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

The average graduation rate over the past 12 years (2012-2023) is 24.00% where the last year rate was 31%. The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 73.00% for full-time students and 46.64% for part-time students.

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Graduation Rate

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 24.00% where the current academic year rate is 31%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	15%	15%	17%
2013-14	18%	15%	21%
2014-15	19%	16%	21%
2015-16	28%	26%	29%
2016-17	23%	19%	27%
2017-18	22%	20%	24%
2018-19	22%	21%	23%
2019-20	26%	22%	30%
2020-21	29%	26%	32%
2021-22	31%	25%	37%
2022-23	31%	25%	36%
Average	24.00%	20.91%	27.00%

Graduation Rate Changes of Southwestern College

Southwestern College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 10.73% where the current year rate is 6%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Southwestern College from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	17%
2013-14	15%
2014-15	12%
2015-16	10%
2016-17	12%
2017-18	8%
2018-19	11%
2019-20	9%
2020-21	9%
2021-22	9%
2022-23	6%
Average	10.73%

Transfer-out Rate Changes of Southwestern College

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 73.00% for full-time students and 46.64% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Southwestern from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	69%	40%
2013-14	78%	55%
2014-15	71%	49%
2015-16	73%	49%
2016-17	73%	51%
2017-18	74%	45%
2018-19	72%	52%
2019-20	75%	40%
2020-21	73%	43%
2021-22	70%	41%
2022-23	75%	48%
Average	73.00%	46.64%

Retention Rate Changes of Southwestern College

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 24.00 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 22 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Southwestern College since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	23:1
2013-14	27:1
2014-15	28:1
2015-16	29:1
2016-17	20:1
2017-18	21:1
2018-19	22:1
2019-20	26:1
2020-21	24:1
2021-22	22:1
2022-23	22:1
Average	24.00:1

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes of Southwestern College

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