Graduation, Transfer, and Retention Rates

Undergraduate Students

Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates: Four-Year Average Rates

Year Cohort Total completers within 150% Total transfer-out students
2014 680 53% 34%
2015 630 50% 35%
2016 578 51% 31%
2017 605 56% 29%
Four-Year Total 2,493 52% 32%
  • Four-year average completion or graduation rate calculation: 52% (Total completers within 150% / adjusted cohort) 
  • Four-year average transfer-out rate calculation: 32% (Total transfer-out students / adjusted cohort)

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey 2023-24
 

Retention Rates

For the cohort of all full‐time bachelor’s degree‐seeking undergraduate students who entered WSC as freshmen in Fall 2022 (or the preceding summer term), 73% were still enrolled in Fall 2023.

Source: IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2023-24
 

Fall 2017 Cohort Breakdown
 

Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates for Male Students (Fall 2017: First‐Time, Full‐Time Undergraduate Students)

Race/Ethnicity

Cohort

Completers Within 150%

Transfer-Outs

Graduation Rate

Transfer-Out Rate

U.S. non-resident 4 2 1 50% 25%
Hispanic/Latino 21 8 5 38% 24%
American Indian or Alaska Native 3 0 2 0% 67%
Asian 2 1 1 50% 50%
Black or African American 17 2 8 12% 47%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0 0 0% 0%
White 192 114 43 59% 22%
Two or more races 11 1 7 9% 64%
Race/Ethnicity unknown 2 1 1 50% 50%
Total Males 253 129 68 51% 27%

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey 2023-24
 

Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates for Female Students (Fall 2017 Cohort: First‐Time, Full‐Time Undergraduate Students)

Race/Ethnicity

Cohort

Completers Within 150%

Transfer-Outs

Graduation Rate

Transfer-Out Rate

U.S. non-resident 2 2 0 100% 0%
Hispanic/Latino 27 12 8 44% 30%
American Indian or Alaska Native 2 0 2 0% 100%
Asian 2 0 2 0% 100%
Black or African American 8 1 5 13% 63%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 2 0 1 0% 50%
White 294 184 84 63% 29%
Two or more races 11 6 4 55% 36%
Race/Ethnicity unknown 4 3 1 75% 25%
Total Females 352 208 107 59% 30%

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey 2023-24

 

Grand Total of Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates (Fall 2017 Cohort: First‐Time, Full‐Time Undergraduate Students)

 

Cohort

Completers Within 150%

Transfer-Outs

Graduation Rate

Transfer-Out Rate

Grand Total 605 337 175 56% 29%

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey 2023-24

 

Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates for Students by Financial Aid Received (Fall 2017 Cohort)

Type of Aid

Cohort

Completers Within 150%

Transfer-Outs

Graduation Rate

Transfer-Out Rate

Received Pell Grant 222 92 78 41% 35%
Received Subsidized Stafford Loan (No Pell) 99 50 33 51% 33%
Did not receive Pell or Subsidized Stafford Loan 284 195 64 69% 23%
Grand Totals 605 337 175 56% 29%

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey 2023-24, IPEDS Financial Aid 2018-19, and internal financial aid records

Institutional Data and Research

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Address: Hahn Administration, 204B

Telephone: 402-375-7466