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

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 58.40% where the current academic year rate is 70%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	49%	46%	52%
2016-17	49%	53%	46%
2017-18	56%	61%	52%
2018-19	59%	48%	65%
2019-20	60%	55%	64%
2020-21	62%	54%	66%
2021-22	62%	59%	64%
2022-23	58%	58%	57%
2023-24	59%	57%	61%
2024-25	70%	68%	72%
Average	58.40%	55.90%	59.90%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 77.30% for full-time students and 35.00% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at NNU 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 15.10 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 14 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Northwest Nazarene University since 2025.

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