Student Right-To-Know Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates (June 2022)
What is Student Right-To-Know?
Student Right-To-Know is a federal law that requires all colleges and universities to disclose certain information to students. This handout provides the information that a college must provide to students on graduation rates and transfer-out rates for full-time students seeking degrees at South Central College (SCC).
What is a graduation rate and what is a transfer-out rate?
Federal regulations specify how to calculate the graduation and transfer rates. The rates come from a study of SCC students who started at the college in the fall of 2019. The study includes all first-time students who enrolled full-time that fall and were seeking to earn a degree, diploma or certificate at the college. The graduation rate is the percentage of these students who graduated from SCC within three years. The transfer-out rate is the percentage of these students who did not graduate from SCC, but instead transferred to another college or university within three years.
What do I need to know about these rates?
These rates do not report on all students at SCC. The 330 first-time, full-time students in the study were 12 percent of all students enrolled at South Central in fall of 2019.
What are the graduation and transfer-out rates for South Central students and how do they compare to rates for other colleges?
- The graduation rate for SCC was 26 percent.
- The transfer-out rate for SCC was 16 percent.
- The combination of the graduation rate and the transfer-out rate for SCC was 43 percent. The national average combined rate for similar colleges was 44 percent.
Why don’t more South Central students graduate or transfer in three years?
- Some students take jobs before they graduate;
- Students who switch from full-time to part-time enrollment or “stop out” for one or more semesters are more likely to take more than three years to graduate;
- Other students delay their education for personal, family or financial reasons.
Disaggregated Student Right-to-Know Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates
| South Central College | Graduation Rate | Transfer-Out Rate | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Total Cohort |
26% |
16% |
43% |
Disaggregated Student Right-to-Know Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates by Race Ethnicity
| South Central College | Graduation Rate | Transfer-Out Rate | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Race Ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
* |
* |
* |
|
Asian |
* |
* |
* |
|
Black or African American |
22% |
22% |
43% |
|
Hispanic of any race |
18% |
18% |
36% |
|
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
* |
* |
* |
|
Nonresident Alien |
* |
* |
* |
|
Two or more races |
20% |
30% |
50% |
|
Unknown race and ethnicity |
* |
* |
* |
|
White |
29% |
15% |
44% |
Disaggregated Student Right-to-Know Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates by Gender
| South Central College | Graduation Rate | Transfer-Out Rate | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Gender |
|
|
|
|
Female |
26% |
24% |
50% |
|
Male |
27% |
12% |
38% |
Disaggregated Student Right-to-Know Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates by Financial Aid Status
| South Central College | Graduation Rate | Transfer-Out Rate | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Financial Aid |
|
|
|
|
Pell Grant Recipient |
22% |
19% |
41% |
|
Received neither Pell nor Subsidized Stafford Loans |
33% |
12% |
45% |
|
Received subsidized Stafford Loans, but no Pell |
29% |
16% |
45% |
*Suppressed to protect student privacy.
Due to rounding, percentages may not always appear to add up.