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

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 36.00% where the last year rate was 38%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 28.40% for full-time students and 20.80% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at NWBC do not enrolled continually (i.e transfer-out or stop studying) and do not complete their studies in time.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	67%	44%	74%
2014-15	37%	26%	40%
2015-16	44%	35%	46%
2016-17	32%	28%	34%
2017-18	20%	13%	22%
2018-19	31%	22%	33%
2019-20	12%	22%	8%
2020-21	66%	83%	62%
2021-22	13%	20%	12%
2022-23	38%	100%	36%
Average	36.00%	39.30%	36.70%

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2017-18	24%
2018-19	0%
2019-20	0%
2020-21	0%
2021-22	1%
2022-23	0%
Average	2.50%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	63%	50%
2014-15	42%	51%
2015-16	49%	67%
2016-17	23%	19%
2017-18	37%	21%
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	70%	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	-	-
2022-23	-	-
Average	28.40%	20.80%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	13:1
2014-15	17:1
2015-16	14:1
2016-17	10:1
2017-18	14:1
2018-19	12:1
2019-20	15:1
2020-21	14:1
2021-22	14:1
2022-23	12:1
Average	13.50:1

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

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