Francis Marion Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At Francis Marion University, the graduation rates was 39.23% (286 students out of 729 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 63 male and 223 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 Francis Marion University. Last year, the graduation rate was 39.23%. where 286 students out of 729 candidate completed their degree.

152 students completed their course in 4 years and 108 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 26 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 Francis Marion University, 3 of 13 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 23.08%.

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 Francis Marion University is 42.94% (313 out of 729 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Francis Marion University, the retention rate is 65% for full-time students and 50 % for part-time students.