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

The average graduation rate over the past 12 years (2012-2023) is 21.36% where the last year rate was 25%. The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 49.82% for full-time students and 38.18% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at COM do not enrolled continually (i.e transfer-out or stop studying) and do not complete their studies in time.

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Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 21.36% where the current academic year rate is 25%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11%	8%	13%
2013-14	13%	11%	15%
2014-15	18%	17%	19%
2015-16	17%	16%	18%
2016-17	21%	20%	23%
2017-18	21%	24%	19%
2018-19	28%	22%	34%
2019-20	25%	21%	28%
2020-21	28%	30%	25%
2021-22	28%	21%	33%
2022-23	25%	21%	28%
Average	21.36%	19.18%	23.18%

Graduation Rate Changes of College of the Mainland

College of the Mainland Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 17.00% where the current year rate is 22%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at College of the Mainland from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	22%
2013-14	13%
2014-15	14%
2015-16	16%
2016-17	16%
2017-18	19%
2018-19	13%
2019-20	20%
2020-21	16%
2021-22	16%
2022-23	22%
Average	17.00%

Transfer-out Rate Changes of College of the Mainland

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 49.82% for full-time students and 38.18% for part-time students.

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

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	47%	40%
2013-14	54%	46%
2014-15	60%	35%
2015-16	65%	42%
2016-17	64%	51%
2017-18	65%	55%
2018-19	63%	49%
2019-20	66%	50%
2020-21	64%	52%
2021-22	-	-
2022-23	-	-
Average	49.82%	38.18%

Retention Rate Changes of College of the Mainland

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 14.64 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 16 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at College of the Mainland since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	14:1
2013-14	14:1
2014-15	14:1
2015-16	14:1
2016-17	14:1
2017-18	16:1
2018-19	15:1
2019-20	14:1
2020-21	16:1
2021-22	14:1
2022-23	16:1
Average	14.64:1

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes of College of the Mainland

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