Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/
Number of degrees and certificates awarded, by level and race/ethnicity and gender: July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019
Race/
|
Certificates Below Bachelor’s | Certificates Above Bachelor’s | Associate’s | Bachelor’s | Master’s | Doctor’s research/ scholarship | Doctor’s professional practice | Doctor’s other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand total | 777 | 0 | 1,252 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native |
0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asian | 121 | 0 | 219 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Black or African American | 71 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 79 |
0 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| White | 450 | 0 | 746 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Two or more races | 35 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Race/ ethnicity unknown |
12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nonresident alien | 9 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Disaggregated Student Right-to-Know Graduation and Transfer-out Rates
What is Student Right-To-Know?
Student Right-To-Know is a federal law that requires all colleges and universities to disclose certain information to students. This handout provides the information that a college must provide to students on graduation rates and transfer-out rates for full-time students seeking degrees at Century College.
What is a graduation rate, and what is a transfer-out rate?
Federal regulations specify how to calculate the graduation and transfer rates. The rates come from a study of Century students who started at the college in the fall of 2019. The study includes all first-time students who enrolled full-time that fall and were seeking to earn a degree, diploma, or certificate at the college. The graduation rate is the percentage of these students who graduated from Century within three years. The transfer-out rate is the percentage of these students who did not graduate from Century but instead transferred to another college or university within three years.
What do I need to know about these rates?
These rates do not report on all students at Century. The 733 first-time, full-time students in the study were 8 percent of all students enrolled at Century in the fall of 2019.
What are the graduation and transfer-out rates for Century students and how do they compare to rates for other colleges?
- The graduation rate for Century was 21 percent.
- The transfer-out rate for Century was 23 percent.
- The combination of the graduation rate and the transfer-out rate for Century was 44 percent. The national average combined rate for similar colleges was 44 percent.
Why don’t more Century students graduate or transfer in three years?
- Since Century has an “open door” mission, many new students need to take “developmental” courses to improve their reading, writing, or math skills before taking other college courses;
- Students who switch from full-time to part-time enrollment or “stop out” for one or more semesters are more likely to take more than three years to graduate;
- Some students take jobs before they graduate;
- Other students delay their education for personal, family, or financial reasons.
| Century College | Graduation Rate | Transfer-out Rate | Combined Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Cohort | 21% | 23% | 44% |
| Race/Ethnicity | Graduation Rate | Transfer-out Rate | Combined Rate |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | * | * | * |
| Asian | 15% | 17% | 32% |
| Black or African American | 17% | 24% | 40% |
| Hispanic of any race | 13% | 27% | 40% |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | * | * | * |
| US Nonresident | 24% | 24% | 47% |
| Two or more races | 11% | 29% | 40% |
| Unknown race and ethnicity | * | * | * |
| White | 28% | 24% | 52% |
| Gender | Graduation Rate | Transfer-out Rate | Combined Rate |
| Female | 24% | 25% | 48% |
| Male | 19% | 22% | 40% |
| Financial Aid | Graduation Rate | Transfer-out Rate | Combined Rate |
| Pell Grant Recipient | 17% | 23% | 40% |
| Received neither Pell or Subsidized Stafford Loans | 25% | 25% | 50% |
| Received Subsidized Stafford Loans, but no Pell | 24% | 19% | 43% |
* Suppressed to protect student privacy.
Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not always appear to add up.
Why don’t more Century students graduate or transfer in three years?
- Since Century has an “open door” mission, many new students need to take “developmental” courses to improve their reading, writing or math skills before taking other college courses;
- Students who switch from full-time to part-time enrollment or “stop out” for one or more semesters are more likely to take more than three years to graduate;
- Some students take jobs before they graduate;
- Other students delay their education for personal, family or financial reasons.