Credits Successfully Completed – Spring
Successful completion of attempted credits propels students toward the achievement of their educational goals. The higher the credit completion rate, the greater the likelihood students will efficiently progress through their academic pathway saving time and financial resources.
| Term Year | Spr2019 | Spr2020 | Spr2021 | Spr2022 | Spr2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credit completion rate | 79.1% | 79.45% | 78.5% | 79.0% | 78.8% |
Spring term credit completion rates remain fairly consistent with minimal variation from year to year.
Equity Gaps
Equity gap refers to any disparity in a metric like graduation rate or term-to-term persistence along racial, socioeconomic, gender, or other major demographic groupings. These gaps lead the college to ask “what processes, policies, strategies, etc. are in place that create or exacerbate these disparities? ” rather than “what is the student doing wrong?”
| Spring 2023 Rates by | Range (low to high) | Equity Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | 79.2% to 79.3% (Male to Female) | no gap |
| Pell Status | 74.5% to 82.0% (Awarded Pell to No Pell) | 7.5% points |
| First Generation | 76.6% to 81.8% (First Generation to Not First Generation) | 5.2% points |
| Age | 77.8% to 82.5% (Age 20-24 to Age 30 and older) | 5.9% points |
| Race/Ethnicity | 66.5% to 84.1% (Black/African American to Asian) | 17.6% points |
Spring 2023 Findings
- The gender equity gap is the lowest among demographic characteristics and the race/ethnicity equity gap is the highest.
- Student who did not report their gender had the highest completion rates (86.7%); female and male students had similar credit completion rates.
- Students who were not awarded Pell grants completed more attempted credits than did Pell recipients.
- Non-first generation students, those with a parent or guardian having completed a 4-year degree, had a higher credit completion rate than first generation students.
- Students age 30 and older completed the highest percentage of attempted credits while students age 20-24 completed the lowest percentage of attempted credits.
- Students who identified as Asian completed more attempted credits than other race/ethnicity groups.
Race/Ethnicity/International Spring 2023 Credit Completion Rate American Indian/Alaska Native 70.7% Asian 84.1% Black or African American 65.9% Hispanic or Latino 73.7% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 66.7% Two or more races 74.4% Not Reported 82.2% White 81.3% International 88.4%
Notes:
The race/ethnicity calculation was updated in spring 2021 to report International students as one group.
Successful Credit Completion Rate = # of credits completed with grades A, B, C, P divided by total credits attempted (including grades W.)
Data Source: Argos, YESS, Successful Credit Completions