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

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 31.70% where the last year rate was 35%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 12.50% for full-time students and 10.10% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at Cascadia 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 31.70% where the current academic year rate is 35%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31%	24%	40%
2014-15	29%	22%	36%
2015-16	28%	24%	32%
2016-17	31%	24%	40%
2017-18	29%	22%	36%
2018-19	30%	23%	39%
2019-20	34%	27%	43%
2020-21	37%	36%	37%
2021-22	33%	29%	37%
2022-23	35%	31%	41%
Average	31.70%	26.20%	38.10%

Cascadia College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 11 years is 25.40% where the current year rate is 22%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Cascadia College from 2013 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2013-14	26%
2014-15	28%
2015-16	24%
2016-17	26%
2017-18	28%
2018-19	25%
2019-20	25%
2020-21	23%
2021-22	27%
2022-23	22%
Average	25.40%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 12.50% for full-time students and 10.10% for part-time students.

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Cascadia from 2013 to 2023.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	62%	43%
2014-15	63%	58%
2015-16	-	-
2016-17	-	-
2017-18	-	-
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	-	-
2022-23	-	-
Average	12.50%	10.10%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 15.20 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 Cascadia College since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	17:1
2014-15	17:1
2015-16	16:1
2016-17	16:1
2017-18	16:1
2018-19	16:1
2019-20	14:1
2020-21	14:1
2021-22	13:1
2022-23	13:1
Average	15.20:1

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