How SMC's Graduation Rate Changes

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

The average graduation rate over the past 12 years (2012-2023) is 29.64% where the last year rate was 32%. The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 43.82% for full-time students and 19.27% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at SMC 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 12 years is 29.64% where the current academic year rate is 32%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	28%	27%	29%
2013-14	30%	28%	32%
2014-15	30%	28%	32%
2015-16	29%	27%	30%
2016-17	30%	28%	32%
2017-18	30%	28%	32%
2018-19	28%	26%	29%
2019-20	28%	27%	30%
2020-21	30%	28%	32%
2021-22	31%	30%	33%
2022-23	32%	30%	33%
Average	29.64%	27.91%	31.27%

Santa Monica College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 17.45% where the current year rate is 18%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Santa Monica College from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	17%
2013-14	16%
2014-15	14%
2015-16	17%
2016-17	19%
2017-18	18%
2018-19	20%
2019-20	18%
2020-21	18%
2021-22	17%
2022-23	18%
Average	17.45%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 43.82% for full-time students and 19.27% for part-time students.

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

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	72%	53%
2013-14	70%	53%
2014-15	71%	55%
2015-16	69%	51%
2016-17	-	-
2017-18	-	-
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	100%	-
2020-21	100%	-
2021-22	-	-
2022-23	-	-
Average	43.82%	19.27%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 29.36 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 26 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Santa Monica College since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	31:1
2013-14	30:1
2014-15	30:1
2015-16	30:1
2016-17	30:1
2017-18	30:1
2018-19	30:1
2019-20	29:1
2020-21	30:1
2021-22	27:1
2022-23	26:1
Average	29.36:1

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