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

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 25.30% where the last year rate was 31%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 44.50% for full-time students and 24.70% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at Post 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 25.30% where the current academic year rate is 31%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	36%	27%	42%
2014-15	26%	31%	22%
2015-16	30%	23%	36%
2016-17	24%	19%	28%
2017-18	25%	29%	22%
2018-19	20%	16%	22%
2019-20	16%	19%	14%
2020-21	25%	24%	25%
2021-22	20%	25%	17%
2022-23	31%	24%	37%
Average	25.30%	23.70%	26.50%

Post University Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 11 years is 2.00% where the current year rate is 0%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Post University from 2017 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2017-18	12%
2018-19	2%
2019-20	6%
2020-21	0%
2021-22	0%
2022-23	0%
Average	2.00%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 44.50% for full-time students and 24.70% for part-time students.

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

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	39%	23%
2014-15	48%	27%
2015-16	38%	19%
2016-17	37%	26%
2017-18	39%	21%
2018-19	59%	29%
2019-20	45%	29%
2020-21	60%	28%
2021-22	45%	29%
2022-23	35%	16%
Average	44.50%	24.70%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 20.30 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 16 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Post University since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	23:1
2014-15	21:1
2015-16	19:1
2016-17	19:1
2017-18	20:1
2018-19	20:1
2019-20	21:1
2020-21	23:1
2021-22	21:1
2022-23	16:1
Average	20.30:1

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