by our College Data Analytics TeamMake an informed decision about your education by understanding Southside College of Health Sciences retention and graduation rates. First year retention rates let you know how many first-time, full-time students students come back for their second year. Graduation rates tell you how many students complete their degree and how long it takes.
We don’t have retention rate data for Southside College of Health Sciences.
There were approximately 50 students in the class of 2023. How many of them actually completed their degree in a timely fashion?
Four years after beginning their degree, 72% of those students had graduated. By 2025, six years after starting their degree, 72% of the students had graduated and after eight years 72% 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 Southside College of Health Sciences graduation rate 72%.
| Completion Within | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 50 | 72% |
| Six Years | 50 | 72% |
| Eight Years | 0 | 0% |
| Did Not Complete | 19 | 28% |
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 19 students or 28% of the cohort did not complete their degree within eight years.
What happened to the 19 students who did not complete their degree?
0 are still enrolled.
13 transferred to another institution.
Southside College of Health Sciences lost contact with the remaining 6 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.0% |
| Transferred | 13 | 68.4% |
| Dropped Out | 6 | 31.6% |
Traditional first-time, full-time students under 25 tend to graduate in four years far more often than other students. Some schools serve mostly traditional students while others serve more 'non-traditional' students — part-timers or those returning after time away — who commonly take longer to finish.
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.
Comparing the graduation rates of the specific cohorts below can be more revealing than the overall graduation rates.
Unfortunately, we don’t have access to data for this cohort at Southside College of Health Sciences.
At this time we lack data for this cohort at Southside College of Health Sciences.
Returning / full-time students at Southside College of Health Sciences represent 7.25% of the students in the class of 2023.
After six years, the Southside College of Health Sciences graduation rate was 100%, and by the eight year mark, 100% of the cohort had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for this group is 53.83% after six years, and 55.07% after eight years.
| Completions | Southside College of Health Sciences | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 0% | 49.57% |
| Six Years | 100% | 53.83% |
| Eight Years | 100% | 55.07% |
Returning / part-time students at Southside College of Health Sciences represent 92.75% of the students in the class of 2023.
After six years, the Southside College of Health Sciences graduation rate was 70%, and by the eight year mark, 70% of the cohort had completed their degree.
Nationwide, the average graduation rate for this group is 30.46% after four years, 36.03% after six years, and 37.80% after eight years.
| Completions | Southside College of Health Sciences | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Four Years | 70% | 30.46% |
| Six Years | 70% | 36.03% |
| Eight Years | 70% | 37.80% |
19 non first-time / part-time students or 30% did not complete their degree within eight years.
Of those who did not finish:
0 are still enrolled.
13 transferred to another institution.
Southside College of Health Sciences lost contact with the remaining 6 who we assumed dropped out.
| Non-Completions | Undergraduates | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Still Enrolled | 0 | 0.00% |
| Transferred | 13 | 68.42% |
| Dropped Out | 6 | 31.58% |
