Has anyone found any updated figures? Is this something I should even be concerned about?

Graduation rates can certainly be a useful metric when evaluating colleges - it can provide a rough sense of student satisfaction and the school's ability to help students complete their studies in a reasonable time.

For the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), the graduation rate as reported by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is about 72% for full-time, first-time students graduating within 150% of "normal time" (which would be six years for a four-year bachelor's degree program).

However, it's important to remember that graduation rates may vary depending on the specific program. At the CIA, the Associate-degree programs are designed to be completed in 19-21 months, so more students complete their course in a shorter period of time. Also, the graduation rate wouldn't account for students who transfer to other institutions to complete their degrees.

You might want to triangulate this data with other factors that are important to you, like the quality of instruction, opportunities for internships or co-op experiences, job placement rates after graduation, etc. Since you're looking at a specialized school like the Culinary Institute of America, these factors may be more relevant to your actual career goals and the value you could get from your education there.