Institutional Effectiveness

Credits Successfully Completed – Spring

Successfully completing attempted credits propels students toward achieving their educational goals. A higher credit completion rate increases the likelihood that students will efficiently progress through their academic pathways, saving both time and financial resources.

Term Year Spr2020 Spr2021 Spr2022 Spr2023 Spr2024
Credit completion rate 79.5% 78.5% 79.0% 78.8% 78.0%
  • Spring credit completion rates are generally consistent with minimal variation from year to year.

Equity Gaps

An equity gap refers to any disparity in metrics such at graduation rates or term-to-term persistence across different student characteristics. These gaps prompt the college to ask “What processes, policies or practices are in place that create or contribute to these disparities? ” rather than “What is the student doing wrong?”

Spr2024 Rates by Range (low to high) Equity Gap
Gender 77.5% to 78.4% (Male to Female) ? <1% point
Pell Status 74.8% to 79.8% (Awarded Pell to No Pell) 5% points
First Generation 75.5% to 80.4% (First Generation to Not First Generation) 4.9% points
Age 77.0% to 79.2% (Age 20-24 to Age 25-30) 2.2% points
Race/Ethnicity 66.7% to 83.6% (Black/African American to Asian) 16.9% points
Spring 2024 Findings
  • The gender equity gap is the most narrow among demographic characteristics, while the race/ethnicity equity gap is the widest.
  • Student who did not report their gender had the highest completion rates (81.7%); female and male students had similar credit completion rates.
  • Students who were not awarded Pell grants successfully completed more credits than did Pell recipients.
  • First generation students, defined as students whose parents have not completed a bachelor’s degree, tend to complete fewer attempted credits than those with at least one parent who completed a 4-year degree.
  • Credit completion rates were similar across age groups.
  • While the credit completion rate tends to have less variation within most race/ethnicity groups, significant disparities exist between race/ethnicity groups.
    Race/Ethnicity Spr2024 Completion % 5-Year Range
    American Indian/Alaska Native 70.0% 67.4% (Spr 2020) – 73.9% (Spr 2021)
    Asian 83.6% 82.2% (Spr 2021) – 84.6% (Spr 2020)
    Black or African American 66.7% 65.9% (Spr 2022) – 68.3% (Spr 2023)
    Hispanic or Latino 74.0% 72.4% (Spr 2021) – 75.8% (Spr 2020)
    Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 70.0% 66.3% (Spr 2023) – 70.6% (Spr 2020)
    Two or more races 77.3% 74.7% (Spr 2021) – 77.6% (Spr 2022)
    Not Reported 82.5% 79.5% (Spr 2022) – 82.5% (Spr 2024)
    White 79.5% 79.5% (Spr 2024) – 81.9% (Spr 2023)

Notes:

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