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Community Colleges
Special Supplement to The Condition of Education 2008
NCES 2008-033
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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Community Colleges
Special Supplement to The Condition of Education 2008 Statistical Analysis Report
August 2008
Stephen Provasnik Michael Planty National Center for Education Statistics
NCES 2008-033
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
U.S. Department of Education Margaret Spellings Secretary
Institute of Education Sciences Grover J. Whitehurst Director
National Center for Education Statistics Mark Schneider Commissioner
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Community Colleges
Executive Summary
The Condition of Education summarizes im- High school seniors who enrolled
portant developments and trends in education
immediately in community colleges in
using the latest available data. The report,
2004 spanned a broad range of academic
which is required by law, is an indicator report
achievement--including students who
intended for a general audience of readers who
were well-prepared for college in terms of
are interested in education. The indicators rep-
their performance on standardized tests
resent a consensus of professional judgment on
and coursework completed. They included
the most significant national measures of the
a greater percentage of well-prepared
condition and progress of education for which
seniors than did the 1992 senior cohort.
accurate data are available. For the 2008 edi-
tion, a special analysis was prepared to take a About two-thirds of 2004 seniors who
closer look at community colleges.
enrolled immediately in a community college
seem to have done so with the intention of
Drawing upon a wide range of data sources
pursuing a bachelor's degree or higher: as
collected by the National Center for Education
high school seniors, 28 percent had planned
Statistics (NCES), the 2008 special analysis
to use a community college as a stepping
provides a descriptive profile of community
stone to a bachelor's degree and 39 percent
colleges in the United States, examines the
revised their original plans to attend a
characteristics of community college students
4-year college and earn a bachelor's degree
who entered directly from high school, and
by starting their postsecondary education
looks at rates of postsecondary persistence and
at a community college.
attainment among community college students
in general. It also compares the characteristics One-third of 2004 seniors who enrolled
of these institutions and of the students who
immediately in a community college did
enroll in them with those of public and private
so with no intention of pursuing any
4-year colleges and universities. Selected find-
education higher than an associate's
ings include:
degree; however, by 2006, almost 47
percent of this group had raised their
In 2006?07, there were 1,045 community
educational expectations to start or
colleges in the United States, enrolling
complete a bachelor's degree.
6.2 million students (or 35 percent of
all postsecondary students enrolled that The percentage of students who had left
year).
school by 2006 without completing a
degree or certificate program was higher
Average annual community college tuition
among 2003?04 community college
and fees are less than half those at public
freshmen who intended to transfer to a
4-year colleges and universities and one-
4-year college than among all 2003?04
tenth those at private 4-year colleges and
freshmen at public 4-year and private
universities.
not-for-profit 4-year institutions.
Community colleges enroll a diverse Technical notes about the data sources, meth-
group of students, with various reasons odology, and standard errors are included at
for going to college, and have larger the end of this report. Special analyses are
percentages of nontraditional, low- available both as booklets and on the NCES
income, and minority students than Condition of Education website (.
4-year colleges and universities.
programs/coe).
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Contents
Contents
Executive Summary.................................................................................................................... iii List of Tables .............................................................................................................................. vi List of Figures and Exhibit..........................................................................................................viii Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 1 Section 1. Institutional Characteristics ........................................................................................ 2 Number, Size, and Location ............................................................................................................................................... 2 Enrollment Patterns .......................................................................................................................................................... 2 State Community College Systems .................................................................................................................................... 5 Degrees Conferred ............................................................................................................................................................. 6 Tuition and Fees ................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Faculty .............................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Admission Criteria ........................................................................................................................................................... 10 Remedial Education ........................................................................................................................................................ 11 Section 2. Student Characteristics ............................................................................................ 12 Part A. Students Who Enroll in Community Colleges Immediately After High School ....................................................13
Immediate College Enrollment After High School ................................................................................................................ 14 Which Seniors Attend Community Colleges Right After High School? ............................................................................... 14
Background characteristics and immediate enrollment...................................................................................................... 14 Student achievement and immediate enrollment.............................................................................................................. 16 Students'immediate educational plans,future educational expectations,and immediate enrollment ................................... 19 Part B. Community College Students'Short-Term Persistence or Attainment Rate ........................................................22 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 23 Notes ....................................................................................................................................... 25 References ............................................................................................................................... 28 Special Analysis Tables .............................................................................................................. 29 Technical Notes ........................................................................................................................ 60
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List of Tables
List of Tables
Table 1. Table 2. Table 3. Table SA-1. Table SA-2. Table SA-3. Table SA-4. Table SA-5. Table SA-6. Table SA-7. Table SA-8. Table SA-9. Table SA-10.
Table SA-11.
Table SA-12.
Table SA-13.
Percentage of degree-granting institutions with first-year undergraduates using various selection criteria for admission, by control and type of institution: 2005?06 ............................................................................ 10
Percentage distribution of immediate enrollees in postsecondary institutions in fall 2004, by control and type of institution and selected academic achievement characteristics..........................................................18
Percentage distribution of 2004 and 1992 seniors who enrolled immediately after high school in a community college, by their educational plans and expectations as seniors and 2 years later ........................ 21
Number of degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution: Academic years 1974?75 through 2006?07...........................................................................................................................................29
Number of degree-granting institutions, by enrollment size, control and type of institution, and community type: Fall 2006 ............................................................................................................................. 31
Percentage distribution of degree-granting institutions, by enrollment size, control and type of institution, and community type: Fall 2006 .................................................................................................... 32
Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution: 1963 through 2006 ............................................................................................................................................................... 33
Number of degree-granting community colleges, size of their total enrollment, and ratio of enrollment to adult population, by state or jurisdiction: 2005?06 .................................................................................... 35
Average annual undergraduate tuition and fees for full-time students in degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution: Academic years 1976?77 through 2006?07 ............................................. 37
Number and percentage distribution of faculty and instructional staff in degree-granting institutions, by control and type of institution and selected faculty characteristics:Fall 2003.................................................38
Percentage of beginning postsecondary students who reported taking various types of remedial courses in their first year,by control and type of institution:2003?04 ........................................................................39
Percentage distribution of undergraduates, by control and type of institution and student characteristics: 2003?04 ........................................................................................................................................................ 40
Percentage distribution of the spring 2004 12th-grade cohort, by immediate and delayed postsecondary enrollment status, control and type of institution, and selected background characteristics: 2004 and 2006 ....................................................................................................................... 41
Percentage distribution of the spring 2004 12th-grade cohort who enrolled immediately after high school in a postsecondary institution, by control and type of institution and selected background characteristics: 2004 ....................................................................................................................................... 42
Percentage distribution of the spring 1992 12th-grade cohort, by immediate and delayed postsecondary enrollment status, control and type of institution, and selected background characteristics: 1992 and 1994 ....................................................................................................................... 43
Percentage distribution of the spring 1992 12th-grade cohort who enrolled immediately after high school in a postsecondary institution, by control and type of institution and selected background characteristics: 1992 ....................................................................................................................................... 44
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