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

The average graduation rate over the past 12 years (2012-2023) is 26.00% where the last year rate was 26%. The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 16.27% for full-time students and 11.82% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at YVC 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 26.00% where the current academic year rate is 26%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	22%	20%	23%
2013-14	25%	21%	29%
2014-15	23%	23%	22%
2015-16	22%	20%	23%
2016-17	25%	21%	29%
2017-18	24%	18%	29%
2018-19	30%	19%	39%
2019-20	28%	23%	32%
2020-21	28%	28%	28%
2021-22	33%	29%	36%
2022-23	26%	23%	29%
Average	26.00%	22.27%	29.00%

Yakima Valley College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	18%
2013-14	15%
2014-15	15%
2015-16	17%
2016-17	15%
2017-18	17%
2018-19	17%
2019-20	12%
2020-21	12%
2021-22	12%
2022-23	14%
Average	14.91%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	58%	47%
2013-14	61%	44%
2014-15	60%	39%
2015-16	-	-
2016-17	-	-
2017-18	-	-
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	-	-
2022-23	-	-
Average	16.27%	11.82%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 18.45 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 15 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Yakima Valley College since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	24:1
2013-14	19:1
2014-15	19:1
2015-16	16:1
2016-17	17:1
2017-18	17:1
2018-19	19:1
2019-20	20:1
2020-21	19:1
2021-22	18:1
2022-23	15:1
Average	18.45:1

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

Graduation Rate Changes

Transfer-out Rate Changes

Retention Rate Changes

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes