College Catalog
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 2019 and their status for Fall 2022 is shown as of August 31, 2022.
STUDENT STATUS | DESCRIPTION |
NUMBER OF STUDENTS |
PERCENTAGE OF COHORT |
---|---|---|---|
INITIAL COHORT |
Total first-time, full time undergraduates who began in Fall 2019. |
3,057 |
100.00% |
GRADUATES | Total cohort students who graduated from NCC at any time as of Fall 2022. | 649 | 22% |
TRANSFERS | Total cohort students who transferred to another institution of higher education without graduating from NCC at any time as of Fall 2022 | 496 |
16% |
COMPLETERS | Combined total of graduates and transfers. |
1,145 |
38% |
PERSISTERS | Total cohort students still registered at NCC for Fall 2022. |
496 |
16% |
ATTRITION |
Total cohort students not registered at NCC for Fall 2022 who neither graduated nor transferred between Fall 2019 and Fall 2022 |
1,416 |
46% |
SOURCE: IPEDS Graduation Rates 2022-23. 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