“The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center today released [February 26, 2013] a state-by-state rundown of graduation data, which is based on a broad sample representing about 97 percent of students who attend public and private nonprofit institutions. The report is a companion to a national completion data study the group released last fall. Both are based on students who first enrolled in 2006 at the 3,300 colleges and universities that submit data to the clearinghouse, which is a nonprofit that collects enrollment data and conducts degree verifications.”
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Snippet: “Findings from the state-level report include:
Nationally, 12 percent of students who started at four-year public institutions completed at an
institution other than the starting institution. In 20 states, students who started at four-year
public institutions had a higher completion rate at another institution with Minnesota having
the highest rate at 27 percent.
3.2 percent of all students who started at a four-year public institution received their first
degree/certificate at a two-year institution. The rate was over 5 percent in Minnesota, North
Dakota, and Wisconsin. Conversely, 9.4 percent of all students who started at a two-year public
institution received their first credential at a four-year institution. In seven states, more than 10
percent did so with the highest being 13.8 percent.
In eight states, more than one in six students who started at a two-year public institution
completed at a four-year institution within six years with or without receiving a credential at a
two-year institution (compared to 15 percent nationally). Virginia had the highest rate, with one
in five students who started at a two-year public graduating from a four-year institution.
In nine states, more than 10 percent of students who started at a four-year public institution
and received a degree ended up graduating in a different state (compared to 6 percent
nationally). The rate was much higher in Alaska (28 percent) and North Dakota (20 percent).
In three states, more than 10 percent of students who started at a two-year public institution
and later graduated did so in a different state (compared to 5.6 percent nationally).
In 14 states and the District of Columbia, over 10 percent of the students who started at a fouryear
private nonprofit institution and received a credential did so in a different state (compared
to 8.8 percent nationally).
In nearly every state, traditional-age students starting at four-year public institutions had higher
six-year completion rates than adult learners. The smallest gap was in Arizona (1 percentage
point) and the highest in Vermont (42 percentage points).
In 13 states, over 75 percent of the exclusively part-time students at four-year public institutions
had not received a credential and were not enrolled at the end of six years (compared to 70 percent nationally).”
Stephen
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