Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Ben Franklin Career Center

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 30.30% where the last year rate was 0%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 55.30% for full-time students and 2.30% for part-time students.

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Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 30.30% where the current academic year rate is 0%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Ben Franklin Career Center over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16%	0%	0%
2014-15	18%	0%	0%
2015-16	19%	0%	0%
2016-17	73%	0%	0%
2017-18	91%	0%	0%
2018-19	86%	0%	0%
2019-20	0%	0%	0%
2020-21	0%	0%	0%
2021-22	0%	0%	0%
2022-23	0%	0%	0%
Average	30.30%	0.00%	0.00%

Ben Franklin Career Center Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 11 years is 1.80% where the current year rate is 0%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Ben Franklin Career Center from 2015 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2015-16	18%
2016-17	0%
2017-18	0%
2018-19	0%
2019-20	0%
2020-21	0%
2021-22	0%
2022-23	0%
Average	1.80%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 55.30% for full-time students and 2.30% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Ben Franklin Career Center from 2013 to 2023.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	22%	12%
2014-15	16%	8%
2015-16	18%	2%
2016-17	13%	1%
2017-18	75%	-
2018-19	87%	-
2019-20	90%	-
2020-21	76%	-
2021-22	70%	-
2022-23	86%	-
Average	55.30%	2.30%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 10.70 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 7 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Ben Franklin Career Center since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	12:1
2014-15	12:1
2015-16	12:1
2016-17	12:1
2017-18	12:1
2018-19	9:1
2019-20	8:1
2020-21	10:1
2021-22	13:1
2022-23	7:1
Average	10.70:1

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