Graduation & Retention
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 degree, normal completion time is 2 years.
The most recent cohort for whom data are reported entered in Fall 2012 and their status for Fall 2015 is shown as of August 31, 2015.
| STUDENT STATUS | DESCRIPTION |
NUMBER OF STUDENTS |
PERCENTAGE OF COHORT |
|---|---|---|---|
|
INITIAL COHORT |
Total first-time, full time undergraduates who began in Fall 2012. |
4,217 |
100.00% |
| GRADUATES | Total cohort students who graduated from NCC at any time as of Fall 2015. | 934 | 22.15% |
| TRANSFERS | Total cohort students who transferred to another institution of higher education without graduating from NCC at any time as of Fall 2015. | 835 |
19.80% |
| COMPLETERS | Combined total of graduates and transfers. |
1,769 |
41.95% |
| PERSISTERS | Total cohort students still registered at NCC for Fall 2015. |
872 |
20.68% |
|
ATTRITION |
Total cohort students not registered at NCC for Fall 2015 who neither graduated nor transferred between Fall 2012 and Fall 2015. |
1,576 |
37.37% |
SOURCE: IPEDS Graduation Rates 2015-16. 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
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