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

The average graduation rate over the past 12 years (2012-2023) is 12.09% where the last year rate was 9%. The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 30.45% for full-time students and 1.00% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at Ashford 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 12.09% where the current academic year rate is 9%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	21%	25%	20%
2013-14	21%	25%	19%
2014-15	19%	17%	20%
2015-16	14%	12%	15%
2016-17	9%	5%	10%
2017-18	8%	4%	9%
2018-19	8%	5%	9%
2019-20	7%	4%	9%
2020-21	8%	5%	9%
2021-22	9%	7%	10%
2022-23	9%	9%	9%
Average	12.09%	10.73%	12.64%

Ashford University Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 12.55% where the current year rate is 19%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Ashford University from 2016 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2016-17	26%
2017-18	24%
2018-19	19%
2019-20	18%
2020-21	15%
2021-22	17%
2022-23	19%
Average	12.55%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 30.45% for full-time students and 1.00% for part-time students.

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

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	39%	-
2013-14	36%	-
2014-15	42%	-
2015-16	34%	-
2016-17	24%	-
2017-18	26%	-
2018-19	23%	-
2019-20	24%	-
2020-21	26%	-
2021-22	31%	-
2022-23	30%	11%
Average	30.45%	1.00%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 15.91 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 19 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Ashford University since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	21:1
2013-14	15:1
2014-15	14:1
2015-16	13:1
2016-17	15:1
2017-18	14:1
2018-19	14:1
2019-20	14:1
2020-21	15:1
2021-22	21:1
2022-23	19:1
Average	15.91:1

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