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

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 52.80% where the current academic year rate is 53%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	48%	47%	49%
2016-17	50%	48%	52%
2017-18	50%	38%	60%
2018-19	51%	47%	54%
2019-20	54%	50%	55%
2020-21	55%	57%	52%
2021-22	53%	53%	53%
2022-23	53%	48%	57%
2023-24	61%	53%	67%
2024-25	53%	48%	56%
Average	52.80%	48.90%	55.50%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 75.70% for full-time students and 36.30% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at UIS 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 12.90 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 13 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at University of Illinois Springfield since 2025.

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