How Sisseton Wahpeton's Graduation Rate Changes

Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Sisseton Wahpeton

The average graduation rate over the past 12 years (2012-2023) is 8.73% where the last year rate was 6%. The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 32.45% for full-time students and 16.55% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at Sisseton Wahpeton 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 8.73% where the current academic year rate is 6%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5%	6%	5%
2013-14	7%	0%	9%
2014-15	10%	6%	12%
2015-16	17%	0%	28%
2016-17	4%	6%	3%
2017-18	8%	7%	10%
2018-19	8%	0%	18%
2019-20	7%	8%	6%
2020-21	3%	0%	7%
2021-22	21%	21%	23%
2022-23	6%	7%	5%
Average	8.73%	5.55%	11.45%

Sisseton Wahpeton College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 12.82% where the current year rate is 0%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Sisseton Wahpeton College from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	2%
2013-14	8%
2014-15	17%
2015-16	10%
2016-17	10%
2017-18	13%
2018-19	16%
2019-20	3%
2020-21	37%
2021-22	25%
2022-23	0%
Average	12.82%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 32.45% for full-time students and 16.55% for part-time students.

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

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	31%	40%
2013-14	31%	25%
2014-15	22%	20%
2015-16	38%	14%
2016-17	48%	-
2017-18	33%	-
2018-19	33%	-
2019-20	34%	-
2020-21	35%	33%
2021-22	52%	50%
2022-23	-	-
Average	32.45%	16.55%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 9.45 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 7 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Sisseton Wahpeton College since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	10:1
2013-14	10:1
2014-15	10:1
2015-16	10:1
2016-17	10:1
2017-18	10:1
2018-19	10:1
2019-20	10:1
2020-21	10:1
2021-22	7:1
2022-23	7:1
Average	9.45:1

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