Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Northwestern Health Sciences

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 46.80% where the last year rate was 0%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 5.00% (all full-time students).

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

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Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 46.80% where the current academic year rate is 0%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Northwestern Health Sciences University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	67%	100%	64%
2014-15	0%	0%	0%
2015-16	25%	0%	33%
2016-17	56%	100%	50%
2017-18	67%	0%	67%
2018-19	43%	0%	50%
2019-20	44%	25%	60%
2020-21	66%	0%	66%
2021-22	100%	0%	100%
2022-23	0%	0%	0%
Average	46.80%	22.50%	49.00%

Northwestern Health Sciences University Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 5.00% (all full-time students).

The following table shows the changes of retention rate at Northwestern Health Sciences from 2013 to 2023.

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	-	-
2014-15	50%	-
2015-16	-	-
2016-17	-	-
2017-18	-	-
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	-	-
2022-23	-	-
Average	5.00%	-

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 8.10 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 4 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Northwestern Health Sciences University since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	5:1
2014-15	7:1
2015-16	20:1
2016-17	7:1
2017-18	7:1
2018-19	12:1
2019-20	8:1
2020-21	7:1
2021-22	4:1
2022-23	4:1
Average	8.10:1

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