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

The average graduation rate over the past 12 years (2012-2023) is 11.73% where the last year rate was 19%. The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 42.45% for full-time students and 26.09% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at UMUC 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 11.73% where the current academic year rate is 19%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4%	3%	5%
2013-14	3%	3%	3%
2014-15	8%	6%	11%
2015-16	8%	9%	7%
2016-17	10%	7%	13%
2017-18	9%	9%	9%
2018-19	15%	17%	14%
2019-20	14%	18%	11%
2020-21	18%	8%	25%
2021-22	21%	16%	25%
2022-23	19%	17%	20%
Average	11.73%	10.27%	13.00%

University of Maryland Global Campus Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 30.00% where the current year rate is 44%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at University of Maryland Global Campus from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	20%
2013-14	25%
2014-15	23%
2015-16	22%
2016-17	23%
2017-18	19%
2018-19	37%
2019-20	38%
2020-21	44%
2021-22	35%
2022-23	44%
Average	30.00%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 42.45% for full-time students and 26.09% for part-time students.

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

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	29%	17%
2013-14	36%	16%
2014-15	28%	21%
2015-16	38%	27%
2016-17	43%	28%
2017-18	38%	29%
2018-19	53%	31%
2019-20	52%	35%
2020-21	55%	30%
2021-22	52%	28%
2022-23	43%	25%
Average	42.45%	26.09%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 19.27 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 University of Maryland Global Campus since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	18:1
2013-14	17:1
2014-15	22:1
2015-16	22:1
2016-17	20:1
2017-18	19:1
2018-19	19:1
2019-20	19:1
2020-21	19:1
2021-22	18:1
2022-23	19:1
Average	19.27:1

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