Public Accountability

Department's Retention and Graduation Rates

Fall 2024 Enrollment (unit): 185 students.   

Retention Rate From Fall to Fall First-Year Students
Cohort Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communications
2023-2024 84.44%
2022-2023 75.86%
2021-2022 65.12%
2020-2021 57.14%
2019-2020 67.50%
2018-2019 66.18%
2017-2018 63.6%
2016-2017 65.2%
Average 68.13%

Savannah State University follows the University System of Georgia's requirements when reporting graduation rates, basing its percentage on a six-year period.

The following chart illustrates graduation rates for the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications.

Graduation Rates for the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications
Cohort Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communications
Fall 2018 to Spring 2024 35.29%
Fall 2017 to Spring 2023 23.81%
Fall 2016 to Spring 2022 30.49%
Fall 2015 to Spring 2021 32.79%
Fall 2014 to Spring 2020 30%
Fall 2013 to Spring 2019 37.72%
Fall 2012 to Spring 2018 33.75%
Fall 2011 to Spring 2017 25.6%
Fall 2010 to Spring 2016 23.1%
Average 30.3