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

The average graduation rate over the past 12 years (2012-2023) is 11.36% where the last year rate was 7%. The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 37.27% for full-time students and 27.73% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at South University-Columbia do not enrolled continually (i.e transfer-out or stop studying) and do not complete their studies in time.

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Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 11.36% where the current academic year rate is 7%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at South University-Columbia over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9%	0%	12%
2013-14	5%	0%	7%
2014-15	15%	22%	13%
2015-16	9%	7%	10%
2016-17	10%	4%	12%
2017-18	11%	7%	13%
2018-19	23%	29%	20%
2019-20	17%	40%	12%
2020-21	6%	0%	11%
2021-22	13%	0%	16%
2022-23	7%	16%	5%
Average	11.36%	11.36%	11.91%

Graduation Rate Changes of South University-Columbia

South University-Columbia Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 0.64% where the current year rate is 7%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at South University-Columbia from 2022 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2022-23	7%
Average	0.64%

Transfer-out Rate Changes of South University-Columbia

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 37.27% for full-time students and 27.73% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at South University-Columbia from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	36%	23%
2013-14	42%	40%
2014-15	36%	11%
2015-16	38%	29%
2016-17	42%	-
2017-18	9%	20%
2018-19	-	50%
2019-20	50%	25%
2020-21	86%	50%
2021-22	25%	40%
2022-23	46%	17%
Average	37.27%	27.73%

Retention Rate Changes of South University-Columbia

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 12.55 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 15 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at South University-Columbia since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	17:1
2013-14	17:1
2014-15	12:1
2015-16	14:1
2016-17	11:1
2017-18	10:1
2018-19	10:1
2019-20	9:1
2020-21	11:1
2021-22	12:1
2022-23	15:1
Average	12.55:1

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes of South University-Columbia

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