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

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 66.50% where the current academic year rate is 66%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion over the past 10 years (2015-2025).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	60%	57%	62%
2016-17	65%	60%	68%
2017-18	63%	55%	67%
2018-19	66%	58%	70%
2019-20	71%	66%	74%
2020-21	71%	66%	74%
2021-22	71%	62%	75%
2022-23	66%	65%	67%
2023-24	66%	57%	71%
2024-25	66%	63%	68%
Average	66.50%	60.90%	69.60%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 79.90% for full-time students and 10.00% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at IWU 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 13.10 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 12 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion since 2025.

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