SWTJC Goals for Student Achievement and Success
Definitions
Graduate Rate - Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) definition - full-time first-time
Transfer Rate - IPEDs definition - full-time first-time
Fall to Spring Retention Rate - percent of fall students still enrolled the following spring semester (excluding graduates).
First Year Retention Rate - percent of Fall FTIC students still enrolled at the end of the following Spring semester
Fall to Fall Retention Rate - percent of fall student enrolled the following fall semester (excluding graduates)
Course Success Rate - percent of A-C grades awarded
Course Completion Rate - Legislative Budget Board (LBB) definition: The number of contact hours for which students are enrolled on the last day of the fall semester divided by the number of contact hours for which students were enrolled on the official census day of the fall semester
Licensing/certification exam passing rate - LBB definition/Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board data for
Job placement rates - THECB Gainful Employment - Placement Rate. Graduates found employed during the 4th quarter of 20XX in the Texas Workforce Commission UI wage records or in the Office of Personnel Management or Department of Defense databases.