Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Birmingham-Southern

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 10 years is 66.56% where the current academic year rate is 64%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Birmingham-Southern College over the past 9 years (2015-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	61%	51%	72%
2016-17	68%	63%	74%
2017-18	66%	65%	68%
2018-19	68%	60%	79%
2019-20	69%	62%	77%
2020-21	70%	62%	79%
2021-22	69%	63%	76%
2022-23	64%	63%	66%
2023-24	64%	53%	76%
Average	66.56%	60.22%	74.11%

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 10 years is 23.78% where the current year rate is 26%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Birmingham-Southern College from 2016 to 2024.

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Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 10 years is 77.89% (all full-time students).

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Birmingham-Southern from 2015 to 2024.

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Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 10 years is 11.22 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 9 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Birmingham-Southern College since 2024.

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