How Columbia's Graduation Rate Changes

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

The average graduation rate over the past 12 years (2012-2023) is 34.91% where the last year rate was 42%. The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 60.27% for full-time students and 33.64% for part-time students.

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Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 34.91% where the current academic year rate is 42%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	43%	35%	46%
2013-14	40%	31%	47%
2014-15	38%	29%	43%
2015-16	46%	48%	45%
2016-17	31%	25%	35%
2017-18	26%	24%	28%
2018-19	30%	25%	34%
2019-20	28%	27%	28%
2020-21	28%	27%	28%
2021-22	32%	30%	33%
2022-23	42%	42%	43%
Average	34.91%	31.18%	37.27%

Columbia College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 60.27% for full-time students and 33.64% for part-time students.

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

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	46%	32%
2013-14	53%	42%
2014-15	58%	33%
2015-16	49%	34%
2016-17	57%	41%
2017-18	69%	32%
2018-19	69%	37%
2019-20	64%	38%
2020-21	71%	27%
2021-22	65%	30%
2022-23	62%	24%
Average	60.27%	33.64%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 28.18 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 20 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Columbia College since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	38:1
2013-14	35:1
2014-15	34:1
2015-16	32:1
2016-17	33:1
2017-18	27:1
2018-19	25:1
2019-20	23:1
2020-21	23:1
2021-22	20:1
2022-23	20:1
Average	28.18:1

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