Graduation Rate at SMC

Graduation Rate	Transfer-out Rate
32%	16%

At Southwestern Michigan College, the graduation rate is 32 % within 150% normal time, the retention rate is 60 %, and the transfer-out rate is 16 %, as of August 31, 2023.

Its graduation rate is relatively higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges' rate of 27.23% (public suburban-serving Associate's college).

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Graduation Rates in Reasonable Completion Time

For the academic year 2022-2023, 153 students out of 477 candidates have completed their courses within 150% normal time (i.e. in 3 years for 2-year Associate degree) at Southwestern Michigan College.

By gender, 62 male and 91 female students graduated the school last year completing their jobs in the period. Its graduation rate is relatively higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges' rate of 27.23% (public suburban-serving Associate's college).

	Candidates	Completers	Graduation Rates
Total	477	153	32.08%
Men	200	62	31.00%
Women	277	91	32.85%

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Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity

The following table shows graduation rate by race and at Southwestern Michigan College.

American Indian or Alaska Native: 12.50%
Asian: 33.33%
Black (Non-Hispanic): 13.95%
Hispanic: 27.59%
White: 37.66%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 100.00%
Two or More Race: 19.05%
Unknown: 47.62%

Graduation Rate by Gender
	Total	Male	Female
American Indian or Alaska Native	12.50%(1/8)	-	33.33%(1/3)
Asian	33.33%(1/3)	33.33%(1/3)	-
Black (Non-Hispanic)	13.95%(12/86)	10.81%(4/37)	16.33%(8/49)
Hispanic	27.59%(8/29)	26.67%(4/15)	28.57%(4/14)
White	37.66%(116/308)	37.01%(47/127)	38.12%(69/181)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	100.00%(1/1)	100.00%(1/1)	-
Two or More Race	19.05%(4/21)	25.00%(1/4)	17.65%(3/17)
Unknown	47.62%(10/21)	50.00%(4/8)	46.15%(6/13)

Southwestern Michigan College graduation rate by race

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Transfer-out and Retention Rates

At SMC, the transfer-out rate is 16.77%. Its transfer-out rate is relatively higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges' rate of 14.42%.

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