Completion & Retention Overall
(Excluding ISA Fire Science, Non-credit ABE, NBE Courses)
The College’s institution-set standards may be found on the website: Main page > Institutional Effectiveness > Institutional Effectiveness Rates June 2017.  In 2018-19, the overall course completion rate was 73.4% compared to the institution-set completion rate standard of 73.5%.  While the College comes very close to meeting that goal overall, some groups fell well below it, namely, Female (66.6%) and African-American (63.1%). Other groups surpassed the goal: Asian/Pacific Islander (73.8%), Hawaiian/Native American (75.7%) and White (77.0%).  The College did not set a standard for retention.
Completion
		Course Completion Rate	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
		Overall	59.5%	62.7%	68.8%	72.6%	73.4%
		Female	55.9%	63.0%	66.9%	65.6%	66.6%
		Male	61.2%	62.6%	69.4%	74.5%	73.4%
		Asian/Pacific Islander	72.3%	69.2%	76.7%	75.9%	73.8%
		African-American	53.3%	53.9%	59.6%	65.2%	63.1%
		Hawaiian/Nat Am	60.7%	51.8%	62.4%	73.7%	75.7%
		Hispanic	58.9%	62.6%	67.7%	70.8%	72.3%
		White	63.3%	68.8%	74.9%	78.8%	77.0%
		Inmate	59.5%	59.7%	66.5%	74.6%	73.0%
		Disabled	61.6%	69.2%	76.1%	81.0%	80.4%
		Foster Youth	27.3%	47.8%	92.3%	27.6%	47.5%
		Veteran	59.1%	64.8%	60.2%	74.9%	80.4%
Retention
		Course Retention Rate	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
		Overall	81.1%	83.0%	86.9%	88.5%	88.8%
		Female	78.9%	83.2%	86.9%	84.2%	84.1%
		Male	82.1%	83.0%	86.9%	89.6%	89.8%
		Asian/Pacific Islander	88.9%	84.3%	90.0%	89.9%	89.4%
		African-American	80.4%	80.5%	84.5%	88.2%	86.6%
		Hawaiian/Nat Am	86.2%	77.9%	85.9%	88.5%	91.5%
		Hispanic	80.3%	83.2%	86.4%	87.3%	88.9%
		White	81.6%	84.9%	88.3%	89.9%	89.7%
		Inmate	81.2%	81.9%	85.7%	90.3%	89.4%
		Disabled	79.6%	84.5%	89.8%	91.1%	90.2%
		Foster Youth	72.7%	69.9%	100.0%	77.6%	88.5%
		Veteran	88.6%	87.5%	87.8%	92.4%	91.3%
Source: Colleague ERP/Business Objects