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Student Achievement Disclosure Information

UPDATED 11/2/2020

Student Disclosure Information

Associate Degree Transfers*
Transfers 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
Transfer Rate 46.2%        
System-defined College Target Rate 44.3% 45.3% 46.3% 47.3% 48.3%

*Percent of Associate earners in academic year who enrolled at a four-year institution that academic year after the term end date of the term the first Associate credential was earned or in the next academic year

Licensure/Certification Pass Rate*
Pass Rate 2016 2017 2018 2019
Rate 95.8% 89.1% 873.% 79.7%
System-defined College Target Rate   89.3% 90.3% 87.5%

*The number of students in the Voluntary Framework of Accountability’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) completer/leaver cohort who achieve a passing grade on their first attempt of a licensure exam within one year divided by the number of students in the CTE completer/leaver cohort who sat for the first time to take the licensure exam within one year

Graduation Rate
Completers 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
Completers 108 43 41    
Total Cohort* 300 167 156    
Completion Rate 36.0% 25.7% 26.3%    
System-defined College Target Rate 24.9% 26.6% 28.1% 29.8% 31.5%

*First-time, full-time, credential-seeking undergraduates who complete their program with 150% of normal time as reported to IPEDS

Graduation Rate - Underrepresented Minority
Completers 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
Completers 23 9 7    
Total Cohort* 85 52 37    
Completion Rate 27.1% 17.3% 18.9%    
System-defined College Target Rate 18.2% 19.2% 22.5% 23.5% 24.5%

*Cohort of first-time, full-time, credential-seeking URM students (American Indian or Alaska Native, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and Two or More Races) who compete their program within 150% of normal time as reported to IPEDS.

Retention Rate - Total*
Retention Rate Fall 2017 to Fall 2018 Fall 2018 to Fall 2019 Fall 2019 to Fall 2020 Fall 2020 to Fall 2021
Total Cohort 293 467 453  
Returners 145 256 217  
Rate 49.5% 54.8% 47.9%  
System-defined College Target Rate 50.6% 52.2% 53.8% 55.4%

*Fall-to-fall retention rates of first-time, credential-seeking students

Retention Rate - Underrepresented Minority*
Retention Rate Fall 2017 to Fall 2018 Fall 2018 to Fall 2019 Fall 2019- Fall 2020 Fall 2020 to Fall 2021
Total Cohort 94 156 163  
Returners 36 82 75  
Rate 38.3% 52.6% 46.0%  
System-defined College Target Rate 40.3% 43.7% 45.4% 47.1%

*The percentage of first-time, credential-seeking URM students (American Indian or Alaska Native, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and Two or More Races) who return to the institution to continue their studies the following fall

HCC Job Placement Rate

Job placement data is measured by the percentage of alumni surveyed in the previous academic year that obtained employment within six months of graduation with a degree or diploma from HCC. Non-responses to the survey are not included in the percentages 

Job Placement Data 2019-20 Graduates
Program 2017-18
(2016-17 completers)
2018-19
(2017-18 completers)
2019-20
(2018-19 completers)
Agriculture 100% 100% 100%
Business Studies: Administrative Office Technology No data No data No data
Business Studies: Business Administration Systems No data No data No data
Computer and Information Technology No data No data No data
Computerized Manufacturing and Machining No data No data 100%
Construction Technology * * 100%
Criminal Justice No data No data 100%
Diesel Technology * * No graduates
Emergency Medical Services - Paramedic * * *
Fire Science * * *
Health Science Technology No data No data No data
Human Services No data No data No data
Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education No data No data No data
Manufacturing Industrial Technology: Electrical Technology
Manufacturing  Industrial Technology: Industrial Maintenance Technology
100% 100% 100%
Massage Therapy * * *
Medical Assisting * 80% 57%
Practical Nursing 100% 100% 100%
Registered Nursing 100% 100% 100%
Surgical Technology * * 77%

*New programs not yet activated

Selected Entry-Level Course Pass Rates

2018-19 Academic Year
Course Online In-Person Hybrid
BIO 130 83.2% 70.9% **
COM 181 86.2% 90.7% 89.7%
ENG 101 77.8% 84.8% 83%
HIS 108 90.1% 80.7% 81.4%
MAT 150 63.5% 75.7% 75.0%
All HCC Courses 78.3% 85.2% 85.5%
2019-20 Academic Year
Course Online In-Person Hybrid
BIO 130 78.8% 85.7% **
COM 181 86.3% 89.9% 95.5%
ENG 101 84.9% 81.9% 88.1%
HIS 108 82.2% 78.8% 95.5%
MAT 150 62.9% 76.6% 68.5%
All HCC Courses 79.7% 85.0% 83.6%
2020-21 Academic Year
Course Online In-Person Hybrid
BIO 130 68.7% 100% 80.8%
COM 181 83.6% 70.4% 91.4%
ENG 101 75.5% 91.2% 64.0%
HIS 108 87.3% ** 71.0%
MAT 150 68.1% 74.5% 76.5%
All HCC Courses 79.8% 87.0% 79.9%

BIO 130 - Aspects of Human Biology
COM 181 - Basic Public Speaking
ENG 101 - Writing I
HIS 108 - History of the United States Through 1865
MAT 150 - College Algebra