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Student Outcomes

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  1. Retention Rates
  2. Graduation & Transfer-Out Rates
  3. Job Placement
  4. Student Body Diversity
  5. Intercollegiate Athletic Program Participation Rates and Financial Support Data
  6. Gainful Employment

Retention Rates of First-Time Students*

Retention rates measure the percentage of first-time students* (who have never enrolled in college before) who first enroll in the fall semester and are still enrolled in the college a year later (the following fall semester). For example, 61% of the first-time, full-time students who enrolled at Schoolcraft in the fall of 2022 were still enrolled in the fall 2023 semester.

First-Time Student Retention RatesFull-Time StudentsPart-Time Students
2020-2163%52%
2021-2266%52%
2022-23*61%51%

*Note: This group only represented 19% of all students enrolled in the fall of 2022.
Data source: Research and Analytics query utilizing IPEDS methodology

Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates

Federal government regulations require graduation rates and transfer-out rates to be calculated based on students completing a program within 150% of the expected time to program completion, which is 3 years for a 2-year associate degree and 1.5 years for a 1-year certificate program.

It is important to note that these rates only measure full-time, degree-seeking students who started in the fall semester and haven’t attended college before. At Schoolcraft, this group only represented 8% of all students enrolled in fall of 2020.

Cohort YearGraduation RateTransfer-Out RateSuccess Rate (Graduation + Transfer-Out)Number of Students in Cohort
201715%37%52%867
2018*18%28%46%702
2019*20%29%48%549
2020*18%36%53%651
4-Year Average17%33%50% 

Data source: IPEDS Graduation Rate Reports
*Note: Cohort years after 2017 represents unofficial data that has not yet been reported to IPEDS but utilizes the same methodology.

Graduation Rates by Gender

2020 Student CohortGraduation RateTransfer-Out RateSuccess Rate (Graduation + Transfer-Out)
Male17%35%53%
Female18%36%54%

Graduation Rates by Ethnicity

2020 Student CohortGraduation RateTransfer-Out RateSuccess Rate (Graduation + Transfer-Out)
American Indian/Alaskan Native***
Asian23%40%63%
Black/African American15%24%39%
Hispanic/Latino12%50%62%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander***
White18%36%54%
Two or More Races14%46%61%
Race & Ethnicity Unknown16%36%52%
Non-Resident Alien43%14%57%

*To protect student privacy and confidentiality, graduation and transfer-out rates are not disaggregated when there are fewer than 5 students per group.

Graduation Rates by Pell Grant Status

2020 Student CohortGraduation Rate
Recipients of a Pell Grant (within students’ first year)15%
Recipients of a Direct Subsidized Loan (within students’ first year) who did not receive a Pell Grant0%
Did not receive a Pell Grant or Direct Subsidized Loan (within students’ first year)19%

Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates for Students Receiving Athletically Related Student Aid

Outcomes for First-Time Students Receiving Athletically Related Aid2020 Cohort (n=14 students)
Graduation Rate50%
Transfer-Out Rate14%
Success Rate (Graduation + Transfer-Out Rate)64%
Outcomes for First-Time Students Receiving Athletically Related Aid by Gender2020 Male Cohort (n=7)2020 Female Cohort (n=7)
Graduation Rate43%57%
Transfer-Out Rate14%14%
Success Rate (Graduation + Transfer-Out Rate)57%71%
Outcomes for First-Time Students Receiving Athletically Related Aid  by SportMen’s Basketball (n=<5)Women’s Basketball (n=<5)Men’s Soccer (n=<5)Women’s Soccer (n=<5)Women’s Volleyball (n=<5)
Graduation Rate*****
Transfer-Out Rate*****
Success Rate (Graduation + Transfer-Out Rate)*****

*To protect student privacy and confidentiality, graduation and transfer-out rates for students receiving athletically related aid are not disaggregated when there are fewer than 5 students per group.

Job Placement

Job placement information is obtained from a survey of Schoolcraft students who graduated between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023. Graduates received the survey six months after their graduation date.

Percentage of 2022-23 Graduates (n=275 respondents)
Overall graduate employment rate80%
     Employed full-time55%
     Employed part-time24%
     Employed in field related to     degree/certificate (among graduates who are employed, n=218)75%
Median Salary (among graduates employed full-time in a field directly related to their degree/certificate –  data is self-reported; n=75)  $66,560
Pursuing Further Education (currently enrolled at the time of the survey, n=263)49%

Data source: Schoolcraft College Graduate Follow-Up Survey (2022-23 Graduates)

Student Body Diversity

Full-Time Students Enrolled in Fall 2023NumberPercentage
Male1,01852%
Female92748%
Full-Time Students Enrolled in Fall 2023NumberPercentage
American Indian/Alaskan Native*<1%
Asian1126%
Black/African American20811%
Hispanic/Latino1377%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander*<1%
White1,15960%
Two or More Races804%
Race & Ethnicity Unknown1116%
Non-Resident Alien1327%

*Exact number suppressed to protect student privacy

Full-Time, First-Time Students Enrolled in Fall 2022NumberPercentage
Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant15631%

Data sources: IPEDS Fall Enrollment; IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2023

Intercollegiate Athletic Program Participation Rates and Financial Support Data

See: https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/

Gainful Employment

Available for each certificate program in the academics area of the website.

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