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College Completion, Northern Kentucky University
Four year universities will report the six-year college graduation rates as a measure of college completion. The percent of first-time, full-time students who graduate from college within six years for Bachelor’s degree programs is a standard success measure in higher education. Students who transfer and graduate elsewhere are not counted in this measure. What It [...] more
College Completion, University of Cincinnati
Four year universities will report the six-year college graduation rates as a measure of college completion. The percent of first-time, full-time students who graduate from college within six years for Bachelor’s degree programs is a standard success measure in higher education. Students who transfer and graduate elsewhere are not counted in this measure. What It [...] more
College Completion, Gateway
Two year colleges will report total degrees conferred as a measure of college completion. Total degrees conferred represents the total number of Bachelor’s degrees, Associate’s degrees, certificates, and diplomas awarded in a given academic year. What It Tells Us: In 2010, the number of Associate degrees and Diplomas awarded at Gateway decreased from the previous year, and [...] more
College Completion, Cincinnati State
Two year colleges will report toal degrees as a measure of college completion. Total degrees conferred represents the total number of Bachelor’s degrees, Associate’s degrees, certificates, and diplomas awarded in a given academic year. What It Tells Us: The number of Associate degrees and the number of Certificates awarded to Cincinnati State Technical and Community [...] more
College Retention, Northern Kentucky University
The percent of students who are retained in college is calculated as the number of first-time, full-time students who return to college in the fall term of their second year. Research confirms that successful transition from the first year of college to the second year often dictates the long-term educational success of a student. What [...] more
College Retention, University of Cincinnati
The percent of students who are retained in college is calculated as the number of first-time, full-time students who return to college in the fall term of their second year. Research confirms that successful transition from the first year of college to the second year often dictates the long-term educational success of a student. What [...] more
College Retention, Gateway
The percent of students who are retained in college is calculated as the number of first-time, full-time students who return to college in the fall term of their second year. Research confirms that successful transition from the first year of college to the second year often dictates the long-term educational success of a student. [...] more
College Retention, Cincinnati State
The percent of students who are retained in college is calculated as the number of first-time, full-time students who return to college in the fall term of their second year. Research confirms that successful transition from the first year of college to the second year often dictates the long-term educational success of a student. [...] more
Goal 5: GRADUATES and ENTERS A CAREER
Every Student Graduates and Enters a Career
Comprehensive student support services increase retention and expansion of co-op and work-related programs that will help students complete their postsecondary studies and enter a meaningful career.
Why Is It Important?
Research shows that a college graduate (community college, 4 year college or university), you will make $1.5M more money over the course of a lifetime than those who do not.
National employment projections indicate that jobs requiring only a high school degree will grow by just 9 percent by the year 2008, while those requiring a bachelor’s degree will grow by 25 percent and those requiring an associate’s degree with grow by 31percent. (Center on Education Policy, 2001).
Currently, there is an inadequate matriculation and retention rate of students enrolled in post-secondary education. Nationally, slightly half of all students who enter a post-secondary institution graduate from that same institution within six years (Tinto, 2002).
The states of Ohio and Kentucky continue to lag behind the nation in the number of students who continue on to become college graduates, with less than 25% of Ohioans and only 20% of Kentucky residents holding a bachelor’s degree or higher (National Center for Education Statistics, 2004). The Northern Kentucky region must produce 11,140 more bachelor degrees annually in order to keep pace with the U.S. average (Kentucky Council of Postsecondary Education). Other statistics also indicate that Ohio is ahead of only 11 other states in number of residents earning a college degree (Governor’s Commission on Higher Ed & the Economy, 2005).