CCC&TI By The Numbers: Student Achievement
Curriculum Unduplicated Headcount
| Reporting Year | Total |
|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | 5,017 |
| 2023-2024 | 4,831 |
| 2022-2023 | 4,722 |
| 2021-2022 | 4,647 |
| 2020-2021 | 4,808 |
| 2019-2020 | 4,748 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,654 |
| 2017-2018 | 4,636 |
| 2016-2017 | 4,808 |
Graduation Rates by Time to Completion
| Reporting Year | 100% | 150% | 200% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35% | 47% | |
| 2024 | 33% | 45% | 53% |
| 2023 | 25.5% | 40% | 46% |
| 2022 | 28% | 40% | 48% |
| 2021 | 22% | 36% | 46% |
| 2020 | 20% | 36% | 40% |
| 2019 | 13% | 28% | 35% |
| 2018 | 8% | 23% | 28% |
| 2017 | 7% | 20% | 27% |
| 2016 | 7% | 23% | 33% |
| 2015 | 8% | 18% | 28% |
*Goal for 150% Graduation Rate is 61.7% by 2031.
**Threshold of Acceptability for Graduation Rates 37.3%.
Retention Rates
| Reporting Year | Rate |
|---|---|
| 2024FA | 63.5% |
| 2023FA | 63.6% |
| 2022FA | 64.7% |
| 2021FA | 65.2% |
| 2020FA | 61.3% |
*Goal for Retention Rates is 70%.
**Threshold of Acceptability for Retention Rates is 61.8%.
Completion
| Award Year | Total |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 809 |
| 2024 | 843 |
| 2023 | 931 |
*Goal for Completion is 922.
**Threshold of Acceptability for Completion is 835.
Student Achievement: NCCCS Performance Measures
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute (CCC&TI) maintains accountability within the North Carolina Community College System to benchmark ourselves against other community colleges within the state. The College monitors student progress in basic skills, success rates in college-level English, success rates in college-level math, student progression in the first year, student completion, licensure and certification pass rate, and success in college transfer. For each of the seven measures, CCC&TI’s goal is to meet the System Excellence Level as determined each year by the NCCCS. CCC&TI’s threshold of acceptability for each performance measure is the Average Band Minimum as determined each year by the NCCCS. These summary measures, and more detailed comparative data, may be found on the North Carolina Community College System’s (NCCCS) State Performance Measures (PM) Dashboard.
| Basic Skills Progress | Credit English Success | Credit Math or Science Success | First Year Progression | Curriculum Completion Rate | Licensure Pass Rate Index | Transfer Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCC&TI | 1.191 | 1.087 | 1.129 | 0.950 | 1.010 | 1.134 | 0.992 |
| NCCCS Excellence* | 1.236 | 1.090 | 1.144 | 1.056 | 1.056 | 1.078 | 1.047 |
| Average Band Max | 1.041 | 1.011 | 0.973 | 1.030 | 1.010 | 1.028 | 1.008 |
| System Mean | 1.041 | 0.933 | 0.973 | 1.004 | 0.964 | 0.979 | 0.970 |
| Average Band Min** | 0.943 | 0.854 | 0.888 | 0.977 | 0.919 | 0.929 | 0.931 |
| System Baseline | 0.650 | 0.618 | 0.631 | 0.898 | 0.781 | 0.780 | 0.814 |
*CCC&TI’s goal.
**CCC&TI’s threshold of acceptability.
Note: Baseline levels are set two standard deviations below the system’s average index score and excellence levels are set one standard deviation above the system’s average index scores. Prior to 2021, these levels remained static and reset on a three-year cycle. To better respond to external factors influencing the success rates of students, baselines and excellence levels are now changed annually and derived from the most recent results.
Performance Measures Category Definitions
- Basic Skills Student Progress – Index score based on the percentage of Basic Skills periods of participation (POP) with a measurable skill gain (MSG).
- Student Success Rate in College-Level English Courses – Index score based on percentage of first-time fall non-dually enrolled associate degree seeking students passing a credit-bearing English course with a “C” or better within three years.
- Student Success Rate in College-Level Math or Science Courses – Index score based on the percentage of first‐time fall non-dually enrolled associate degree seeking students passing a credit‐bearing Math or Science course with a “C” or better within three years.
- First Year Progression – Index score based on the percentage of first-time fall credential-seeking curriculum students who graduated prior to or enrolled in postsecondary education the subsequent fall semester.
- Curriculum Student Completion – Index score based on the percentage of first-time fall credential-seeking curriculum students who graduate, transfer, or are enrolled during the fourth academic year with 42 successfully completed non-developmental hours.
- Licensure and Certification Passing Rate – Index score based on the percentage of first-time test-takers passing licensure and certification exams. Exams included in the measures are state mandated exams which candidates must pass before becoming active practitioners.
- College Transfer Performance – Index score based on the percentage of community college graduating exiters with an AA/AS/AFA/AE degree and non-graduating transfer program exiters completing 30 or more articulated transfer credits who enroll at a four-year university or college within two academic years following community college exit.