Graduation, Transfer-out, and Students to Faculty Ratio Trends for Nevada Colleges

There are 15 active four-years colleges and universities in Nevada - 7 public and 8 private schools. The 2023 average graduation rate of the 4-year colleges in Nevada is 43%. Compared to the graduation rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 29% to 43%. The students to faculty ratio of the schools is 14 to 1 and it decreased by 4 compared to 18 to 1, ratio of 10 years ago.

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Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 31.09% where the current academic year rate is 43%. The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Nevada Colleges over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	29%	30%	27%
2013-14	33%	32%	33%
2014-15	27%	27%	30%
2015-16	26%	23%	28%
2016-17	26%	27%	25%
2017-18	29%	28%	29%
2018-19	31%	31%	30%
2019-20	32%	33%	33%
2020-21	32%	35%	35%
2021-22	34%	34%	34%
2022-23	43%	46%	46%
Average	31.09%	31.45%	31.82%

Graduation Rate Changes of Nevada Colleges

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 20.64% where the current year rate is 18%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Nevada Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	20%
2013-14	17%
2014-15	19%
2015-16	17%
2016-17	20%
2017-18	22%
2018-19	23%
2019-20	20%
2020-21	19%
2021-22	32%
2022-23	18%
Average	20.64%

Transfer-out Rate Changes of Nevada Colleges

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 69.82% for full-time students and 45.18% for part-time students. The following table and chart show the changes of retention rate at Nevada Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	66%	41%
2013-14	68%	40%
2014-15	64%	38%
2015-16	62%	49%
2016-17	71%	52%
2017-18	73%	54%
2018-19	73%	51%
2019-20	71%	59%
2020-21	77%	31%
2021-22	71%	40%
2022-23	72%	42%
Average	69.82%	45.18%

Retention Rate Changes of Nevada Colleges

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 15.82 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 14 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Nevada Colleges since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	18:1
2013-14	17:1
2014-15	17:1
2015-16	17:1
2016-17	15:1
2017-18	16:1
2018-19	15:1
2019-20	16:1
2020-21	15:1
2021-22	14:1
2022-23	14:1
Average	15.82:1

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes of Nevada Colleges

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