Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Fortis Institute-Birmingham

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 49.00% where the last year rate was 36%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 48.30% (all full-time students).

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at Fortis Institute-Birmingham 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 49.00% where the current academic year rate is 36%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	52%	47%	53%
2014-15	48%	56%	45%
2015-16	41%	86%	27%
2016-17	42%	51%	37%
2017-18	53%	52%	53%
2018-19	57%	66%	50%
2019-20	54%	57%	52%
2020-21	50%	45%	54%
2021-22	57%	61%	55%
2022-23	36%	41%	33%
Average	49.00%	56.20%	45.90%

Fortis Institute-Birmingham Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 48.30% (all full-time students).

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Fortis Institute-Birmingham from 2013 to 2023.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	46%	-
2014-15	44%	-
2015-16	58%	-
2016-17	57%	-
2017-18	64%	-
2018-19	50%	-
2019-20	62%	-
2020-21	48%	-
2021-22	29%	-
2022-23	25%	-
Average	48.30%	-

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 20.80 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 15 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Fortis Institute-Birmingham since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	17:1
2014-15	28:1
2015-16	21:1
2016-17	21:1
2017-18	18:1
2018-19	20:1
2019-20	20:1
2020-21	26:1
2021-22	22:1
2022-23	15:1
Average	20.80:1

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