Students Rights & Responsibilities
Completion Or Graduation Rates
Northeast Community College provides each student with valuable information about the
success of students who enter each fall term as a first time, full time, degree-seeking student.
Graduation rate is determined by tracking a fall cohort of students who begin their studies
as first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students. These students are then tracked for 150% of the normal
completion time for their degree or diploma. A student who is seeking a one-year
diploma would have one and a half years to complete the diploma requirements. A
student who is seeking a two-year degree would have three years to complete the degree
requirements.
The table below tracks the first-time, full-time students who entered Northeast
Community College in the fall 2009 term.
| Fall Cohort | Exclusions | Graduates | Graduation Rate |
Transfer Out |
Transfer Rate |
| Men |
486 |
2 |
254 |
52% |
55 |
11% |
| Women |
388 |
0 |
158 |
41% |
75 |
19% |
| Total |
874 |
2 |
412 |
47% |
130 |
15% |
The table below presents the 150% graduation rate for four years and calculates the total
for the fall cohorts of 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
|
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
4 year total |
| Revised Cohort |
745 |
781 |
728 |
874 |
3128 |
| Exclusions |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
| Adjusted Cohort |
742 |
779 |
725 |
872 |
3118 |
| Graduates |
339 |
383 |
331 |
412 |
1465 |
| Graduation Rate |
46% |
49% |
46% |
47% |
47% |
| Transfers |
56 |
105 |
122 |
130 |
413 |
| Transfer Rates |
8% |
13% |
17% |
15% |
13% |
It is worth noting many of the students who are in the original cohort do not show
as completers because they have transferred to a two or four year university or college. This was
the goal of the student when they entered Northeast Community College. Though they
are not considered a graduate, they did successfully complete their education goal at
Northeast Community College.