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

The average graduation rate over the past 11 years (2013-2023) is 24.90% where the last year rate was 31%. The average retention rate of the last 11 years is 73.40% for full-time students and 47.30% for part-time students.

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There are multiple same-named institutes of Southwestern College. This page describes a school located in Chula Vista, CA. You may want to view a school located in another city and/or state on the Southwestern College locations page.

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 24.90% where the current academic year rate is 31%.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18%	15%	21%
2014-15	19%	16%	21%
2015-16	28%	26%	29%
2016-17	23%	19%	27%
2017-18	22%	20%	24%
2018-19	22%	21%	23%
2019-20	26%	22%	30%
2020-21	29%	26%	32%
2021-22	31%	25%	37%
2022-23	31%	25%	36%
Average	24.90%	21.50%	28.00%

Southwestern College Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2013-14	15%
2014-15	12%
2015-16	10%
2016-17	12%
2017-18	8%
2018-19	11%
2019-20	9%
2020-21	9%
2021-22	9%
2022-23	6%
Average	10.10%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	78%	55%
2014-15	71%	49%
2015-16	73%	49%
2016-17	73%	51%
2017-18	74%	45%
2018-19	72%	52%
2019-20	75%	40%
2020-21	73%	43%
2021-22	70%	41%
2022-23	75%	48%
Average	73.40%	47.30%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	27:1
2014-15	28:1
2015-16	29:1
2016-17	20:1
2017-18	21:1
2018-19	22:1
2019-20	26:1
2020-21	24:1
2021-22	22:1
2022-23	22:1
Average	24.10:1

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

Graduation Rate Changes

Transfer-out Rate Changes

Retention Rate Changes

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes