| Student Success Indicators | Baseline (2016-17) | Minimum Threshold | 2023-24 Outcomes | 2024-25 Goal | 2025 Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persistence Rate Without Transfers | 73% | 72% | 77% | 80% | 77% |
| Retention Rate Without Transfers | 55% | 55% | 59% | 62% | 62% |
| Graduate Placement Rate | 81% | 85% | 87%* | 90% | 90% |
| IPEDS Outcome Measure 8-Year Award Rate | n/a | 20% | 24% | 25% | 24% |
*grads of FY 2022-23
GTC evaluates student success through persistence, retention, graduate placement rates and the IPEDS Outcome Measure Eight-Year Award Rate, GTC's student achievement outcome measure. In 2021, GTC determined a threshold of acceptable performance and targets of achievement for 2025 for each of the institutional success measures. The Area Commission reviewed these measures; GTC provides updates to the entire board at the annual Board Retreat in February and at the year-end update in June.
The data is further disaggregated by academic school, race/ethnicity, and then by gender and race/ethnicity. Each academic school has a unique student population and program areas of study. Therefore, this criterion provides the deans and program areas with actionable data.