How CVCC's Graduation Rate Changes

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 27.00% where the current academic year rate is 31%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	24%	24%	24%
2013-14	21%	14%	27%
2014-15	14%	13%	15%
2015-16	19%	19%	19%
2016-17	25%	23%	27%
2017-18	28%	26%	30%
2018-19	26%	24%	29%
2019-20	36%	33%	40%
2020-21	37%	31%	43%
2021-22	36%	31%	41%
2022-23	31%	30%	31%
Average	27.00%	24.36%	29.64%

Graduation Rate Changes of Catawba Valley Community College

Catawba Valley Community College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 23.27% where the current year rate is 17%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Catawba Valley Community College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2014-15	24%
2015-16	42%
2016-17	19%
2017-18	50%
2018-19	31%
2019-20	36%
2020-21	21%
2021-22	16%
2022-23	17%
Average	23.27%

Transfer-out Rate Changes of Catawba Valley Community College

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 67.45% for full-time students and 47.18% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at CVCC from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	80%	33%
2013-14	70%	45%
2014-15	71%	46%
2015-16	69%	50%
2016-17	66%	73%
2017-18	67%	45%
2018-19	63%	42%
2019-20	63%	47%
2020-21	61%	39%
2021-22	69%	50%
2022-23	63%	49%
Average	67.45%	47.18%

Retention Rate Changes of Catawba Valley Community College

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 12.64 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 Catawba Valley Community College since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	15:1
2013-14	11:1
2014-15	11:1
2015-16	15:1
2016-17	15:1
2017-18	14:1
2018-19	13:1
2019-20	13:1
2020-21	12:1
2021-22	11:1
2022-23	9:1
Average	12.64:1

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes of Catawba Valley Community College

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

Graduation Rate Changes

Transfer-out Rate Changes

Retention Rate Changes

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

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