Goal 1. Student Learning Success: Ensure Exceptional Educational Opportunities for All Students

Retention: Maximize student learning to improve retention (Strategic Plan 1.6).

TARGET: The percentage of students returning for the next year of college will continue to increase by two percent per year*.

Projected Student Persistence Rates

*based on one-year persistence rate of first-time, full-time, credential seeking graduates.

Graduation Rates: Improve student graduation rates and degree attainment

TARGET: 20% of students who enrolled in 2012 will graduate with a degree or certificate within 4 years (of the students who began taking courses in 2010, 16.2% graduated by 2014)

Note: 71% of students are classified as part-time, according to the DMC 2013-14 Statistical Profile

For more data on the 6-year graduation rate, go to: txhighereddata.org/GradRates

Transferability: Implement seamless student transfer to four-year and other institutions (Strategic Plan 1.1).

TARGET: 19% of students will transfer to a four-year institution

Note: State average for Del Mar College's peer institutions is 19%

For additional data on students graduating from and leaving institutions, go to: txhighereddata.org.