Samford Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At Samford University, the graduation rates was 77.79% (711 students out of 914 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 223 male and 488 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 Samford University. Last year, the graduation rate was 77.79%. where 711 students out of 914 candidate completed their degree.

635 students completed their course in 4 years and 73 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 3 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 Samford University, 7 of 11 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 63.64%.

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Samford University, the retention rate is 91% for full-time students and 50 % for part-time students.