Student Success Data

Bakersfield College—Leader College! Congratulations on achieving Leader College status!

National Trends A continued nationwide decline in community college enrollment is occurring  -3.6% -3.3% -3.5% SOURCE: Juszkiewicz, J. (2015, March). Trends in Community College Enrollment and Completion Data, 2015, Washington, DC: American Association of Community Colleges.

National Trends Headcount enrollment at Bakersfield College, however, has been increasing  SOURCE: Juszkiewicz, J. (2015, March). Trends in Community College Enrollment and Completion Data, 2015, Washington, DC: American Association of Community Colleges.

National Trends Over the past 3 years, the decrease in enrollment of older community college students has been the highest and the most consistent   -5.7% -6.2% Note that I do not have data for Bakersfield College. SOURCE: Juszkiewicz, J. (2015, March). Trends in Community College Enrollment and Completion Data, 2015, Washington, DC: American Association of Community Colleges. -6.7%

National Trends The official IPEDS graduation rate for students starting at community colleges in 2010 was 21.1%; The official IPEDS graduation rate for Bakersfield College was 23% SOURCE: Juszkiewicz, J. (2015, March). Trends in Community College Enrollment and Completion Data, 2015, Washington, DC: American Association of Community Colleges.

National Trends Tracking students beyond their starting institution, the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) completion rate for community colleges was 39%, compared to IPEDS rate of 21% SOURCE: Juszkiewicz, J. (2015, March). Trends in Community College Enrollment and Completion Data, 2015, Washington, DC: American Association of Community Colleges.

National Trends The NSC completion rate for full-time only students, which is the most comparable to IPEDS official graduation rate, increases to 57%, nearly three times higher. The NSC also tracks students for twice as long as ED—6 years rather than 3 years by ED, which is 150% of the “normal time” prescribed in statute SOURCE: Juszkiewicz, J. (2015, March). Trends in Community College Enrollment and Completion Data, 2015, Washington, DC: American Association of Community Colleges.

Student Success at Bakersfield College

Student Completion BC: “Students in the ATD cohort were tracked for 3 years to see if they received some type of an award and/or if they transferred to a four-year institution.” Note that this is lower than the IPEDS graduation rate because part-time students are included. ATD: “Number and percentage of students attaining a degree or credential within four years”

Student Persistence (Year-to-Year) Students in the ATD cohort were tracked to the next term to determine if they persist. Persistence is measured in two time-periods: persistence from the first fall to the following spring and persistence from the first fall to the subsequent fall. A student was counted as persisting if they were enrolled in at least one course leading to a grade.

Student Persistence (Term-to-Term)

Improving Student Success Takes Time!

Achieving the Dream Metrics Enrollment in and successful completion of the initial college-level or gateway courses in subjects such as math and English Successful completion of developmental instruction and advancement to credit-bearing courses Completion of courses with a grade of “C” or better Persistence from one term to the next and one year to the next Achievement of progression milestones of 12 college-level credits in first year and 24 college-level credits in second year Successful completion of a certificate or associate degree The term metrics is replacing key performance indicators (or KPIs) and one additional metric has been added.