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 Saint Paul College – A Community & Technical College.

Federal regulations specify how to calculate the graduation and transfer rates. The rates come from a study of Saint Paul College 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 Saint Paul College within three years. The transfer-out rate is the percentage of these students who did not graduate from Saint Paul College, but instead transferred to another college or university within three years.

These rates do not report on all students at Saint Paul College. The 504 first-time, full-time students in the study were 10 percent of all students enrolled at Saint Paul College in fall of 2021.

• The graduation rate for Saint Paul College was 40 percent.
• The transfer-out rate for Saint Paul College was 20 percent.
• The combination of the graduation rate and the transfer-out rate for Saint Paul College was 60 percent. The national average combined rate for similar colleges was 51 percent.

• 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.

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