Highest Enrolling Fall Courses – Success Rates
Fall Terms
Given most students enroll in more than one “high enrolling course” during their time at PCC, improvements in these course success rates have the potential to impact a large number of students. Success rates for the ten highest enrolling courses are summarized below.
For context, course success rate is calculated as the total number of grades including withdraws divided by the number of A, B, C, and P grades in that course.
- Fall 2025 success rates for seven of the ten highest enrolling courses are higher than the prior two fall terms.
- Success rates for five courses – MTH 111, PSY 201A, BI 112, MP 111 and STAT 243 – have reached or surpassed Fall 2019 pre-pandemic levels.
| Course | Fall 2023 | Fall 2024 | Fall 2025 | Fall 2025 relative to prior two terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR 121 | 67.8% | 71.4% | 73.5% | higher |
| MTH 95 | 49.0% | 56.6% | 50.1% | within range |
| MTH 111 | 60.1% | 61.9% | 64.6% | higher |
| PSY 201A | 72.7% | 79.0% | 80.4% | higher |
| WR 122 | 67.5% | 76.2% | 73.8% | within range |
| BA 101 | 74.7% | 77.2% | 77.3% | higher |
| COMM 111 | 80.5% | 83.4% | 84.8% | higher |
| BI 112 | 63.5% | 71.5% | 69.2% | within range |
| MP 111 | 77.1% | 84.9% | 85.9% | higher |
| STAT 243 | 75.9% | 80.2% | 81.2% | higher |
Seeking additional information? Faculty and staff can access success rates for all fall credit courses in the Argos YESS Success Rates of Highest Enrolling Courses Course – OLAP. This OLAP also enables the disaggregation of success rates by modality. Success rates detailing equity gaps for prior completed academic years are available in the program/discipline review profiles.
Data Source: Argos, YESS Success Rates of Highest Enrolling Courses, January 2025