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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
2020 75.40% 72.80% -2.15%
2021 73.80% 69.50% -4.53%
2022 70.50% 67.60% -2.73%
2023 68.60%

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
2016 27.00% 43.00% 7.50%
2017 29.00% 47.00% 9.30%
2018 30.00% 51.00% 8.51%
2019 31.00%

Target performance goal set at prior year comparison group percent.


Graduation by Ethnicity IPEDS 2018 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 51 0 0 48 81 0 53 27 0 50
Target Group Median 30 14 34 217 22 42 37 30 30 44

NOTE: Graduation rates of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates within 150% of normal time to program completion, by race/ethnicity: 2017 cohort.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Winter 2020-21, Graduation Rates component.


Graduation by Gender and Ethnicity IPEDS 2018 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
Male 89 0 0 29 10 0 48 1 0 1
Female 69 0 0 32 3 0 32 2 0 0
Total 158 0 0 61 13 0 80 3 0 1

NOTE: Graduation rates of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates within 150% of normal time to program completion, by race/ethnicity and gender: 2017 cohort.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Winter 2020-21, Graduation Rates component.


Graduation Socioeconomic Factors IPEDS 2017 Cohort

Institution Pell Grant Stafford Loan Neither Pell Grant or Stafford Loan
Southern Crescent Technical College 48 38 60
Comparison Group Median 28 33 35

Note: Graduation rates of full-time, first-time degree/certificate seeking undergraduates within 150% of normal time to program completion, by type of aid: 2017 cohort.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Winter 2020-21, Graduation Rates component.


Placement Rate (in-field)

Year Target Actual Percent Change
From Prior Year
2020 89.98% 88.20% 0.57%
2021 88.95% 90.30% 2.38%
2022 87.96% 91.10% 0.89%
2023 90.05%

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