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Complete College Americawww.completecollege.org

Established in 2009, Complete College America (CCA) is a national nonprot working to increase the number of Americans with a college degree or credential of value and to close attainment gaps for traditionally underrepresented popula-tions. To participate, a states governor must commit to making college comple-tion a top priority.

LEADERSHIP: President: Stan Jones | Vice President: Bruce Vandal

Technical assistance

Federal policy recommendations

State policy recommendations

Institutional policy recommendations

*These states report data

MAJOR ACTIVITIES

Data collection

Data tools

Convenings

Best practices

KEY RESOURCES

Technical Guide of Complete College America Metrics, Updated April 2014https://ccacollection.sheeo.org/cca/homeattach/2014%20Metrics%20Technical%20Guide%20Final%2004022014.pdf

State-level data reports for all participating stateshttp://completecollege.org/college-completion-data/

Reports, briefs and event materialshttp://www.completecollege.org/resources.html

NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS BY STATE PARTICIPATION

Level of commitment to initiative:

Level of data submitted to initiative:

Level of data reported publicly:

LEVEL OF INFORMATION

State

State or Institution

State

FACT SHEET January 2015

CT18

MD*

HI10

MA*

GA65

FL*

AR*

LA*MS*

IL60

IA*IN29

OH60

PA*

WI*SD6WY

8

UT5

MO28 KY*

TN47

WV21

NM*

CO28

NV7

MT*

ID8

OR*

OK29

TX101

DC*

Data Measures in Complete College AmericaThis is a summary of the measures included in Complete College Americas data collection (indicated by a check mark). Text after a measure gives more specic information about the level of detail collected.

Student CharacteristicsThis list denotes which student characteristics this initiative uses to disaggregate the data measures listed above, although not all measures are necessarily disaggregated by all characteristics noted here.

Enrollment status: First-time, continuing, transfer

Attendance pattern: Full-time, part-time

Degree/certicate-seeking status

Income: Pell receipt

Race/Ethnicity

Gender

Age

Program of study

Military status

Level of academic preparation: Remedial placement/enrollment

OTHER

Contextual information about state and/or service area

Institution and/or program details

Course information

Academic and student support services

Student experience, engagement, satisfaction, and/or behavior

Faculty demographics, courseloads, and/or student ratios

PROGRESS

Persistence: Year-to-year

Remedial course completion

Gateway course completion

Other course completion

Credit accumulation

Transfer-out: Two-year to four-year, credits/credentials accumulated prior to transfer

Still enrolled beyond graduation timeframe

OUTCOMES

Employment rate

Earnings

Repayment measures

Learning outcomes

Continuing education outcomes

COMPLETION

Graduation rates: 100%, 150%, 200%

Time to degree

Credits to degree

Credentials conferred

PRICE

Student prices Grant aid Debt

ACCESS

Enrollment

NotesCCA's persistence metric follows students at 2-year institutions for four years and students at 4-year institutions for six years.

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