Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at SCI-Arc

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 73.30% where the current academic year rate is 71%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Southern California Institute of Architecture over the past 10 years (2015-2025).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	50%	38%	75%
2016-17	29%	30%	25%
2017-18	100%	100%	100%
2018-19	85%	79%	100%
2019-20	93%	90%	100%
2020-21	76%	69%	90%
2021-22	74%	73%	75%
2022-23	85%	90%	80%
2023-24	70%	84%	58%
2024-25	71%	78%	64%
Average	73.30%	73.10%	76.70%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 85.70% (all full-time students).

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at SCI-Arc 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 12.60 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 9 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Southern California Institute of Architecture since 2025.

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