How Lincoln's Graduation Rate Changes

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

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2012-2022) is 32.50% where the last year rate was 33%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 49.00% for full-time students and 15.20% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at Lincoln do not enrolled continually (i.e transfer-out or stop studying) and do not complete their studies in time.

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 32.50% where the current academic year rate is 33%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Lincoln College over the past 11 years (2012-2022).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	42%	41%	43%
2013-14	37%	34%	39%
2014-15	26%	24%	28%
2015-16	32%	27%	37%
2016-17	37%	32%	41%
2017-18	31%	28%	35%
2018-19	25%	27%	22%
2019-20	33%	28%	40%
2020-21	29%	23%	35%
2021-22	33%	27%	40%
Average	32.50%	29.10%	36.00%

Lincoln College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 11 years is 44.50% where the current year rate is 26%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Lincoln College from 2012 to 2022.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	44%
2013-14	44%
2014-15	52%
2015-16	54%
2016-17	49%
2017-18	50%
2018-19	49%
2019-20	35%
2020-21	42%
2021-22	26%
Average	44.50%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 49.00% for full-time students and 15.20% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Lincoln from 2012 to 2022.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	55%	20%
2013-14	43%	75%
2014-15	54%	57%
2015-16	38%	-
2016-17	41%	-
2017-18	65%	-
2018-19	43%	-
2019-20	49%	-
2020-21	53%	-
2021-22	49%	-
Average	49.00%	15.20%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 15.60 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 15 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Lincoln College since 2022.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	15:1
2013-14	15:1
2014-15	18:1
2015-16	16:1
2016-17	18:1
2017-18	14:1
2018-19	14:1
2019-20	16:1
2020-21	15:1
2021-22	15:1
Average	15.60:1

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