Student Achievement
Institutions accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) are obligated to provide to its students, constituents, and the public, information about its goals for student achievement and student success in achieving those goals. Student success information may include data on retention, graduation rate, credentials awarded, graduates, and other measures of student success appropriate to the College's mission.
Gateway Community & Technical College identifies the measures below for student achievement. Each measure includes the most recent data available, a definition of the measure, and the data source. Goals are determined by Gateway Community & Technical College leadership. Progress toward goal attainment is regularly reviewed.
| Fall to Fall | Retention Rate |
|---|---|
| 2018 - 2019 | 64.70% |
| 2019 - 2020 | 61.40% |
| 2020 - 2021 | 58.90% |
| 2021 - 2022 | 64.10% |
| GOAL: 2026 - 2027 | 62.0% |
Definition: Fall-to-Fall retention rates of first-time, credential seeking students.
Source: CPE Official data
| Academic Year | Number of Credentials Awarded |
|---|---|
| 2019 - 2020 | 2,893 |
| 2020 - 2021 | 2,876 |
| 2021 - 2022 | 3,188 |
| 2022 - 2023 | 3,246 |
| GOAL: 2025 - 2026 | 3,656 |
Definition: Annual count of total credentials (associate degrees, certificates and diplomas) awarded
Source: Official data as reported to Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE)
| Academic Year | Number of Associate Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| 2019 - 2020 | 508 |
| 2020- 2021 | 589 |
| 2021 - 2022 | 543 |
| 2022 - 2023 | 633 |
| GOAL: 2025 - 2026 | 820 |
Definition: Annual count of total associate degrees awarded.
Source: Official data as reported to Council on Postsecondary Education
| Academic Year | Number of Credentials Awarded |
|---|---|
| 2019 - 2020 | 2,539 |
| 2020 - 2021 | 2,489 |
| 2021 - 2022 | 2,887 |
| 2022 - 2023 | 2,866 |
| GOAL: 2025 - 2026 | 3,312 |
Definition: - Credentials awarded in programs aligned with jobs in targeted industry sectors (Healthcare; Manufacturing; Transportation; Distribution & Logistics; Information Technology, Business, and Finance; and Construction).
Source: CPE Official Data
| Academic Year | Number of High Wage/High Demand Completions |
|---|---|
| 2019 - 2020 | 993 |
| 2020 - 2021 | 986 |
| 2021 - 2022 | 745 |
| 2022 - 2023 | 1,086 |
| GOAL: 2025 - 2026 | 1,157 |
Definition: Number of unduplicated credentials in programs cross walked to a high wage, high demand occupation.
Source: Council on Postsecondary Education Official, Kentucky Occupational Outlook, Occupational Wages (OES) extracted from workforcekentucky.ky.gov, and the National Crosswalk Service Center
| Academic Year | IPEDS Graduation Rate |
|---|---|
| 2019 - 2020 | 46.60% |
| 2020 - 2021 | 56.40% |
| 2021 - 2022 | 46.20% |
| 2022 - 2023 | 49.00% |
| GOAL: 2025 - 2026 | 57.40% |
Definition: This rate is calculated as the total number of completers within 150% of normal time divided by the revised adjusted cohort.
Source: As reported to IPEDS by KCTCS
| Academic Year | Number of Transfers |
|---|---|
| 2018 - 2019 | 862 |
| 2019 - 2020 | 895 |
| 2020 - 2021 | 973 |
| 2021 - 2022 | 968 |
| GOAL: 2025 - 2026 | 1,197 |
Definition: Students enrolled at KCTCS in the prior academic year who enrolled at a four-year institution between their last enrollment at KCTCS through June 30th of the following academic year.
Source: National Student Clearinghouse; CPE Official data
| Academic Year | Number of AA/AS Transfers within 1 Year |
|---|---|
| 2018 - 2019 | 56.2% |
| 2019 - 2020 | 60.5% |
| 2020 - 2021 | 63.6% |
| 2021 - 2022 | 63.9% |
| GOAL: 2025 - 2026 | 68.2% |
Definition: The percent of Associate earners in an academic year who enrolled at a four-year institution that academic year after the semester end date of the semester the first Associate was or in the next academic year.
Source: CPE Official data
