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

The average graduation rate over the past 12 years (2012-2023) is 30.45% where the last year rate was 28%. The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 51.18% for full-time students and 31.18% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at RBC 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 30.45% where the current academic year rate is 28%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	24%	20%	27%
2013-14	25%	21%	27%
2014-15	30%	28%	31%
2015-16	31%	24%	35%
2016-17	35%	21%	43%
2017-18	28%	21%	33%
2018-19	32%	29%	33%
2019-20	29%	26%	31%
2020-21	34%	25%	39%
2021-22	39%	30%	45%
2022-23	28%	26%	29%
Average	30.45%	24.64%	33.91%

Richard Bland College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 27.73% where the current year rate is 0%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Richard Bland College from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	27%
2013-14	28%
2014-15	40%
2015-16	35%
2016-17	36%
2017-18	38%
2018-19	33%
2019-20	30%
2020-21	20%
2021-22	18%
2022-23	0%
Average	27.73%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 51.18% for full-time students and 31.18% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at RBC from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	60%	25%
2013-14	55%	31%
2014-15	57%	27%
2015-16	54%	50%
2016-17	60%	45%
2017-18	49%	36%
2018-19	64%	31%
2019-20	55%	33%
2020-21	55%	23%
2021-22	38%	14%
2022-23	16%	28%
Average	51.18%	31.18%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 26.09 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 27 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Richard Bland College since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	25:1
2013-14	24:1
2014-15	21:1
2015-16	24:1
2016-17	29:1
2017-18	30:1
2018-19	26:1
2019-20	27:1
2020-21	27:1
2021-22	27:1
2022-23	27:1
Average	26.09:1

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