Graduation Rates in Reasonable Completion Time

For the academic year 2022-2023, 161 students out of 366 candidates have completed their courses within 150% normal time (i.e. in 6 years for 4-years BS degree) at Virginia Wesleyan University. By gender, 74 male and 87 female students graduated the school last year completing their jobs in the period. Its graduation rate is much lower than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (67.46% in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences).
CandidatesCompletersGraduation Rates
Total36616143.99%
Men1657444.85%
Women2018743.28%
Virginia Wesleyan University graduate rate

Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity

The graduation rate of American Indian or Alaska Native students is 33.33%, rate of Asian students is 66.67%, rate of Black (Non-Hispanic) students is 34.82%, rate of Hispanic students is 40.00%, rate of White students is 54.22%, rate of Two or More Race students is 37.93%, and rate of Unknown students is 28.57% at Virginia Wesleyan University.
TotalMaleFemale
American Indian or Alaska Native33.33%(1/3) 100.00%(1/1) -
Asian66.67%(2/3) - 100.00%(2/2)
Black (Non-Hispanic)34.82%(39/112) 36.00%(18/50) 33.87%(21/62)
Hispanic40.00%(14/35) 28.57%(4/14) 47.62%(10/21)
White54.22%(90/166) 56.58%(43/76) 52.22%(47/90)
Two or More Race37.93%(11/29) 41.67%(5/12) 35.29%(6/17)
Unknown28.57%(4/14) 33.33%(3/9) 20.00%(1/5)
Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity
Virginia Wesleyan University graduate rate by race

Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

For BS degrees, 136 students completed their courses in 4 years (or 100% normal time) and 22 finished in 5 years (or 125% normal time). An additional 139 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 VWC, the transfer-out rate is 35.52%. Its transfer-out rate is much higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (17.60% in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences).
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 Virginia Wesleyan University, the retention rate is 69% last year. Its retention rate is relatively lower than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (80.87% in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences).
Retention Rates at Virginia Wesleyan University

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