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

There are 94 active four-years colleges and universities in Georgia - 39 public and 55 private schools. The 2023 average graduation rate of the 4-year colleges in Georgia is 42%. Compared to the graduation rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 38% to 42%. The students to faculty ratio of the schools is 16 to 1 and it decreased by 1 compared to 17 to 1, ratio of 10 years ago.

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Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 38.27% where the current academic year rate is 42%. The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Georgia Colleges over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	38%	35%	42%
2013-14	37%	32%	40%
2014-15	36%	31%	39%
2015-16	37%	32%	39%
2016-17	38%	31%	42%
2017-18	37%	33%	40%
2018-19	38%	33%	41%
2019-20	39%	34%	41%
2020-21	40%	34%	42%
2021-22	39%	33%	43%
2022-23	42%	35%	45%
Average	38.27%	33.00%	41.27%

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 29.82% where the current year rate is 31%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Georgia Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	29%
2013-14	26%
2014-15	25%
2015-16	24%
2016-17	27%
2017-18	26%
2018-19	40%
2019-20	35%
2020-21	33%
2021-22	32%
2022-23	31%
Average	29.82%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 66.73% for full-time students and 50.09% for part-time students. The following table and chart show the changes of retention rate at Georgia Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	65%	49%
2013-14	68%	53%
2014-15	67%	51%
2015-16	68%	53%
2016-17	67%	54%
2017-18	65%	51%
2018-19	67%	45%
2019-20	69%	51%
2020-21	69%	48%
2021-22	64%	53%
2022-23	65%	43%
Average	66.73%	50.09%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 16.55 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 16 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Georgia Colleges since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	17:1
2013-14	17:1
2014-15	17:1
2015-16	17:1
2016-17	17:1
2017-18	16:1
2018-19	16:1
2019-20	17:1
2020-21	16:1
2021-22	16:1
2022-23	16:1
Average	16.55:1

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