Mission College and our Community
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Mission College and our Community
Muslim Community AssociationMay 2012
• Open Access—practicing the ideal of education for all• Offering flexibility in education
• Part-time students• Evening, weekend and short-term courses, distance
education
• Educating Community Leaders• 80% of firefighters, law enforcement officers and EMTs are
credentialed at community colleges• 70% of nurses in California received their education from
community colleges• Transfer students from community colleges account for
48% of University of California’s bachelors degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math
Today’s Community College
• Largest system of higher education in the world
• 112 community colleges across the state• Serve over two and a half million students each
year (2,758,081 individual students in 2009-10)
• The most affordable option for higher education
Cost to Students: Undergraduate Fees, 2011-12
Today’s California community Colleges
Resident Fees
Nonresident Fees
CCC System $1,080 $6,409CSU System $6,422 $17,582UC System $13,218 $34,164
Today’s California community Colleges
• Important Entry Point for Higher Education• 54% of CSU Graduates and 28% of UC Graduates
in 2009-10 began their college years at a California Community College
• Transfers in 2009-10 from CA Community Colleges• To University of California 14,690• To California State University 37,651• To In-State Private Colleges/Universities 23,584• To Out of State Colleges/Universities 17,025
Per-Student Funding by Education System, 2009-10
(amounts include state Gender Fund, local property tax, student fee revenue, and federal stimulus funding, but not STRS or lottery funds.)
CCC system in Context
$ Per Student
K-12 System $7,957CCC System $5,376CSU System $11,614UC System $20,641
• Founded in 1977• Service area includes portions of Santa Clara
and Santa Cruz Counties, with students from throughout Silicon Valley
• Offers more than 70 academic, vocational and fundamental skills programs
• Serves approximately 12,000 students each term
Today’s Mission College
Enrollment trends• Close to 65% of students come from outside the official
college service area• Shift following the tech bubble swing in the early 2000s
• Reduction in number of employed workers coming for specific tech-related skills
• Increasing number of traditional students coming direct from High School
• Traditionally known as an “evening school,” students now attend daytime classes in greater numbers than evening • Students in daytime classes made up 46% of students in Fall
2000, 63% in Fall 2010
• Distance Learning has increased by 20% in two years
Enrollment Trends• Student Headcount peaked in Spring of 2009• Strong demand in last three years has been
tempered by state mandated workload reductions
Student Focus• Of all Full Time Equivalent Students (FTES)
in Spring 2011:• 13.6% came from Basic Skills (non-
transferable)• 80.7% came from areas Transferable to
4-year colleges and universities
• In addition, 29.5% of FTES generated would apply towards Vocational Education goals
About Our Students• Nearly 10% of students are new, first-time
students while over 60% are returning from the prior term
ENROLLMENT STATUS FALL 2010
Student Count Student Percentage
First-Time Student 1,094 9.52%
Continuing Student (from last term)
7,077 61.61%
Returning Student (from prior terms)
1,429 12.44%
Transfer (from other colleges)
839 7.30%
Other / Uncollected 1,048 9.12%
Student completion
Mission College Transfers to UC and CSU2009-2010
TransfersUC System 36CSU System 188Combined Total 224
Largest Transfer Schools:San Jose State 106
Cal State East Bay 52
Mission College Student Awards2010-2011
AwardsAssociate Degrees 574Certificates 18+ Units 85Certificates 6-18 Units 12Combined Total 671
Student characteristics• 57% Female, 42% Male (Spring 2011)• Diverse spread across age categories
• 15% age 19 or younger, 14% age 50 or higher• 44% between the ages of 20 and 29 Student Age
Spring 2010
Race & Ethnicity• Richly diverse student body
• 77% of students with reported race/ethnicity are non-white Student Ethnicity
Spring 2010
Students & Our community
High School Success Rates
High School Success Rates, Santa Clara County 2009-10
GraduatesGraduates with UC/CSU
Required Courses
4-Year Dropout
Rate
High School Graduates 16,833 8,229 48.9% 11.9%Source: California Department of Education DataQuest
• Only half of high school graduates are ready for a four-year college
• The 4-Year Dropout Rate has improved to 11.9% from 16.1% in 2008-2009
Industry growthSanta Clara County Industries with the Fastest Anticipated Growth, 2010 to 2019:
• Information, 19%• Other services, 17%• Education and health services, 16%• Financial activities, 16%• Agriculture, natural resources, and mining, 16%
• Overall growth, 10%
Source: Economic Modeling Specialists, Inc. 2011
Occupation growthSanta Clara County Occupations with the Fastest Anticipated Growth, 2010 to 2019:
• Professional and related occupations, 15%• Management, business, and financial occupations, 13%• Service occupations, 13%• Sales and related occupations, 9%
Occupations with Anticipated Declines• Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations, -17%• Military occupations, -3%• Production occupations, -1%
Source: Economic Modeling Specialists, Inc. 2011
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