Success

Persistence Rate

5. Persistence rate after one year of undergraduates enrolling for the first time at the institution in the months of September to December in the year indicated	Entering Cohort Fall 2008		Entering Cohort Fall 2012		Entering Cohort Fall 2013		Point Change Fall 2008 to Fall 2013
	Cohort	Rate	Cohort	Rate	Cohort	Rate
Total	6,105	49.3%	4,883	61.7%	4,581	58.0%	8.7
Same institution		42.8%		54.2%		52.4%	9.7
Other institutions		6.5%		7.6%		5.6%	- 1.0
White	1,192	54.1%	962	61.4%	955	59.7%	5.6
Same institution		49.6%		55.1%		55.6%	6.0
Other institutions		4.5%		6.3%		4.1%	- 0.4
African American	1,178	43.2%	1,114	58.3%	1,128	50.3%	7.1
Same institution		36.9%		50.1%		44.7%	7.8
Other institutions		6.3%		8.2%		5.6%	- 0.7
Hispanic	2,088	49.7%	2,358	62.2%	2,096	60.6%	10.9
Same institution		42.1%		54.2%		54.6%	12.5
Other institutions		7.5%		8.0%		6.0%	- 1.6
Asian	62	71.0%	62	79.0%	47	70.2%	- 0.8
Same institution		62.9%		71.0%		61.7%	- 1.2
Other institutions		8.1%		8.1%		8.5%	0.4
International	0	0.0%	13	69.2%	17	47.1%	47.1
Same institution		0.0%		53.8%		41.2%	41.2
Other institutions		0.0%		15.4%		5.9%	5.9
Other	1,585	48.8%	374	67.1%	338	61.8%	13.0
Same institution		42.0%		61.5%		55.0%	13.0
Other institutions		6.8%		5.6%		6.8%	- 0.0

6. Persistence rate after two years of undergraduates enrolling for the first time at the institution in the months of September to December in the year indicated	Entering Cohort Fall 2007		Entering Cohort Fall 2011		Entering Cohort Fall 2012		Point Change Fall 2007 to Fall 2012
	Cohort	Rate	Cohort	Rate	Cohort	Rate
Total	7,770	24.3%	3,491	15.3%	3,148	33.9%	9.6
Same institution		12.7%		6.5%		13.4%	0.7
Other institutions		11.6%		8.8%		20.5%	8.9
White	1,300	30.5%	695	15.4%	632	32.4%	- 2.0
Same institution		19.8%		7.1%		14.9%	- 4.9
Other institutions		10.7%		8.3%		17.6%	6.9
African American	1,491	24.7%	1,806	8.5%	1,504	14.6%	10.1
Same institution		13.7%		2.7%		5.3%	- 8.4
Other institutions		11.0%		5.8%		9.3%	- 1.7
Hispanic	2,838	30.9%	1,704	13.3%	1,494	36.3%	- 5.4
Same institution		15.8%		6.5%		13.3%	- 2.6
Other institutions		15.1%		6.8%		23.0%	7.9
Asian	72	55.6%	28	28.6%	37	67.6%	- 12.0
Same institution		34.7%		7.1%		32.4%	- 2.3
Other institutions		20.8%		21.4%		35.1%	14.3
International	5	20.0%	1	0.0%	8	50.0%	- 30.0
Same institution		20.0%		0.0%		0.0%	- 20.0
Other institutions		0.0%		0.0%		50.0%	50.0
Other	2,064	10.0%	160	24.4%	225	31.6%	- 21.6
Same institution		2.4%		10.0%		16.4%	14.1
Other institutions		7.6%		14.4%		15.1%	7.5

3-Year Graduation and Persistence Rate

7. First-time at institution, credential-seeking undergraduates who graduated or are enrolled after three years	FY 2009 (Entering Fall 2006 Cohort)	FY 2013 (Entering Fall 2010 Cohort)	FY 2014 (Entering Fall 2011 Cohort)	Point Change FY 2009 to FY 2014
Total	58.8%	73.9%	66.3%	7.5
Race/Ethnicity
White	64.3%	71.0%	69.4%	5.1
African American	54.0%	64.6%	60.8%	6.8
Hispanic	69.9%	76.8%	66.9%	- 3.1
Asian	66.7%	85.2%	77.5%	10.9
International	33.3%	75.0%	100.0%	66.7
Other	44.2%	79.6%	69.8%	25.6
Gender
Male	51.2%	67.1%	65.8%	14.6
Female	64.7%	76.9%	66.6%	1.9

3, 4 & 6 year Completion Rates

8. First-time at the institution, credential-seeking, undergraduates who have graduated from a Texas career college, public, or independent higher education institution

Degrees and Certificates

9. Degrees and certificates by ethnicity, gender, and level	FY 2009	FY 2014	FY 2015	% Change FY 2009 to FY 2015
Total Degrees and Certificates	20,027	19,954	20,651	3.1%
White	3,794	4,135	4,305	13.5%
African American	3,155	3,772	4,046	28.2%
Hispanic	8,836	9,618	9,743	10.3%
Asian	317	310	398	25.6%
International	3	53	51	1600.0%
Other	3,922	2,066	2,108	- 46.3%
Level
Bachelor's	0	341	527	N/A
Associate's	3,830	4,820	5,791	51.2%
Certificate	16,197	14,789	14,331	- 11.5%
Gender
Male	5,412	6,008	6,456	19.3%
Female	14,615	13,946	14,195	- 2.9%

10. Awards in Closing the Gaps STEM critical fields	FY 2009	FY 2014	FY 2015	% Change FY 2009 to FY 2015
Fields
Computer Science	739	1,013	1,152	55.9%
Engineering	925	713	767	- 17.1%
Math	0	0	0	N/A
Physical Science	0	0	0	N/A
Level
Bachelor's	0	172	238	N/A
Associate's	1,503	1,295	1,381	- 8.1%
Certificate	161	259	300	86.3%

11. Awards in Nursing	FY 2009	FY 2014	FY 2015	% Change FY 2009 to FY 2015
Total Nursing Degrees and Certificates Awarded	1,535	2,249	2,471	61.0%
Bachelor's	0	29	19	N/A
Associate's	150	646	603	302.0%
Certificate	1,385	1,574	1,849	33.5%

12. Awards in Allied Health	FY 2009	FY 2014	FY 2015	% Change FY 2009 to FY 2015
Total Allied Health Degrees and Certificates Awarded	12,885	11,866	11,541	- 10.4%
Bachelor's	0	0	77	N/A
Associate's	458	1,013	1,467	220.3%
Certificate	12,427	10,853	9,997	- 19.6%

13. Graduates' status following graduation	FY 2009		FY 2013		FY 2014		Point Change FY 2009 to FY 2014
Employed Only (in Texas)	13,087	67.1%	14,856	62.7%	14,093	73.3%		6.2
Employed and Enrolled (in Texas Institutions)	806	4.1%	567	2.4%	561	2.9%		- 1.2
Enrolled Only (in Texas Institutions)	422	2.2%	225	0.9%	168	0.9%		- 1.3
Not Found	5,203	26.7%	8,059	34.0%	4,400	22.9%		- 3.8