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

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 11.50% where the last year rate was 17%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 30.70% for full-time students and 21.20% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at GTC 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 11.50% where the current academic year rate is 17%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9%	12%	6%
2014-15	10%	13%	8%
2015-16	8%	10%	7%
2016-17	11%	11%	11%
2017-18	12%	14%	10%
2018-19	14%	17%	11%
2019-20	10%	10%	11%
2020-21	11%	14%	9%
2021-22	13%	16%	10%
2022-23	17%	21%	13%
Average	11.50%	13.80%	9.60%

Greenville Technical College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 11 years is 21.90% where the current year rate is 20%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Greenville Technical College from 2013 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2013-14	23%
2014-15	25%
2015-16	27%
2016-17	22%
2017-18	21%
2018-19	20%
2019-20	21%
2020-21	20%
2021-22	20%
2022-23	20%
Average	21.90%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 30.70% for full-time students and 21.20% for part-time students.

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

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	49%	37%
2014-15	49%	39%
2015-16	52%	36%
2016-17	53%	35%
2017-18	54%	33%
2018-19	50%	32%
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	-	-
2022-23	-	-
Average	30.70%	21.20%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 15.60 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 17 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Greenville Technical College since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	17:1
2014-15	16:1
2015-16	16:1
2016-17	16:1
2017-18	16:1
2018-19	15:1
2019-20	15:1
2020-21	14:1
2021-22	14:1
2022-23	17:1
Average	15.60:1

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