Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Bellingham Technical

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 43.60% where the last year rate was 30%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 21.10% for full-time students and 11.80% for part-time students.

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

School Home 2023 Graduation Rate

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 43.60% where the current academic year rate is 30%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	42%	40%	47%
2014-15	55%	60%	40%
2015-16	46%	59%	0%
2016-17	42%	40%	47%
2017-18	55%	60%	40%
2018-19	46%	59%	0%
2019-20	32%	34%	25%
2020-21	52%	53%	50%
2021-22	36%	39%	33%
2022-23	30%	37%	16%
Average	43.60%	48.10%	29.80%

Bellingham Technical College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2013-14	6%
2014-15	8%
2015-16	3%
2016-17	8%
2017-18	8%
2018-19	3%
2019-20	11%
2020-21	9%
2021-22	14%
2022-23	11%
Average	8.10%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	77%	42%
2014-15	58%	62%
2015-16	76%	14%
2016-17	-	-
2017-18	-	-
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	-	-
2022-23	-	-
Average	21.10%	11.80%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	23:1
2014-15	22:1
2015-16	24:1
2016-17	22:1
2017-18	20:1
2018-19	18:1
2019-20	18:1
2020-21	16:1
2021-22	16:1
2022-23	22:1
Average	20.10:1

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Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Bellingham Technical

Graduation Rate Changes

Transfer-out Rate Changes

Retention Rate Changes

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes