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 2021. 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 294 first-time, full-time students in the study were 9 percent of all students enrolled at South Central in fall of 2021.
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 39 percent.
- The transfer-out rate for SCC was 14 percent.
- The combination of the graduation rate and the transfer-out rate for SCC was 53 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.
| Group | Graduation Rate | Transfer-Out Rate | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Cohort | 39% | 14% | 53% |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | * | * | * |
| Asian | * | * | * |
| Black or African American | 15% | 42% | 58% |
| Hispanic of any race | 43% | 7% | 50% |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | * | * | * |
| U.S. Nonresident | * | * | * |
| Two or more races | * | * | * |
| Unknown race and ethnicity | * | * | * |
| White | 42% | 11% | 54% |
| Gender | Graduation Rate | Transfer-Out Rate | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 35% | 19% | 53% |
| Male | 42% | 11% | 53% |
| Financial Aid Status | Graduation Rate | Transfer-Out Rate | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pell Grant Recipient | 36% | 14% | 51% |
| Received neither Pell nor Subsidized Stafford Loans | 41% | 12% | 54% |
| Received subsidized Stafford Loans, but no Pell | 44% | 20% | 64% |
*Suppressed to protect student privacy. Due to rounding, percentages may not always appear to add up.
