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

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 68.30% where the current academic year rate is 69%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	67%	59%	74%
2016-17	71%	67%	74%
2017-18	68%	66%	70%
2018-19	64%	54%	72%
2019-20	64%	55%	70%
2020-21	67%	64%	70%
2021-22	72%	71%	73%
2022-23	74%	70%	78%
2023-24	67%	57%	76%
2024-25	69%	58%	78%
Average	68.30%	62.10%	73.50%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 80.50% (all full-time students).

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Earlham 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 8.10 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 7 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Earlham College since 2025.

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