The following data shows student achievement through Enrollment, Course Completion, Retention, Graduation, Transfer, Job Placement, and State Licensing.

Enrollment: Fall 2013 - Spring 2018

Amarillo College provides students several enrollment options including taking all classes on campus (Oncampus), all classes online (Online), taking classes on campus and online (Mixed), and high school dual credit (Dual Credit). The following data shows enrollment by headcount over a five year period.

CategoryFall 2013Spring 2014Fall 2014Spring 2015Fall 2015Spring 2016Fall 2016Spring 2017Fall 2017Spring 2018
Overall10868974710318924299289188101869209102789330
Oncampus5382449251874378483440954698395147774167
Online1078114811241149109911431334138612881270
Mixed2224213718561798189520462018204820651921
Dual Credit2184197821511917210019042137182421661978

Course Completion

Amarillo College’s vision statement is to ensure a 70% completion rate by 2020. This starts by increasing course success rates while maintaining course rigor. The following data shows course success rates over a four year period.

CategoryTermEnrolledSuccessful% Successful
All CoursesFall 2013314382351974.81
All CoursesSpring 2014271802089476.87
All CoursesFall 2014290472192875.49
All CoursesSpring 2015255491969277.08
All CoursesFall 2015285312219377.79
All CoursesSpring 2016259942065779.47
All CoursesFall 2016288602318080.32
All CoursesSpring 2017256902106081.98
All CoursesFall 2017292762405082.15
No Dual CreditFall 2013275111986672.21
No Dual CreditSpring 2014237681772974.59
No Dual CreditFall 2014252481840672.90
No Dual CreditSpring 2015220331634974.20
No Dual CreditFall 2015247761864075.23
No Dual CreditSpring 2016225681737977.01
No Dual CreditFall 2016248591948578.38
No Dual CreditSpring 2017222311778980.02
No Dual CreditFall 2017254232053780.78
Dual CreditFall 20133927365393.02
Dual CreditSpring 20143412316592.76
Dual CreditFall 20143799352292.71
Dual CreditSpring 20153516334395.08
Dual CreditFall 20153755355394.62
Dual CreditSpring 20163426327895.68
Dual CreditFall 20164001369592.35
Dual CreditSpring 20173459327194.56
Dual CreditFall 20173853351391.18
OnlineFall 20135487369967.41
OnlineSpring 20145353365068.19
OnlineFall 20145056348568.93
OnlineSpring 20154944342969.36
OnlineFall 20155016352470.26
OnlineSpring 20165426388671.62
OnlineFall 20165875429673.12
OnlineSpring 20176222467275.09
OnlineFall 20175970460277.09

Developmental Courses

The role that developmental education plays in student completion is pivotal in terms of both placement and course success. The following data shows the success rate for developmental courses over a nine semester period.

TermEnrolledSuccessful% Successful
Fall 20133611209958.13
Spring 20142581155560.25
Fall 20142544145357.11
Spring 20151887100753.37
Fall 20152248133559.39
Spring 20161782112363.02
Fall 20162191151669.19
Spring 20171574113071.79
Fall 20172540192075.59

Another factor significantly impacting student success in developmental courses was our implementation of an eight week course model. This model provides students with the opportunity to complete their developmental sequence in a single semester. The following data shows the success rates from the first semester we offered courses under this model.

TermEight WeekEnrolledSuccessful% Successful
Spring 2016154037068.52
Fall 2016163349778.52
Spring 2017169953276.11
Fall 201711318103078.15
Spring 2016244828864.29
Fall 2016256140071.30
Spring 2017253937769.94
Fall 20172120787772.66

Gateway Courses

Amarillo College designates a course as a gateway course if course enrollment is high but success rates are low. The following courses were designated as gateway courses in 2013: Biology for Science Majors I (BIOL-1406), Biology for Science Majors II (BIOL-1407), Anatomy and Physiology I (BIOL-2401), Anatomy and Physiology II (BIOL-2402), Principles of Chemistry I (CHEM-1311), Principles of Chemistry II (CHEM-1312), Composition I (ENGL-1301), Composition II (ENGL-1302), United States History I (HIST-1301), United States History II (HIST-1302), College Algebra (MATH-1314), College Algebra/STEM (MATH-1414), and General Psychology (PSYC-2301). The following data shows the success rate over a nine semester period.

TermEnrolledSuccessful% Successful
Fall 20135423349664.47
Spring 20144761309364.97
Fall 20145519369366.91
Spring 20154686308065.73
Fall 20155432370168.13
Spring 20164864330868.01
Fall 20165589394470.57
Spring 20174765338371.00
Fall 20175513417175.66

Once again, the most significant impact on course success has been in implementing an eight week model for gateway courses just as we did for developmental courses.

TermEight WeekEnrolledSuccessful% Successful
Spring 2016169353777.49
Fall 201611710133578.07
Spring 201711643129178.58
Fall 201712196176280.24
Spring 2016287559868.34
Fall 201621697123872.95
Spring 201721821132972.98
Fall 201722162162775.25

Retention - Cohort based Fall-to-Fall

Fall-to-Fall retention is a primary metric in regards to Amarillo College’s commitment to increasing the number of students who complete a certificate, degree, and/or transfer to a 4-year institution while focusing on decreasing the time it takes to complete a degree. The most accurate way to measure time to completion is to base it on First-Time-In-College (FTIC) cohorts so we track retention based on the same cohorts.

TermFTICRetained% Retained
Fall 2013160783451.90
Fall 2014152983954.87
Fall 2015139376054.56
Fall 2016140177054.96

Graduation

Amarillo College’s Vision to ensure a 70% completion rate by 2020 is partly based on Fall FTIC students receiving a certificate and/or degree within three years.

TermFTICGraduated% Graduated
Fall 2012166122013.25
Fall 2013160723914.87
Fall 2014152929819.49

Transfer to 4-Year Institution

Another measure of completion is the rate at which Fall FTIC students transfer to 4-year institutions within three years.

TermFTICTransferred% Transferred
Fall 2012166128016.86
Fall 2013160728717.86
Fall 2014152927718.12

Job Placement Rates

Amarillo College is currently developing a more robust method for determining job placement rates for our students who graduate with a certificate and/or an AAS degree. For now, we rely upon THECB Gainful Employment data. We understand that this does not provide us with a direct relation between graduates and their employment in a field related to the certificate and/or associates degree that they recieved.

YearGraduatedEmployed OnlyEmployed and EnrolledTotal Employed% Employed
20121368755331108679.39
20131273710321103180.99
2014121465532898380.97
20151326689339102877.53
20161320706296103078.03

State Licensing Examinations

The following data shows the licensure pass rate of Amarillo College programs (based on CIP codes) for which students took a licensure exam.

YearLicensure ExamsTestedPassed% Passed
20131155344380.11
20141757949284.97
20151759450184.34

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