Student Achievement Data

As required by membership in the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACSCOC), the College annually publishes Student Achievement Data.

Southern Crescent Technical College (SCTC) measures student achievement through multiple performance measures. The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) identifies various key performance indicators for each of its 22 technical colleges to evaluate annually. The following key performance indicators show evidence of student success as defined by retention, graduation rates (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System definition), and placement rate (in field).

Retention

Year Target Performance
Goal
Actual Percent Change
From Prior Year
2022 70.50% 67.60% -2.73%
2023 68.60% 68.50% 1.33%
2024 69.50% 70.30% .44%
2025 71.30%

Target performance goal set at a 1% increase from the prior year’s actual number.


Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Graduation Rate (150% time)

Cohort Year Prior Year Comparison
Group / College Target
Southern Crescent
Technical College
Percent Change
From Prior Year
2017 29.00% 47.00% 9.30%
2018 30.00% 51.00% 8.51%
2019 31.00% 57.00% 11.76%
2020 32.00%

Target performance goal set at prior year comparison group percent.


Graduation by Ethnicity IPEDS 2019 Cohort

Institution Graduation Rate American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Black or African American Hispanic / Latino Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Unknown Nonresident Alien
Southern Crescent Technical College 57% 100% 100% 47% 68% 100% 64% 13% 100% 100%
Comprarison Group Median 32% 20% 46% 19% 25% 13% 34% 29% 33% 33%

Graduation Socioeconomic Factors IPEDS 2019 Cohort

Institution Pell Grant Stafford Loan Neither Pell Grant or Stafford Loan
Southern Crescent Technical College 54% 69% 62%
Comparison Group Median 28% 23% 31%

NOTE: Graduation rates of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates within 150% of normal time to program completion, by race/ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).


Placement Rate (in-field)

Year Target Actual Percent Change
From Prior Year
2022 86.80% 91.10% 0.89%
2023 89.40% 94.30% 3.22%
2024 93.10% 95.70% 1.78%
2025 92.60%

Target performance goal set at the prior year’s Technical College System of Georgia System’s average.