Here are some highlights from the National Community College Benchmark Project comparing Collin with peer institutions from around the nation.
(Percentile rankings show Collin’s standing relative to its peers, e.g., if Collin’s score fall at 10th percentile it means that Collin scored above 10 percent of its peers, or, if Collin’s score falls at 90 percentile, it means it scored above 90 percent of its peers).
Peer Data
| |
Collin |
No. of Reporting Institutions |
10th |
25th |
Median |
75th |
90th |
| Educational Experience met expectations (Noel Levitz, Spring 2004) |
4.93 |
33 |
4.5 |
4.64 |
4.76 |
4.95 |
5.08 |
| Would Enroll here again (Noel Levitz, Spring 2004) |
5.97 |
33 |
5.16 |
5.56 |
5.8 |
5.95 |
6.03 |
| Percentage of full-time students in fall 2001 that compeleteed degree in three years |
8% |
106 |
10% |
13% |
19% |
26% |
34% |
| Percentage of first-time, full-time students in fall 2001 that transferred in three years |
35% |
89 |
8% |
11% |
17% |
22% |
28% |
| Fall 2003 to fall 2004 persistence rate |
47% |
105 |
39% |
43% |
47% |
50% |
56% |
| College-level course retention rate* |
79% |
108 |
82% |
84% |
88% |
91% |
93% |
| Percentage of minority credit students (fall 2003) |
29% |
106 |
4% |
9% |
17% |
31% |
52% |
| Percentage of minority employees (fall 2003) |
16% |
101 |
2% |
5% |
10% |
21% |
31% |
| Percentage of area high school graduates enrolling at institution (fall 2003) |
25% |
80 |
11% |
15% |
20% |
26% |
31% |
| Credit student market penetration rate ** (2003-04) |
4.51% |
100 |
1.33% |
2.02% |
3.21% |
4.13% |
5.72% |
| Non-credit student market penetration rate ** (2003-04) |
2.35% |
100 |
.30% |
.88% |
2% |
3.74% |
5.55% |
| Average credit section size (fall 2003) |
19 |
108 |
16 |
18 |
20 |
22 |
23 |
| Distance Learning percentage of total credit hours (fall 2003) |
7% |
90 |
1% |
2% |
5% |
8% |
34% |
| In-district tuition and fees per credit hour (fall 2003) |
$33 |
$105 |
$38 |
$55 |
$78 |
$106 |
$122 |
| Cost per credit hour (fiscal year 2004) |
$88 |
$98 |
$75 |
$97 |
$113 |
$136 |
$173 |
*Retention rate is calculated by dividing A, B, C, P, D and F grades by total A, B, C, P, D, F and W grades.
**Market penetration rate is calculated by dividing the unduplicated credit/non-credit headcount by the service area population.
Source: National Community College Benchmark Project
Report of 2005 Aggregate Data, October 2005.
For questions or comments contact: Nasreen Ahmad, 972.758.3810. |
