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

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 22.40% where the last year rate was 25%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 50.10% for full-time students and 38.00% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at COM 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 22.40% where the current academic year rate is 25%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	13%	11%	15%
2014-15	18%	17%	19%
2015-16	17%	16%	18%
2016-17	21%	20%	23%
2017-18	21%	24%	19%
2018-19	28%	22%	34%
2019-20	25%	21%	28%
2020-21	28%	30%	25%
2021-22	28%	21%	33%
2022-23	25%	21%	28%
Average	22.40%	20.30%	24.20%

College of the Mainland Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 11 years is 16.50% where the current year rate is 22%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at College of the Mainland from 2013 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2013-14	13%
2014-15	14%
2015-16	16%
2016-17	16%
2017-18	19%
2018-19	13%
2019-20	20%
2020-21	16%
2021-22	16%
2022-23	22%
Average	16.50%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 50.10% for full-time students and 38.00% for part-time students.

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

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	54%	46%
2014-15	60%	35%
2015-16	65%	42%
2016-17	64%	51%
2017-18	65%	55%
2018-19	63%	49%
2019-20	66%	50%
2020-21	64%	52%
2021-22	-	-
2022-23	-	-
Average	50.10%	38.00%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 14.70 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 16 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at College of the Mainland since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	14:1
2014-15	14:1
2015-16	14:1
2016-17	14:1
2017-18	16:1
2018-19	15:1
2019-20	14:1
2020-21	16:1
2021-22	14:1
2022-23	16:1
Average	14.70:1

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