How many Southern Careers Institute - Brownsville first-year students return for their second year, and how many go on to graduate? Retention and graduation rates help you understand how students progress at Southern Careers Institute - Brownsville. First year retention shows who comes back, and graduation rates show who finishes and how long it takes.
The percentage of first-time / full-time students who return for their second year is tracked as the freshmen retention rate.
With 74% students making it past their freshmen year, Southern Careers Institute - Brownsville has freshmen retention rates above the national average.
Nationwide, the average first to second year retention rate is 70.57%.
When looking at just colleges and universities in Texas, the average is 68.17%.
| Retention Rate | |
|---|---|
| Southern Careers Institute - Brownsville | 74% |
| Nationwide | 70.57% |
| Texas | 68.17% |
Of the 295 students in the class of 2023, how many completed their degree on time?
Four years after beginning their degree, 38% of those students had graduated. By 2025, six years after starting their degree, 38% of the students had graduated and after eight years 42% of this class completed their degree.
Any student who completes their bachelor's degree within six years is considered to have graduated on time, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. This makes the offical Southern Careers Institute - Brownsville graduation rate 38%.
| Completion Within | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 295 | 38% |
| Six Years | 295 | 38% |
| Eight Years | 31 | 4% |
| Did Not Complete | 451 | 58% |
The non-completers rate is anyone who is not still enrolled at the institution after eight years. Both transfer students and drop-outs could be included in this group.
Approximately 451 students or 58% of the cohort did not complete their degree within eight years.
What happened to the 451 students who did not complete their degree?
0 are still enrolled.
12 transferred to another institution.
Southern Careers Institute - Brownsville lost contact with the remaining 439 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.0% |
| Transferred | 12 | 2.7% |
| Dropped Out | 439 | 97.3% |
First-time, full-time students under the age of 25 are much more likely to graduate in four years. Some schools cater to mostly traditional students while others cater to 'non-traditional' students. So called 'non-traditional' students include part-time students or those who may be returning after an absense. It is common for part-time and/or adult students to take longer to graduate.
Traditional Students:
First-time, full-time students under the age of 25.
Non-Traditional Students:
Any student that is not first-time, full-time, and under the age of 25.
The majority of students at Southern Careers Institute - Brownsville are considered 'traditional students' who are first-time attending full-time.
Examining the graduation rates of the specific cohorts shown below may be more revealing than looking at the overall graduaton rates.
First-time / full-time students at Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville represent 100.00% of the students in the class of 2023.
After six years, the Southern Careers Institute - Brownsville graduation rate was 38%, and by the eight year mark, 42% of the cohort had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for this group is 37.92% after four years, 46.43% after six years, and 47.82% after eight years.
| Completions | Southern Careers Institute - Brownsville | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 38% | 37.92% |
| Six Years | 38% | 46.43% |
| Eight Years | 42% | 47.82% |
451 first-time / full-time students or 58% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
0 are still enrolled.
12 transferred to another institution.
Southern Careers Institute - Brownsville lost contact with the remaining 439 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.00% |
| Transferred | 12 | 2.66% |
| Dropped Out | 439 | 97.34% |
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data for this cohort at Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville.
We don’t have data for this cohort at Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville.
At this time we lack data for this cohort at Southern Careers Institute-Brownsville.