Graduation Rates in Reasonable Completion Time

For the academic year 2022-2023, 3,995 students out of 5,101 candidates have completed their courses within 150% normal time (i.e. in 6 years for 4-years BS degree) at University of South Carolina-Columbia. By gender, 1,730 male and 2,265 female students graduated the school last year completing their jobs in the period. Its graduation rate is relatively higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (71.52% in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).
CandidatesCompletersGraduation Rates
Total5,1013,99578.32%
Men2,3401,73073.93%
Women2,7612,26582.04%
University of South Carolina-Columbia graduate rate

Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity

The graduation rate of American Indian or Alaska Native students is 60.00%, rate of Asian students is 81.76%, rate of Black (Non-Hispanic) students is 74.41%, rate of Hispanic students is 78.70%, rate of White students is 78.90%, rate of Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander students is 71.43%, rate of Two or More Race students is 68.72%, and rate of Unknown students is 73.17% at University of South Carolina-Columbia.
TotalMaleFemale
American Indian or Alaska Native60.00%(3/5) - 100.00%(3/3)
Asian81.76%(121/148) 81.54%(53/65) 81.93%(68/83)
Black (Non-Hispanic)74.41%(189/254) 60.42%(58/96) 82.91%(131/158)
Hispanic78.70%(170/216) 75.00%(66/88) 81.25%(104/128)
White78.90%(3,305/4,189) 74.77%(1,464/1,958) 82.52%(1,841/2,231)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander71.43%(5/7) 50.00%(2/4) 100.00%(3/3)
Two or More Race68.72%(123/179) 63.64%(42/66) 71.68%(81/113)
Unknown73.17%(30/41) 71.43%(15/21) 75.00%(15/20)
Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity
University of South Carolina-Columbia graduate rate by race

Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

For BS degrees, 3,503 students completed their courses in 4 years (or 100% normal time) and 430 finished in 5 years (or 125% normal time). An additional 3,565 students graduated within 6 years (or 150% normal time).
Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

Transfer-out and Retention Rates

The transfer-out rate is calculated by dividing the total number of students who are known to have transferred out of other institutions within 150% of normal time to completion into the total number of students. At South Carolina, the transfer-out rate is 15.98%. Its transfer-out rate is around the average rate when comparing similar colleges (14.53% in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).
Transfer-out and Retention Rates
By definition, the retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At University of South Carolina-Columbia, the retention rate is 90% for full-time students and 56 % for part-time students last year. Its retention rate is around the average rate when comparing similar colleges (86.03% in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).
Retention Rates at University of South Carolina-Columbia

Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate

A non-resident alien student is not a US citizen/green card holder and studies with a student visa, such as an F visa, in the United States. At University of South Carolina-Columbia, 49 of 62 non-resident alien students completed their studies and the graduation rate was 79.03%.
Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate
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