Insight on graduation and transfer-out rates?

xndou
Sat, 02 Oct 2021 13:06:53 +0000

My DS is seriously considering Grinnell. He is a swimming recruit with academic ability that matches ~75%tile of the admitted. We paid a visit during the summer and we liked everything we saw.

We noticed that Grinnell has a lower graduation rate compared to similar caliber LACs (NESCACs and Carleton), 84% vs. ~95%. Also has a higher transfer-out rate of 10% vs 3-5% of the other schools.

Can someone with good insight explain the main reason(s) for the discrepancies? I don’t think the location factor alone would account for all these?