How Capella's Graduation Rate Changes

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

The average graduation rate over the past 12 years (2012-2023) is 4.55% where the last year rate was 0%. The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 30.64% for full-time students and 29.18% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at Capella do not enrolled continually (i.e transfer-out or stop studying) and do not complete their studies in time.

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 4.55% where the current academic year rate is 0%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	0%	0%	0%
2013-14	0%	0%	0%
2014-15	0%	0%	0%
2015-16	0%	0%	0%
2016-17	0%	0%	0%
2017-18	0%	0%	0%
2018-19	0%	0%	0%
2019-20	0%	0%	0%
2020-21	0%	0%	0%
2021-22	50%	66%	0%
2022-23	0%	0%	0%
Average	4.55%	6.00%	0.00%

Capella University Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 3.00% where the current year rate is 0%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Capella University from 2013 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2013-14	33%
2014-15	0%
2015-16	0%
2016-17	0%
2017-18	0%
2018-19	0%
2019-20	0%
2020-21	0%
2021-22	0%
2022-23	0%
Average	3.00%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 30.64% for full-time students and 29.18% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Capella from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	-	24%
2013-14	-	21%
2014-15	-	22%
2015-16	-	26%
2016-17	50%	29%
2017-18	50%	32%
2018-19	56%	27%
2019-20	40%	41%
2020-21	45%	36%
2021-22	60%	36%
2022-23	36%	27%
Average	30.64%	29.18%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 24.82 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 35 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Capella University since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	19:1
2013-14	20:1
2014-15	20:1
2015-16	22:1
2016-17	22:1
2017-18	22:1
2018-19	22:1
2019-20	27:1
2020-21	32:1
2021-22	32:1
2022-23	35:1
Average	24.82:1

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