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

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 48.20% where the current academic year rate is 43%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	50%	42%	54%
2016-17	52%	51%	52%
2017-18	54%	45%	58%
2018-19	50%	43%	54%
2019-20	61%	60%	61%
2020-21	49%	36%	55%
2021-22	56%	55%	56%
2022-23	31%	39%	28%
2023-24	36%	57%	28%
2024-25	43%	61%	36%
Average	48.20%	48.90%	48.20%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 54.20% (all full-time students).

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Fortis College-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 18.80 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 29 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Fortis College-Columbia since 2025.

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