Highest Enrolling Spring Courses – Success Rates
Spring Term
Because 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. The ten highest enrolling courses are summarized in this report.
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.
- Spring 2023 highest enrolling course success rates range from 56% to 87%.
- Compared to the previous three spring terms, the success rates of four courses in spring 2023 fall within the range of those prior terms. Additionally, four courses have lower success rates, while two courses have higher success rates.
| Course | Spring 2021 | Spring 2022 | Spring 2023 | Spring 2023 relative to prior two terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR 121 | 68.4% | 63.3% | 61.6% | Lower |
| WR 122 | 74.4% | 72.4% | 74.2% | Within range |
| COMM 111 | 80.0% | 80.6% | 80.0% | Within range |
| MTH 95 | 60.3% | 64.8% | 56.4% | Lower |
| MTH 243 | 75.8% | 75.8% | 79.8% | Higher |
| PSY 201A | 74.6% | 72.6% | 75.4% | Higher |
| MTH 111 | 69.0% | 68.1% | 61.1% | Lower |
| HE 242 | 88.2% | 82.3% | 87.2% | Within Range |
| BA 101 | 76.3% | 76.2% | 72.4% | Lower |
| CIS 120 | 70.3% | 81.6% | 72.5% | Within range |
Success rates for all other spring term credit courses are available in the Argos YESS Success Rates of Highest Enrolling Courses Course – OLAP. Success rates with equity gap data for previously completed academic years are available for all courses in the program/discipline review profiles.
Data Source: Argos, YESS Success Rates of Highest Enrolling Courses, July 2023