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SMCC's Graduation Rate

40%

Graduation Rate

19%

Transfer-out Rate

70%

Retention Rate

At Southwest Mississippi Community College, the graduation rate is 40 % within 150% normal time, the retention rate is 70 %, and the transfer-out rate is 19 %, as of August 31, 2024.

Its graduation rate is higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges' rate of 29.75% (public suburban-serving Associate's college).

Graduation Rates in Reasonable Completion Time

For the academic year 2023-2024, 195 students out of 485 candidates have completed their courses within 150% normal time (i.e. in 3 years for 2-year Associate degree) at Southwest Mississippi Community College.

By gender, 92 male and 103 female students graduated the school last year completing their jobs in the period.

CandidatesCompletersGraduation Rates
Total48519540.21%
Men2359239.15%
Women25010341.20%
Southwest Mississippi Community College graduation rate by gender

Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity

The following table shows graduation rate by race and at Southwest Mississippi Community College.

  • American Indian or Alaska Native: 33.33%
  • Asian: 100.00%
  • Black (Non-Hispanic): 29.95%
  • Hispanic: 8.33%
  • White: 49.80%
  • Two or More Race: 35.29%
Graduation Rate by Gender
TotalMaleFemale
American Indian or Alaska Native33.33%(1/3) 100.00%(1/1) -
Asian100.00%(1/1) 100.00%(1/1) -
Black (Non-Hispanic)29.95%(59/197) 30.39%(31/102) 29.47%(28/95)
Hispanic8.33%(1/12) - 33.33%(1/3)
White49.80%(127/255) 48.74%(58/119) 50.74%(69/136)
Two or More Race35.29%(6/17) 33.33%(1/3) 35.71%(5/14)
Southwest Mississippi Community College graduation rate by race

Transfer-out and Retention Rates

At SMCC, the transfer-out rate is 18.56%. Its transfer-out rate is relatively higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges' rate of 16.36%.

SMCC's retention rate is 70% for full-time students and 36 % for part-time students last year. Its retention rate is relatively higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges' rate of 62.45%.

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