Graduation Rates in Reasonable Completion Time

For the academic year 2022-2023, 932 students out of 1,955 candidates have completed their courses within 150% normal time (i.e. in 6 years for 4-years BS degree) at University of South Alabama. By gender, 366 male and 566 female students graduated the school last year completing their jobs in the period. Its graduation rate is relatively lower than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (55.43% in average - public Research University (high research activity)).
CandidatesCompletersGraduation Rates
Total1,95593247.67%
Men90736640.35%
Women1,04856654.01%
University of South Alabama graduate rate

Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity

The graduation rate of American Indian or Alaska Native students is 53.33%, rate of Asian students is 57.58%, rate of Black (Non-Hispanic) students is 45.14%, rate of Hispanic students is 37.97%, rate of White students is 53.41%, rate of Two or More Race students is 48.15%, and rate of Unknown students is 52.00% at University of South Alabama.
TotalMaleFemale
American Indian or Alaska Native53.33%(8/15) 42.86%(3/7) 62.50%(5/8)
Asian57.58%(19/33) 41.67%(5/12) 66.67%(14/21)
Black (Non-Hispanic)45.14%(172/381) 37.66%(58/154) 50.22%(114/227)
Hispanic37.97%(30/79) 43.33%(13/30) 34.69%(17/49)
White53.41%(627/1,174) 50.29%(261/519) 55.88%(366/655)
Two or More Race48.15%(39/81) 35.71%(10/28) 54.72%(29/53)
Unknown52.00%(13/25) 40.00%(2/5) 55.00%(11/20)
Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity
University of South Alabama graduate rate by race

Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

For BS degrees, 620 students completed their courses in 4 years (or 100% normal time) and 233 finished in 5 years (or 125% normal time). An additional 699 students graduated within 6 years (or 150% normal time).
Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

Transfer-out and Retention Rates

The transfer-out rate is calculated by dividing the total number of students who are known to have transferred out of other institutions within 150% of normal time to completion into the total number of students. At U of South Alabama, the transfer-out rate is 30.03%. Its transfer-out rate is much higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (21.13% in average - public Research University (high research activity)).
Transfer-out and Retention Rates
By definition, the retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At University of South Alabama, the retention rate is 69% for full-time students and 29 % for part-time students last year. Its retention rate is relatively lower than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (75.69% in average - public Research University (high research activity)).
Retention Rates at University of South Alabama

Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate

A non-resident alien student is not a US citizen/green card holder and studies with a student visa, such as an F visa, in the United States. At University of South Alabama, 24 of 167 non-resident alien students completed their studies and the graduation rate was 14.37%.
Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate
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