College Completion in Indiana

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College Completion in Indiana

• March 2007

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Indianas Education Pipeline High School to
College Completion
Of every 100 Indiana 9th graders
70 students graduate from high school
43 students enter college
31 are still enrolled as sophomores
23 graduate college
College graduation defined by graduation within
three years for an associate degree and six years
for a baccalaureate degree.
Source NCES Common Core Data, NCES IPEDS
Residency and Migration Survey, ACT Institutional
Survey, NCES IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey as
presented by NCHEMS, 2002.
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Degrees Conferred at Indianas Public Colleges
and Universities
Source Indiana Commission for Higher Education,
Student Information System, annual data provided
by Indianas public postsecondary institutions.
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Change in undergraduate full-time equivalent
enrollment (FTE) and degrees conferred, 1998-99
to 2005-06
Source Indiana Commission for Higher Education,
Student Information System, annual data provided
by Indianas public postsecondary institutions.
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Change in undergraduate full-time equivalent
enrollment (FTE) and degrees conferred, 1998-99
to 2005-06
Source Indiana Commission for Higher Education,
Student Information System, annual data provided
by Indianas public postsecondary institutions.
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Change in undergraduate full-time equivalent
enrollment (FTE) and degrees conferred,1998-99
to 2005-06
Source Indiana Commission for Higher Education,
Student Information System, annual data provided
by Indianas public postsecondary institutions.
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Percent of first-time full-time degree-seeking
students earning a baccalaureate degree, 2004
NOTE Graduation rates calculated using the
national GRS formula for first-time full-time
degree seeking students.
Source The Education Trust, College Results
Online, Databank/Reporting Tool using data
collected by the U.S. Department of Educations
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
through the IPED Graduation Rate Survey.
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Percent of first-time full-time bachelors
degree-seeking students earning a bachelors
degree within six years for selected states
Notes 1) Includes all degree-granting Title IV
institutions. 2) The calculation does not account
for transfers across institutions. 3) Respective
cohorts represented are 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
1997, 1998, and 1999. Source The National Cent
er for Higher Education Management Systems
(NCHEMS) using data collected by the U.S.
Department of Education's National Center for
Education Statistics through the IPED Graduation
Rate Survey.
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Percent of first-time full-time bachelors
degree-seeking students earning a bachelors
degree within six years for Indianas public
four-year institutions
Notes 1) The calculation does not account for
transfers across institutions. 2) Respective
cohorts represented are 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
1997, 1998, and 1999. Source The Education Tru
st, College Results Online, Databank/Reporting
Tool using data collected by the U.S. Department
of Education's National Center for Education
Statistics through the IPED Graduation Rate
Survey.
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Percent of first-time full-time bachelors
degree-seeking students earning a bachelors
degree within six years for Indianas public
four-year institutions
Notes 1) The calculation does not account for
transfers across institutions. 2) Respective
cohorts represented are 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
1997, 1998, and 1999. Source The Education Tru
st, College Results Online, Databank/Reporting
Tool using data collected by the U.S. Department
of Education's National Center for Education
Statistics through the IPED Graduation Rate
Survey.
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Percent of first-time full-time associate
degree-seeking students earning an associate
degree within three years for Indianas public
two-year institutions
Source For Ivy Tech, data gathered from reports
on the IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey published by
the Office of Institutional Research at ITCC.
For Vincennes, data pulled from the National
Center for Education Statistics IPEDS Graduation
Rate Surveys Peer Analysis System (except for
1997 cohort in which the source was the Cohort
Extractions database using the ICHE SIS data
submissions).
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Key Conditions that Support Student Persistence
and Completion

• Expectation
• Environment that expects students to succeed.
• Advice
• Students provided clear and consistent
  information and advising regarding program
  requirements and career goals.
  
• Support
• Students provided academic, social, and personal
  support.
  
• Involvement
• Students involved as valued members of the
  campus.
  
• Learning
• Environment that fosters learning.

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Potential areas of focus for a state higher
education agency

• Expectation
• Mission Focus
• Policy Alignment and Resource Allocation
• Data Systems and Reporting
• Accountability