Bluefield State Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At Bluefield State College, the graduation rates was 32.33% (86 students out of 266 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 36 male and 50 female students have graduated from the school last year by completing their jobs in the period.

The following table and chart describe the graduation rates (150% normal time) by gender at Bluefield State College. Last year, the graduation rate was 32.33%. where 86 students out of 266 candidate completed their degree.

25 students completed their course in 4 years and 15 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 4 students graduated within 6 years, usually referred as 150% normal time.

The following table and chart show graduation rates by race/ethnicity. The numbers in parenthesis denotes number of completers over number of candidates for each category.

Non-resident alien student is not a US citizen and studies with student visa, such as F visa, in United States. At Bluefield State College, 1 of 1 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 100.00%.

The transfer-out rate is calculated by dividing students who have transferred out of other institution into total number of students (candidates) within 150% normal time. The transfer-out rate at Bluefield State College is 14.66% (39 out of 266 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Bluefield State College, the retention rate is 61% for full-time students and 10 % for part-time students.