Comparison of Graduation Rates in Federal and VFA Community Colleges
The comparison between Federal and VFA Community College graduation rates reveals differences in success percentages among different cohorts of students. Federal rates focus on first-time, full-time students after 3 years, while VFA rates consider all students after 6 years. The data highlights varying success rates for graduated, transferred, enrolled, and unknown students in both types of colleges.
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VFA Community College
Federal Community College Success Rate Federal Community College Success Rate -- --A POP QUIZ A POP QUIZ Meaningful A. A. 19.8% 19.8% Federal 150% completion B. B. 38.5% 38.5% Federal 150% completion + Transfer C. C. 25.1% 25.1% Federal 200% completion D. D. 53.4% enrolled All of the above 53.4% 150% completion+transfer+still E. Utility E. All of the above First-time, full-time cohort represents less than half of new Students at community colleges
VFA Federal Graduation Rate 24% 53.6% graduated, transferred or still enrolled 46% 17% 13% Graduated Transferred Still Enrolled Left, unknown
Who is included in our Federal Rate? Only First-time full-time students 3,915 out of 29,015 new students 13.5% of our new students
VFA Cohorts vs. IPEDS Cohort VFA Cohorts vs. IPEDS Cohort VFA Main Cohort Students who began taking credit or developmental education at your institution in the fall of the cohort year; new to your institution Credential Seeking Main Cohort Students in the Main Cohort who earned 12 or more credits in two years First Time in College Credential Seeking IPEDS Students in the Main Cohort who were degree seeking and first-time in post-secondary education First Time in College IPEDS Federal Graduation Rate 150% time, full-time, degree seeking, first-time in post-secondary education
VFA Six-Year Outcomes vs. IPEDS 150% Time Outcomes The above graphs represent the average data for all colleges that participated in the VFA.
Federal Graduation Rate and VFA community college VFA rates 50.0% 45.0% 40.0% 35.0% 30.0% 25.0% 20.0% 15.0% 10.0% 5.0% 0.0% Graduated Transferred Still Enrolled Left, unknown Federal Rate VFA - All students rate NOTE: Federal rate is First-time, full-time students after 3 years, VFA rate is all students after 6 years
Federal Graduation Rate and VFA community college VFA rates 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Federal Rate VFA - All students rate Graduated Transferred Still Enrolled Left, unknown NOTE: Federal rate is First-time, full-time students after 3 years, VFA rate is all students after 6 years
Conclusion VFA community college federal graduation rate, is an incomplete measure of how we are serving students. VFA 6-year outcomes are better because: We capture more students Federal rate was only 13% of our entering class in 2008 We capture more outcomes We have a longer time-horizon, to allow part-time students a chance to complete We can look at outcomes for different populations VFA success rate* for all incoming students is 64.4% *VFA community college success rate is the percent of students who either completed a credential or transferred within six years, or were enrolled in their 6th academic year.
