Southwestern Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At Southwestern College, the graduation rates was 31.30% (666 students out of 2,128 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time (for example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree)). By gender, 248 male and 418 female students 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 Southwestern College. Last year, the graduation rate was 31.30%. where 666 students out of 2,128 candidate completed their degree.

282 students completed their degree or certificate program within 100% normal time and 666 students finished there program within 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 Southwestern College, 4 of 4 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 Southwestern College is 6.39% (136 out of 2,128 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Southwestern College, the retention rate is 75% for full-time students and 48 % for part-time students.