Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at AU

The average graduation rate over the past 12 years (2012-2023) is 55.00% where the last year rate was 60%. The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 78.09% for full-time students and 25.73% for part-time students.

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Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 55.00% where the current academic year rate is 60%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Anderson University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	48%	48%	48%
2013-14	41%	35%	45%
2014-15	52%	42%	57%
2015-16	49%	43%	52%
2016-17	53%	51%	54%
2017-18	57%	45%	63%
2018-19	59%	51%	64%
2019-20	66%	56%	71%
2020-21	57%	51%	60%
2021-22	63%	55%	67%
2022-23	60%	51%	64%
Average	55.00%	48.00%	58.64%

Anderson University Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	77%	67%
2013-14	73%	33%
2014-15	77%	33%
2015-16	73%	-
2016-17	75%	-
2017-18	75%	50%
2018-19	79%	50%
2019-20	80%	-
2020-21	84%	-
2021-22	85%	-
2022-23	81%	50%
Average	78.09%	25.73%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	15:1
2013-14	16:1
2014-15	14:1
2015-16	16:1
2016-17	17:1
2017-18	17:1
2018-19	15:1
2019-20	15:1
2020-21	16:1
2021-22	16:1
2022-23	14:1
Average	15.55:1

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Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at AU

Graduation Rate Changes

Retention Rate Changes

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes