Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at National American University-Rapid City

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 18.70% where the last year rate was 33%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 21.10% for full-time students and 13.30% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at National American University-Rapid City 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 18.70% where the current academic year rate is 33%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at National American University-Rapid City over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17%	5%	24%
2014-15	15%	11%	17%
2015-16	19%	13%	21%
2016-17	22%	23%	21%
2017-18	12%	8%	14%
2018-19	22%	0%	31%
2019-20	19%	0%	22%
2020-21	18%	0%	20%
2021-22	10%	0%	14%
2022-23	33%	0%	36%
Average	18.70%	6.00%	22.00%

National American University-Rapid City Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2014-15	4%
2015-16	0%
2016-17	0%
2017-18	0%
2018-19	0%
2019-20	0%
2020-21	0%
2021-22	0%
2022-23	0%
Average	0.40%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	83%	28%
2014-15	25%	25%
2015-16	45%	35%
2016-17	-	-
2017-18	-	-
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	25%	24%
2022-23	33%	21%
Average	21.10%	13.30%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	14:1
2014-15	13:1
2015-16	12:1
2016-17	17:1
2017-18	17:1
2018-19	10:1
2019-20	7:1
2020-21	7:1
2021-22	6:1
2022-23	6:1
Average	10.90:1

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Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at National American University-Rapid City

Graduation Rate Changes

Transfer-out Rate Changes

Retention Rate Changes

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes