Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at South University-Richmond

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 12.40% where the last year rate was 21%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 40.40% for full-time students and 22.00% for part-time students.

Judging by its graduation rate and retention rate, many students at South University-Richmond 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 12.40% where the current academic year rate is 21%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	0%	0%	0%
2014-15	0%	0%	0%
2015-16	6%	0%	8%
2016-17	21%	0%	24%
2017-18	8%	0%	10%
2018-19	7%	0%	8%
2019-20	32%	33%	31%
2020-21	18%	0%	21%
2021-22	11%	0%	12%
2022-23	21%	50%	16%
Average	12.40%	8.30%	13.00%

South University-Richmond Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2015-16	6%
2016-17	3%
2017-18	0%
2018-19	0%
2019-20	0%
2020-21	0%
2021-22	0%
2022-23	0%
Average	0.90%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	13%	27%
2014-15	41%	42%
2015-16	35%	60%
2016-17	55%	25%
2017-18	67%	33%
2018-19	45%	-
2019-20	40%	-
2020-21	75%	-
2021-22	-	-
2022-23	33%	33%
Average	40.40%	22.00%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	11:1
2014-15	11:1
2015-16	13:1
2016-17	11:1
2017-18	10:1
2018-19	9:1
2019-20	7:1
2020-21	9:1
2021-22	10:1
2022-23	12:1
Average	10.30:1

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Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at South University-Richmond

Graduation Rate Changes

Transfer-out Rate Changes

Retention Rate Changes

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes