Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at UNM-Los Alamos

The average graduation rate over the past 12 years (2012-2023) is 13.64% where the last year rate was 29%. The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 51.55% for full-time students and 18.45% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at UNM-Los Alamos 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 13.64% where the current academic year rate is 29%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3%	2%	3%
2013-14	7%	5%	9%
2014-15	9%	10%	7%
2015-16	8%	7%	8%
2016-17	8%	3%	13%
2017-18	11%	8%	14%
2018-19	19%	18%	21%
2019-20	10%	6%	14%
2020-21	20%	17%	22%
2021-22	26%	10%	40%
2022-23	29%	23%	35%
Average	13.64%	9.91%	16.91%

University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 15.36% where the current year rate is 8%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	23%
2013-14	34%
2014-15	23%
2015-16	19%
2016-17	20%
2017-18	20%
2018-19	3%
2019-20	19%
2020-21	0%
2021-22	0%
2022-23	8%
Average	15.36%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 51.55% for full-time students and 18.45% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at UNM-Los Alamos from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	44%	33%
2013-14	60%	13%
2014-15	45%	7%
2015-16	56%	25%
2016-17	47%	14%
2017-18	51%	12%
2018-19	48%	32%
2019-20	57%	37%
2020-21	58%	8%
2021-22	61%	6%
2022-23	40%	16%
Average	51.55%	18.45%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 20.09 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 23 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	17:1
2013-14	14:1
2014-15	14:1
2015-16	15:1
2016-17	19:1
2017-18	25:1
2018-19	24:1
2019-20	26:1
2020-21	26:1
2021-22	18:1
2022-23	23:1
Average	20.09:1

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