Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Nashville State CC

The average graduation rate over the past 12 years (2012-2023) is 14.91% where the last year rate was 16%. The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 47.73% for full-time students and 43.27% for part-time students.

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

School Home 2023 Graduation Rate

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 14.91% where the current academic year rate is 16%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Nashville State Community College over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10%	11%	9%
2013-14	12%	11%	14%
2014-15	12%	10%	14%
2015-16	11%	10%	11%
2016-17	15%	14%	16%
2017-18	18%	16%	20%
2018-19	18%	17%	18%
2019-20	18%	17%	20%
2020-21	16%	16%	17%
2021-22	18%	17%	19%
2022-23	16%	13%	18%
Average	14.91%	13.82%	16.00%

Nashville State Community College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 11.55% where the current year rate is 10%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Nashville State Community College from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	15%
2013-14	16%
2014-15	12%
2015-16	12%
2016-17	14%
2017-18	11%
2018-19	17%
2019-20	7%
2020-21	7%
2021-22	6%
2022-23	10%
Average	11.55%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 47.73% for full-time students and 43.27% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Nashville State CC from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	50%	41%
2013-14	50%	42%
2014-15	53%	41%
2015-16	54%	41%
2016-17	42%	40%
2017-18	49%	47%
2018-19	45%	46%
2019-20	49%	49%
2020-21	46%	48%
2021-22	45%	41%
2022-23	42%	40%
Average	47.73%	43.27%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 19.91 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 20 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Nashville State Community College since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	19:1
2013-14	19:1
2014-15	19:1
2015-16	19:1
2016-17	22:1
2017-18	21:1
2018-19	21:1
2019-20	21:1
2020-21	19:1
2021-22	19:1
2022-23	20:1
Average	19.91:1

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