LSUS Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At Louisiana State University-Shreveport, the graduation rates was 37.54% (110 students out of 293 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 74 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 Louisiana State University-Shreveport. Last year, the graduation rate was 37.54%. where 110 students out of 293 candidate completed their degree.

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 Louisiana State University-Shreveport, 4 of 9 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 44.44%.

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 Louisiana State University-Shreveport is 26.96% (79 out of 293 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Louisiana State University-Shreveport, the retention rate is 83% for full-time students and 33 % for part-time students.