How SWIC's Graduation Rate Changes

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 27.45% where the current academic year rate is 28%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	26%	26%	25%
2013-14	27%	27%	28%
2014-15	25%	27%	24%
2015-16	27%	27%	28%
2016-17	28%	29%	26%
2017-18	28%	29%	26%
2018-19	31%	33%	30%
2019-20	27%	25%	30%
2020-21	27%	28%	26%
2021-22	28%	29%	28%
2022-23	28%	28%	27%
Average	27.45%	28.00%	27.09%

Graduation Rate Changes of Southwestern Illinois College

Southwestern Illinois College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 12 years is 19.91% where the current year rate is 17%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Southwestern Illinois College from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	22%
2013-14	19%
2014-15	22%
2015-16	23%
2016-17	21%
2017-18	20%
2018-19	18%
2019-20	20%
2020-21	20%
2021-22	17%
2022-23	17%
Average	19.91%

Transfer-out Rate Changes of Southwestern Illinois College

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 12 years is 63.73% for full-time students and 46.18% for part-time students.

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

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	59%	49%
2013-14	64%	42%
2014-15	65%	47%
2015-16	61%	42%
2016-17	68%	47%
2017-18	64%	48%
2018-19	65%	49%
2019-20	66%	44%
2020-21	63%	42%
2021-22	63%	51%
2022-23	63%	47%
Average	63.73%	46.18%

Retention Rate Changes of Southwestern Illinois College

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 12 years is 18.73 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 17 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Southwestern Illinois College since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	21:1
2013-14	21:1
2014-15	20:1
2015-16	19:1
2016-17	19:1
2017-18	18:1
2018-19	18:1
2019-20	19:1
2020-21	17:1
2021-22	17:1
2022-23	17:1
Average	18.73:1

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes of Southwestern Illinois College

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

Graduation Rate Changes

Transfer-out Rate Changes

Retention Rate Changes

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

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