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

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 20.10% where the last year rate was 22%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 21.10% for full-time students and 15.10% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at Bakersfield do not enrolled continually (i.e transfer-out or stop studying) and do not complete their studies in time.

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Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 20.10% where the current academic year rate is 22%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Bakersfield College over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18%	17%	18%
2014-15	23%	22%	24%
2015-16	20%	20%	21%
2016-17	17%	17%	17%
2017-18	23%	22%	24%
2018-19	18%	18%	18%
2019-20	19%	19%	20%
2020-21	21%	19%	22%
2021-22	20%	18%	22%
2022-23	22%	20%	23%
Average	20.10%	19.20%	20.90%

Bakersfield College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2013-14	10%
2014-15	8%
2015-16	9%
2016-17	11%
2017-18	9%
2018-19	14%
2019-20	11%
2020-21	9%
2021-22	8%
2022-23	9%
Average	9.80%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	71%	49%
2014-15	70%	51%
2015-16	70%	51%
2016-17	-	-
2017-18	-	-
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	-	-
2022-23	-	-
Average	21.10%	15.10%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	31:1
2014-15	32:1
2015-16	31:1
2016-17	32:1
2017-18	31:1
2018-19	30:1
2019-20	28:1
2020-21	29:1
2021-22	28:1
2022-23	28:1
Average	30.00:1

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

Graduation Rate Changes

Transfer-out Rate Changes

Retention Rate Changes

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes