Delaware Colleges Graduation Rate Trends

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

There are 9 active four-years colleges and universities in Delaware - 5 public and 4 private schools. The 2023 average graduation rate of the 4-year colleges in Delaware is 46%. Compared to the graduation rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 39% to 46%. The students to faculty ratio of the schools is 19 to 1 and it increased by 4 compared to 15 to 1, ratio of 10 years ago.

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 41.45% where the current academic year rate is 46%. The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Delaware Colleges over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	39%	36%	44%
2013-14	39%	35%	43%
2014-15	42%	36%	45%
2015-16	39%	34%	43%
2016-17	43%	40%	46%
2017-18	35%	32%	38%
2018-19	39%	34%	43%
2019-20	41%	39%	42%
2020-21	50%	38%	53%
2021-22	43%	42%	44%
2022-23	46%	44%	47%
Average	41.45%	37.27%	44.36%

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 18.27% where the current year rate is 13%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Delaware Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	18%
2013-14	17%
2014-15	12%
2015-16	14%
2016-17	18%
2017-18	38%
2018-19	19%
2019-20	21%
2020-21	17%
2021-22	14%
2022-23	13%
Average	18.27%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 68.82% for full-time students and 38.18% for part-time students. The following table and chart show the changes of retention rate at Delaware Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	65%	39%
2013-14	64%	40%
2014-15	68%	45%
2015-16	66%	38%
2016-17	62%	47%
2017-18	73%	45%
2018-19	71%	27%
2019-20	69%	38%
2020-21	68%	42%
2021-22	77%	27%
2022-23	74%	32%
Average	68.82%	38.18%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 17.55 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 19 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Delaware Colleges since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	15:1
2013-14	16:1
2014-15	17:1
2015-16	16:1
2016-17	16:1
2017-18	15:1
2018-19	18:1
2019-20	28:1
2020-21	16:1
2021-22	17:1
2022-23	19:1
Average	17.55:1

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