How SFCC's Graduation Rate Changes

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 19.00% where the current academic year rate is 18%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9%	9%	8%
2014-15	11%	7%	15%
2015-16	16%	11%	20%
2016-17	18%	8%	25%
2017-18	23%	12%	29%
2018-19	22%	18%	25%
2019-20	25%	18%	30%
2020-21	24%	24%	25%
2021-22	24%	18%	30%
2022-23	18%	14%	21%
Average	19.00%	13.90%	22.80%

Santa Fe Community College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Transfer-out Rate Changes

The average transfer-out rate of the last 11 years is 14.90% where the current year rate is 13%. The following table and chart illustrate the change of transfer-out rate at Santa Fe Community College from 2013 to 2023.

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2013-14	23%
2014-15	17%
2015-16	13%
2016-17	16%
2017-18	14%
2018-19	13%
2019-20	15%
2020-21	11%
2021-22	14%
2022-23	13%
Average	14.90%

Retention Rate Changes

The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 58.40% for full-time students and 40.10% for part-time students.

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

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	61%	42%
2014-15	58%	41%
2015-16	57%	35%
2016-17	52%	46%
2017-18	63%	36%
2018-19	65%	39%
2019-20	65%	42%
2020-21	53%	43%
2021-22	52%	31%
2022-23	58%	46%
Average	58.40%	40.10%

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes

The average student to faculty ratio over the last 11 years is 13.30 to 1 where the current academic year ratio is 11 to 1. The following table and chart illustrate the change of student to faculty ratio at Santa Fe Community College since 2023.

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	18:1
2014-15	15:1
2015-16	14:1
2016-17	13:1
2017-18	14:1
2018-19	13:1
2019-20	12:1
2020-21	12:1
2021-22	11:1
2022-23	11:1
Average	13.30:1

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

Graduation Rate Changes

Transfer-out Rate Changes

Retention Rate Changes

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes