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

The average graduation rate over the past 12 years (2012-2023) is 24.27% where the last year rate was 34%. The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 5.18% for full-time students and 9.09% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at WNC 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 24.27% where the current academic year rate is 34%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	15%	15%	15%
2013-14	19%	22%	18%
2014-15	23%	21%	25%
2015-16	17%	16%	18%
2016-17	22%	23%	22%
2017-18	25%	23%	27%
2018-19	25%	23%	27%
2019-20	31%	28%	33%
2020-21	27%	24%	29%
2021-22	29%	25%	33%
2022-23	34%	31%	36%
Average	24.27%	22.82%	25.73%

Western Nevada College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 21.64% where the current year rate is 16%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Western Nevada College from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	33%
2013-14	25%
2014-15	20%
2015-16	14%
2016-17	22%
2017-18	29%
2018-19	21%
2019-20	18%
2020-21	19%
2021-22	21%
2022-23	16%
Average	21.64%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 5.18% for full-time students and 9.09% for part-time students.

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

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	-	-
2013-14	-	-
2014-15	-	-
2015-16	57%	100%
2016-17	-	-
2017-18	-	-
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	-	-
2022-23	-	-
Average	5.18%	9.09%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 18.55 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 17 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Western Nevada College since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	22:1
2013-14	21:1
2014-15	19:1
2015-16	20:1
2016-17	17:1
2017-18	18:1
2018-19	17:1
2019-20	17:1
2020-21	18:1
2021-22	18:1
2022-23	17:1
Average	18.55:1

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