Sam Houston State Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At Sam Houston State University, the graduation rates was 56.09% (1,496 students out of 2,667 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 494 male and 1,002 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 Sam Houston State University. Last year, the graduation rate was 56.09%. where 1,496 students out of 2,667 candidate completed their degree.

900 students completed their course in 4 years and 491 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 105 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 Sam Houston State University, 9 of 14 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 64.29%.

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 Sam Houston State University is 23.70% (632 out of 2,667 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Sam Houston State University, the retention rate is 74% for full-time students and 58 % for part-time students.