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

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 35.00% where the current academic year rate is 42%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Columbia College over the past 10 years (2015-2025).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	46%	48%	45%
2016-17	31%	25%	35%
2017-18	26%	24%	28%
2018-19	30%	25%	34%
2019-20	28%	27%	28%
2020-21	28%	27%	28%
2021-22	32%	30%	33%
2022-23	42%	42%	43%
2023-24	45%	42%	48%
2024-25	42%	41%	42%
Average	35.00%	33.10%	36.40%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 64.80% for full-time students and 32.20% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Columbia from 2015 to 2025.

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Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 24.30 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 20 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Columbia College since 2025.

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