How to Calculate Graduation Rate
Graduation rates is the percentage of students who graduate from an educational institution. The general formula for graduation rate is the number of students graduating divided by the number of students. Graduation rates are important because it shows how committed schools are to graduating their students. Schools with high graduation rates have less students who fail in school and more students earning a degree.
1 Determine the number
Determine the number of students who are graduating. For example, a school has 2,000 graduates.
2 Determine the number of students who entered the school as freshmen
Determine the number of students who entered the school as freshmen, then add students who transferred to the school and subtract students who transferred out of the school. In our example, the freshmen class which is graduating started with 2,050 students, had 11 students transfer in and 12 students transfer out. Therefore, there were 2049 students in the graduating class.
3 Divide the number
Divide the number of students graduating by the number of students in the graduating class. In the example, 2,000 students divided by 2049 students equals 0.976 or 97.6 percent.
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