Student Right-To-Know, Graduation, and Transfer-Out Rates (June 2026)

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 2022. The study includes all first-time students who enrolled full-time that fall and were seeking to earn a degree 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 331 first-time, full-time students in the study were 11 percent of all undergraduate students enrolled at South Central in fall of 2022.

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 42 percent.
The transfer-out rate for SCC was 14 percent.
The combination of the graduation rate and the transfer-out rate for SCC was 56 percent. The national average combined rate for similar colleges was 51 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.

Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates — Total Cohort

South Central College — Total Cohort Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates
Group	Graduation Rate	Transfer-Out Rate	Combined
Total Cohort	42%	14%	56%

Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates by Race and Ethnicity

South Central College — Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates by Race and Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity	Graduation Rate	Transfer-Out Rate	Combined
American Indian or Alaska Native	*	*	*
Asian	*	*	*
Black or African American	15%	38%	52%
Hispanic of any race	*	*	*
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*
Two or more races	*	*	*
U.S. Nonresident	*	*	*
Unknown race and ethnicity	*	*	*
White	46%	12%	58%
* Suppressed to protect student privacy. Due to rounding, percentages may not always appear to add up.

Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates by Gender

South Central College — Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates by Gender
Gender	Graduation Rate	Transfer-Out Rate	Combined
Female	32%	21%	53%
Male	48%	10%	58%

Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates by Financial Aid Status

South Central College — Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates by Financial Aid Status
Financial Aid Status	Graduation Rate	Transfer-Out Rate	Combined
Pell Grant Recipient	*	*	*
Received neither Pell nor Subsidized Stafford Loans	51%	10%	60%
Received Subsidized Stafford Loans, but no Pell	*	*	*
* Suppressed to protect student privacy. Due to rounding, percentages may not always appear to add up.