
Community College to Graduate School Pathway Most Prevalent in Health Fields
First Community College to Graduate and Professional Degrees Snapshot Report released.
First Community College to Graduate and Professional Degrees Snapshot Report released.
National Student Clearinghouse® Research Center™ released the Community College to Graduate and Professional Degrees Snapshot Report.
These numbers show the importance of associate degrees and certificates as access pathways leading to further degrees
For many students pursuing higher education and earning a bachelor’s degree isn’t always a linear pathway. Their journey illustrates a growing trend explored in the Research Center’s Snapshot 26 Report, which sheds light on the role of community colleges in postsecondary success.
Of all students who started college in fall 2015, 73.4 percent persisted at any U.S. institution in fall 2016, while 61.1 percent were retained at their starting institution. The data reveal wide gaps in college persistence rates by race and ethnicity.
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center today released Snapshot 27: Science and Engineering Degree Completions by Gender, the first, national-level view of science and engineering degrees awarded in 2015-16.
According to a recent National Student Clearinghouse® Research Center Snapshot Report™, “Two-Year Enrollment after Bachelor’s Degree,” the percentage of bachelor’s degree earners who subsequently enroll in two-year institutions has fallen to the lowest levels in 14 years.
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center was honored to receive the 2016 Lynn Ladner Institutional Research award from Southeastern Association of Community College Research (SACCR).