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Under the Student-Right-to-Know Act, the College is required to report data on the cohort (or group) of first-time, full-time degree/certificate seeking undergraduates and report their status at 150% of the normal time for completion of their program. For associate degrees, normal completion time is 2 years.

The most recent cohort for whom data are reported entered in Fall 2008 and their status for Fall 2011 is shown as of August 31, 2011.

STUDENT STATUS DESCRIPTION

NUMBER OF STUDENTS

PERCENTAGE OF COHORT

INITIAL COHORT

 Total first-time, full time undergraduates who began in Fall 2008.

4,910

 100%
GRADUATES Total cohort students who graduated from NCC at any time between Fall 2008 and Fall 2011. 706 14.4%
TRANSFERS Total cohort students who transferred to another institution of higher education without graduating from NCC at any time between Fall 2008 and Fall 2011. 458

9.3%
COMPLETERS Combined total of graduates and transfers.

1,163

23.7%
PERSISTERS Total cohort students still registered at NCC for Fall 2011.

962

19.6%

ATTRITION

Total cohort students not registered at NCC for Fall 2011 who neither graduated nor transferred between Fall 2008 and Fall 2011

2,784

56.7%

SOURCE OF DATA: The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). This is a system of interrelated surveys conducted annually by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). More information may be found at the IPEDS web site: http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds