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

The average graduation rate over the past 12 years (2012-2023) is 32.00% where the last year rate was 33%. The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 0.00% (all part-time students).

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

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Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 32.00% where the current academic year rate is 33%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	12%	12%	13%
2013-14	29%	24%	34%
2014-15	26%	24%	29%
2015-16	40%	39%	41%
2016-17	39%	40%	38%
2017-18	41%	43%	38%
2018-19	32%	33%	29%
2019-20	32%	27%	39%
2020-21	39%	41%	36%
2021-22	29%	26%	34%
2022-23	33%	33%	33%
Average	32.00%	31.09%	33.09%

South Seattle College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 18.55% where the current year rate is 14%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at South Seattle College from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	11%
2013-14	30%
2014-15	22%
2015-16	14%
2016-17	23%
2017-18	16%
2018-19	17%
2019-20	15%
2020-21	17%
2021-22	25%
2022-23	14%
Average	18.55%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 0.00% (all part-time students).

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

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	-	-
2013-14	-	-
2014-15	-	-
2015-16	-	-
2016-17	-	-
2017-18	-	-
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	-	-
2022-23	-	-

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 18.45 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 32 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at South Seattle College since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	16:1
2013-14	16:1
2014-15	15:1
2015-16	15:1
2016-17	15:1
2017-18	17:1
2018-19	18:1
2019-20	18:1
2020-21	17:1
2021-22	24:1
2022-23	32:1
Average	18.45:1

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