Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at South Plains

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 19.70% where the last year rate was 19%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 46.10% for full-time students and 39.00% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at South Plains 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 19.70% where the current academic year rate is 19%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23%	23%	23%
2014-15	21%	22%	21%
2015-16	15%	15%	15%
2016-17	15%	17%	13%
2017-18	20%	18%	21%
2018-19	21%	23%	19%
2019-20	22%	23%	21%
2020-21	21%	19%	22%
2021-22	20%	21%	20%
2022-23	19%	20%	18%
Average	19.70%	20.10%	19.30%

South Plains College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2013-14	24%
2014-15	22%
2015-16	20%
2016-17	19%
2017-18	21%
2018-19	17%
2019-20	15%
2020-21	14%
2021-22	13%
2022-23	13%
Average	17.80%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	47%	34%
2014-15	46%	36%
2015-16	42%	43%
2016-17	57%	47%
2017-18	56%	42%
2018-19	46%	45%
2019-20	35%	67%
2020-21	40%	18%
2021-22	44%	30%
2022-23	48%	28%
Average	46.10%	39.00%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	24:1
2014-15	25:1
2015-16	20:1
2016-17	19:1
2017-18	21:1
2018-19	25:1
2019-20	21:1
2020-21	16:1
2021-22	16:1
2022-23	16:1
Average	20.30:1

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Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at South Plains

Graduation Rate Changes

Transfer-out Rate Changes

Retention Rate Changes

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes