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

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 25.90% where the last year rate was 27%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 57.00% for full-time students and 33.90% for part-time students.

School Home 2023 Graduation Rate

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Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 25.90% where the current academic year rate is 27%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16%	19%	14%
2014-15	23%	23%	23%
2015-16	20%	18%	22%
2016-17	27%	27%	27%
2017-18	23%	20%	27%
2018-19	25%	24%	26%
2019-20	25%	21%	29%
2020-21	35%	28%	43%
2021-22	38%	33%	42%
2022-23	27%	28%	26%
Average	25.90%	24.10%	27.90%

Columbia College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2013-14	21%
2014-15	17%
2015-16	12%
2016-17	12%
2017-18	13%
2018-19	17%
2019-20	13%
2020-21	10%
2021-22	6%
2022-23	9%
Average	13.00%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	58%	37%
2014-15	57%	36%
2015-16	57%	35%
2016-17	60%	39%
2017-18	56%	41%
2018-19	58%	32%
2019-20	59%	40%
2020-21	53%	23%
2021-22	55%	33%
2022-23	57%	23%
Average	57.00%	33.90%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	19:1
2014-15	17:1
2015-16	17:1
2016-17	18:1
2017-18	20:1
2018-19	19:1
2019-20	19:1
2020-21	18:1
2021-22	16:1
2022-23	14:1
Average	17.70:1

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

Graduation Rate Changes

Transfer-out Rate Changes

Retention Rate Changes

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes