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

There are 3 active four-years colleges and universities in Guam - 2 public and 1 private schools. The 2023 average graduation rate of the 4-year colleges in Guam is 23%. Compared to the graduation rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes lower from 30% to 23%. The students to faculty ratio of the schools is 14 to 1 and it increased by 2 compared to 12 to 1, ratio of 10 years ago.

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Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 39.00% where the current academic year rate is 23%. The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Guam Colleges over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	30%	30%	30%
2013-14	61%	60%	62%
2014-15	63%	63%	62%
2015-16	28%	24%	35%
2016-17	40%	38%	42%
2017-18	34%	30%	37%
2018-19	35%	31%	39%
2019-20	32%	21%	46%
2020-21	37%	30%	59%
2021-22	46%	66%	40%
2022-23	23%	24%	24%
Average	39.00%	37.91%	43.27%

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 13.82% where the current year rate is 0%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Guam Colleges from 2015 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2015-16	29%
2016-17	17%
2017-18	17%
2018-19	32%
2019-20	0%
2020-21	7%
2021-22	50%
2022-23	0%
Average	13.82%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 73.36% for full-time students and 47.27% for part-time students. The following table and chart show the changes of retention rate at Guam Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	47%	53%
2013-14	76%	53%
2014-15	63%	55%
2015-16	74%	57%
2016-17	88%	53%
2017-18	72%	49%
2018-19	73%	40%
2019-20	64%	47%
2020-21	88%	53%
2021-22	74%	35%
2022-23	88%	25%
Average	73.36%	47.27%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 13.09 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 14 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Guam Colleges since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	12:1
2013-14	14:1
2014-15	13:1
2015-16	16:1
2016-17	12:1
2017-18	12:1
2018-19	13:1
2019-20	12:1
2020-21	13:1
2021-22	13:1
2022-23	14:1
Average	13.09:1

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