SOWELA Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At SOWELA Technical Community College, the graduation rates was 40.22% (224 students out of 557 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time (for example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree)). By gender, 129 male and 95 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 SOWELA Technical Community College. Last year, the graduation rate was 40.22%. where 224 students out of 557 candidate completed their degree.

174 students completed their degree or certificate program within 100% normal time and 224 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 SOWELA Technical Community College, 5 of 9 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 55.56%.

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 SOWELA Technical Community College is 11.67% (65 out of 557 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At SOWELA Technical Community College, the retention rate is 60% for full-time students and 35 % for part-time students.