Student Outcome Measures

Retention Rates 2018-2022

This graph shows retention rates for new full-time degree-seeking students through the years 2018-2022:

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
New First Time Students, 1st Fall to 2nd Fall 58.62 65.15 61.98 62.45 63.10
New First Time Students, 1st Fall to 3rd Fall 44.20 52.27 49.05 49.10 -
New Transfer Students, 1st Fall to 2nd Fall 58.12 56.67 60.22 62.13 62.00
New Transfer Students, 1st Fall to 3rd Fall 32.29 30.22 32.61 32.67 -

 

This graph shows retention rates for new full-time, bachelor degree-seeking students through the years 2018-2022:

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
New First Time Students, 1st Fall to 2nd Fall 63.93 70.62 65.53 61.97 67.40
New First Time Students, 1st Fall to 3rd Fall 51.23 60.19 54.37 52.14 -
New Transfer Students, 1st Fall to 2nd Fall 60.95 61.34 62.69 67.48 66.67
New Transfer Students, 1st Fall to 3rd Fall 34.09 32.77 34.26 36.50 -

Excluded from data are students who left Columbia College due to death, became totally and permanently disabled, to serve in the armed forces, to serve with a foreign aid service of the Federal Government, or to serve on official church missions.

Graduation Rates 2018-2022

This graph shows graduation rates for undergraduate degree-seeking students as well as bachelor degree-seeking students through the years 2018-2022:

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Graduation Rate, Undergraduate Degree Seeking 30 28 33 43 46
Graduation Rate, Bachelors Degree Seeking 25 25 23 41 48

Rates of students graduating within 150% of standard time e.g., 6 years for a bachelors degree. Reported to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.

Degrees Awarded 2018-2022

This graph shows the quantity of certificates, associates, bachelors, and masters programs completed by students each academic year. Individual students may have received more than one award in that academic year.  This info is represented through the years 2018-2022:

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Associates 1419 1184 839 589 520
Bachelors 2743 2388 1841 1312 1038
Certificates 49 31 22 23 40
Masters 315 258 211 185 170
Total 4526 3861 2913 2109 1687

 

Placement and Career Outcomes 2018-2022

This graph shows Columbia College student career outcome rate trends through academic years 2018-2022:

2018  2019    2020 2021  2022
Career outcomes 96.52%  96.59% 89.87%  89.15% 87.74%

Source: Student Exit Survey.

Career Outcomes Rate: This is the number of graduates who have landed in any of the employment categories plus service and military plus continuing education divided by the number of students for whom an outcome is known minus those graduates identified as not seeking an outcome.

(updated 06/07/2024)

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