Graduation Rates in Reasonable Completion Time

For the academic year 2022-2023, 211 students out of 614 candidates have completed their courses within 150% normal time (i.e. in 6 years for 4-years BS degree) at South Carolina State University. By gender, 87 male and 124 female students graduated the school last year completing their jobs in the period. Its graduation rate is lower than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (44.36% in average - public Master's College and University (smaller programs)).
CandidatesCompletersGraduation Rates
Total61421134.36%
Men3048728.62%
Women31012440.00%
South Carolina State University graduate rate

Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity

The graduation rate of American Indian or Alaska Native students is 25.00%, rate of Asian students is 0.00%, rate of Black (Non-Hispanic) students is 33.95%, rate of Hispanic students is 25.00%, and rate of White students is 70.00% at South Carolina State University.
TotalMaleFemale
American Indian or Alaska Native25.00%(1/4) - 50.00%(1/2)
Asian0.00%(-/1) - -
Black (Non-Hispanic)33.95%(202/595) 28.28%(84/297) 39.60%(118/298)
Hispanic25.00%(1/4) - 25.00%(1/4)
White70.00%(7/10) 60.00%(3/5) 80.00%(4/5)
Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity
South Carolina State University graduate rate by race

Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

For BS degrees, 112 students completed their courses in 4 years (or 100% normal time) and 75 finished in 5 years (or 125% normal time). An additional 136 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 South Carolina State, the transfer-out rate is 26.71%. Its transfer-out rate is relatively higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (24.06% in average - public Master's College and University (smaller programs)).
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 South Carolina State University, the retention rate is 68% for full-time students and 10 % for part-time students last year. Its retention rate is around the average rate when comparing similar colleges (68.85% in average - public Master's College and University (smaller programs)).
Retention Rates at South Carolina State University
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