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

There are 253 active four-years colleges and universities in New York - 46 public and 207 private schools. The 2023 average graduation rate of the 4-year colleges in New York is 58%. Compared to the graduation rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 54% to 58%. The students to faculty ratio of the schools is 14 to 1 and it decreased by 0 compared to 14 to 1, ratio of 10 years ago.

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Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 55.18% where the current academic year rate is 58%. The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at New York Colleges over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	54%	51%	61%
2013-14	53%	50%	60%
2014-15	54%	51%	62%
2015-16	53%	51%	61%
2016-17	54%	51%	63%
2017-18	54%	51%	62%
2018-19	56%	52%	64%
2019-20	57%	55%	65%
2020-21	58%	54%	65%
2021-22	56%	53%	65%
2022-23	58%	54%	64%
Average	55.18%	52.09%	62.91%

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	28%
2013-14	29%
2014-15	28%
2015-16	29%
2016-17	28%
2017-18	27%
2018-19	26%
2019-20	26%
2020-21	27%
2021-22	28%
2022-23	28%
Average	27.64%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	79%	70%
2013-14	80%	59%
2014-15	80%	67%
2015-16	80%	60%
2016-17	79%	64%
2017-18	80%	67%
2018-19	78%	60%
2019-20	79%	63%
2020-21	78%	66%
2021-22	79%	58%
2022-23	78%	56%
Average	79.09%	62.73%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	14:1
2013-14	14:1
2014-15	14:1
2015-16	14:1
2016-17	14:1
2017-18	14:1
2018-19	14:1
2019-20	14:1
2020-21	14:1
2021-22	14:1
2022-23	14:1
Average	14.00:1

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

Graduation Rate Changes

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