How SUNO's Graduation Rate Changes

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

The average graduation rate over the past 12 years (2012-2023) is 17.18% where the last year rate was 17%. The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 49.55% for full-time students and 40.73% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at SUNO 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 17.18% where the current academic year rate is 17%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Southern University at New Orleans over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	17%	14%	19%
2013-14	11%	8%	13%
2014-15	12%	9%	15%
2015-16	14%	10%	17%
2016-17	16%	9%	20%
2017-18	20%	20%	21%
2018-19	25%	14%	28%
2019-20	21%	13%	24%
2020-21	18%	9%	22%
2021-22	18%	21%	18%
2022-23	17%	15%	17%
Average	17.18%	12.91%	19.45%

Southern University at New Orleans Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 11.27% where the current year rate is 37%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Southern University at New Orleans from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	46%
2013-14	11%
2014-15	0%
2015-16	0%
2016-17	0%
2017-18	0%
2018-19	0%
2019-20	0%
2020-21	0%
2021-22	30%
2022-23	37%
Average	11.27%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 49.55% for full-time students and 40.73% for part-time students.

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

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	61%	46%
2013-14	52%	52%
2014-15	56%	48%
2015-16	57%	43%
2016-17	47%	42%
2017-18	52%	40%
2018-19	48%	40%
2019-20	52%	45%
2020-21	42%	25%
2021-22	32%	38%
2022-23	46%	29%
Average	49.55%	40.73%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 17.73 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 13 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Southern University at New Orleans since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	19:1
2013-14	18:1
2014-15	15:1
2015-16	20:1
2016-17	18:1
2017-18	20:1
2018-19	18:1
2019-20	21:1
2020-21	17:1
2021-22	16:1
2022-23	13:1
Average	17.73:1

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