EGSC Three-Year Transfer-Out Rate
First-Time, Full-Time Fall Semester Cohorts
Threshold of Acceptability: 60 Percent

Three-Year Transfer-Out Data 2012
Cohort
2013
Cohort
2014
Cohort
2015
Cohort
2016 Cohort Overall
Fall Cohort Number 1,171 929 973 1,044 987 5,104
Number Transferred-Out 773 614 587 657 528 3,159
3 Year Transfer-Out Rate 66% 66% 60% 63% 53% 62%

Definition: The rate of EGSC students in the first-time, full-time (FTFT) fall semester cohort who transfer to another institution within three years.

Key Finding: National data confirm that up to two-thirds of EGSC’s FTFT freshmen successfully transfer to another college or university of choice within three years after starting as beginning freshmen at EGSC. That is a high rate of student success which is normally not seen when only examining 3-year graduation rates and first-year retention rates. Despite the drop to a 53 percent transfer-out rate for the Fall 2016 cohort, the overall rate for the five most recent fall cohorts is above the threshold of acceptability. These transfer-out results confirm that EGSC is accomplishing its primary transfer mission.

 

EGSC Three-Year Graduation Rate
First-Time, Full-Time Fall Semester Cohorts
Threshold of Acceptability: 12 Percent

Three-Year
Graduation Data
2015
Cohort
2016
Cohort
2017
Cohort
2018
Cohort
2019 Cohort Overall
Fall Cohort Number 1,044 987 933 954 929 4,847
Number Graduated 131 130 124 156 121 662
3 Year Graduation Rate 13% 13% 13% 16% 13% 14%

Definition: The rate of EGSC students in the first-time, full-time (FTFT) fall semester cohort who graduate from EGSC with an associate degree within three years.

Key Finding: There have been small percentage fluctuations in the 3-year graduation rates for associate degrees at EGSC over the last five years but 14% has been the average over that time. That may appear low, but when the 3-year graduation rate is added to the 3-year transfer-out rate for a specific cohort, it can be concluded that 7 out of every 10 EGSC beginning freshmen are successful in either achieving an associate degree or transferring out to another college or university of their choice. For example, of the 1,044 students in the Fall 2015 Cohort, 131 students (13%) graduated with an associate degree from EGSC and another 657 students (63%) who did not earn an EGSC associate degree transferred successfully to another institution either within or outside of the University System of Georgia.

 

EGSC First-Year Retention Rate
First-Time, Full-Time Fall Semester Cohorts
Threshold of Acceptability: 50 Percent

One-Year Retention
Data
2017
Cohort
2018
Cohort
2019
Cohort
2020
Cohort
2021 Cohort Overall
Fall Cohort Number 933 954 929 691 550 4,057
Number Retained 478 478 489 295 275 2,215
1 Year Retention Rate 51% 50% 53% 43% 50% 50%

Definition: The rate of EGSC students in the first-time, full-time fall semester cohort who were retained at EGSC the following fall semester.

Key Finding: About half of EGSC’s first-time full-time freshmen each fall do not re-enroll at EGSC the following fall. However, the three-year transfer-out rates cited above suggest that a substantial number of these non-returning students successfully transferred to other colleges and universities, which is EGSC’s principal mission. The one-year retention rate was lower for the Fall 2020 Cohort amid the challenges posed by the COVID-19 Pandemic and recovered to 50 percent for the Fall 2021 Cohort.

 

EGSC’s Rates of Successful Fall Semester Course Completions
Threshold of Acceptability: 60 Percent

Course Success Rates Fall
2018
Fall
2019
Fall
2020
Fall
2021
Fall 2022 Overall
On-Campus Course Success Rates 65% 66% 61% 60% 60% 63%
Online Course Success Rates 63% 62% 63% 58% 62% 62%
Course Success Outcomes Rate 64% 65% 62% 59% 61% 63%

Definition: Course is completed successfully when a student earns a grade of A, B, or C for a course.

Key Finding: Successful completions of on-campus courses have declined slightly over the last three years as students coped with the challenges posed by the COVID-19 Pandemic. The online course success rate recovered from a Fall 2021 decline in Fall 2022.



EGSC Annual Number of Degrees Conferred
Threshold of Acceptability: 300

Fiscal
Year
2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 Avg/Year
Graduates 302 322 303 322 282 306

Definition: Number of associate and baccalaureate degrees conferred by EGSC for each fiscal year (FY) starting with the summer semester and ending with the following spring semester.

Key Finding: The annual number of degrees conferred at EGSC over the past five years has fluctuated but the average for the past five fiscal years exceeds the threshold of acceptability. The average per year of 306 is almost double the FY 2011-12 number of 168 degrees conferred just prior to the onset of EGSC’s Complete College Georgia initiative.