South Dakota Colleges Graduation Rate Trends

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 41.82% where the current academic year rate is 41%. The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at South Dakota Colleges over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	39%	39%	42%
2013-14	40%	37%	43%
2014-15	40%	39%	45%
2015-16	40%	38%	44%
2016-17	44%	40%	47%
2017-18	39%	37%	43%
2018-19	42%	40%	47%
2019-20	43%	40%	47%
2020-21	46%	45%	49%
2021-22	46%	46%	50%
2022-23	41%	41%	46%
Average	41.82%	40.18%	45.73%

Graduation Rate Changes of South Dakota Colleges

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 27.00% where the current year rate is 22%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at South Dakota Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	32%
2013-14	33%
2014-15	28%
2015-16	35%
2016-17	29%
2017-18	27%
2018-19	26%
2019-20	23%
2020-21	19%
2021-22	23%
2022-23	22%
Average	27.00%

Transfer-out Rate Changes of South Dakota Colleges

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 69.91% for full-time students and 51.00% for part-time students. The following table and chart show the changes of retention rate at South Dakota Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	63%	52%
2013-14	70%	55%
2014-15	62%	51%
2015-16	66%	43%
2016-17	74%	54%
2017-18	75%	56%
2018-19	76%	57%
2019-20	72%	42%
2020-21	75%	51%
2021-22	64%	41%
2022-23	72%	59%
Average	69.91%	51.00%

Retention Rate Changes of South Dakota Colleges

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 13.73 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 13 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at South Dakota Colleges since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	16:1
2013-14	15:1
2014-15	13:1
2015-16	14:1
2016-17	14:1
2017-18	13:1
2018-19	13:1
2019-20	14:1
2020-21	13:1
2021-22	13:1
2022-23	13:1
Average	13.73:1

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes of South Dakota Colleges

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