Student Achievement Research and Goals

Southside Virginia Community College is required to provide students, constituents, and the public with information about student achievement goals and success of students in achieving those goals.  SVCC's measures for student achievement are provided below.  These measures are drawn from SVCC's Aspire 2027: Pathways to Opportunities Strategic Plan, and SVCC's mission.  

  • Key Student Completion Indicator

    In 2018, in response to the SACSCOC initiative to monitor and support student completion, SVCC selected National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) data. NSC data includes part-time and dual enrollment students. Therefore, it most accurately represents the completion rate of the SVCC student population. This study allowed the College to identify their preferred completion rate and compare it against the average completion rate for peer SACSCOC two-year institutions. SVCC's graduation rate was 52.8% based on the NSC Completion Rate. We use all of the criteria defined to impact the Completion Rate Numbers. 

    Postsecondary Data Partnership

    SVCC is now part of the Postsecondary Data Partnership and is in the process of sending data to establish dashboards to monitor student progression in more detail effectively.

  • Annual Enrollment Data

    The following chart shows the Enrollment Goal. The chart ranges from 3,800 to 4,800 vertically, reflecting the annual headcount of Southside Virginia students. Horizontally the chart ranges from 2018-19 to 2022-23 and the Actual Headcount is 4,475 for 2018-19, 4,341 for 2019-20, 4,134 for 2020-21, 3,892 for 2021-22, and 4,113 for 2022-23.

    Threshold of Acceptability: 4,100

    Actual: 4,113 in the 2022-23 academic year

    Data Breakdown

  • Fall-to-Fall Retention Rate

    The following chart shows the Retention Rates. The chart ranges from 40% to 80% vertically, reflecting the Fall-to-Fall retention of first-time-in-college, program-placed, students. Horizontally the chart ranges from 2017-18 to 2021-22 and the actual Fall-to-Fall Retention is 62% for 2017-18, 63% for 2018-19, 62% for 2019-20, 59% for 2020-21, and 63% for 2021-22.

    Threshold of Acceptability: 63%

    Actual: 63% in the 2022-23 academic year

    Data Breakdown

  • Awards

    The following chart shows the Award Goal. The chart ranges from 600 to 1,400 vertically, reflecting the total count of awards earned by Southside Virginia Community College students annually. To clarify, a single student earning an Associate’s Degree and a Certificate in a single academic year would be counted twice. Horizontally the chart ranges from 2018-19 to 2022-23 and the actual count of awards is 1,261 for 2018-19, 962 for 2019-20, 928 for 2020-21, 952 for 2021-22, and 981 for 2022-23.

    Threshold of Acceptability: 1000 awards (associate degrees & certificates)

    Actual: 981 in the 2022-23 academic year

    Data Breakdown

  • Associate-level Transfer Program Graduates

    The following chart shows the Associate-Level Transfer Graduates. The chart ranges from 200 to 450 vertically, reflecting the total number of students earning a transfer award at Southside Virginia Community College on an annual basis. Horizontally, the chart ranges from 2018-19 to 2022-23 and the actual number of Transfer Graduates is 402 for 2018-19, 356 for 2019-20, 334 for 2020-21, 328 for 2021-22, and 311 for 2022-23.

     

    Threshold of Acceptability: 325 awards

    Actual: 311 in the 2022-23 academic year

    Data Breakdown

  • Career & Occupational Technology Program Graduates

    The following chart shows the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Graduates. The chart ranges from 50 to 150 vertically, reflecting the total number of students earning a CTE award at Southside Virginia Community College on an annual basis. Horizontally, the chart ranges from 2018-19 to 2022-23 and the actual CTE Graduates is 98 for 2018-19, 111 for 2019-20, 99 for 2020-21, 128 for 2021-22, and 114 for 2022-23

    Threshold of Acceptability: 100 awards

    Actual: 114 in the 2022-23 academic year

    Data Breakdown

  • Short-Term Credential Graduates

    The following chart shows the Short-term Credential Graduates. The chart ranges from 300 to 900 vertically, reflecting the total number of students earning a Certificate award at Southside Virginia Community College on an annual basis. Horizontally, the chart ranges from 2018-19 to 2022-23 and the actual Short-term Graduates is 761 for 2018-19, 495 for 2019-20, 495 for 2020-21, 496 for 2021-22, and 556 for 2022-23.

    Threshold of Acceptability: 500 awards

    Actual: 556 in the 2022-23 academic year

    Data Breakdown

  • Face-to-Face Course Success Rate

    The following chart shows the Face-to-Face Course Success Rate. The chart ranges from 70% to 100% vertically, reflecting the average course success rate for all in-person courses at Southside Virginia Community College over an academic year. Horizontally, the chart ranges from 2018-19 to 2022-23 and the Face-to-Face Success Rates are 90% for 2018-19, 83% for 2019-20, 82% for 2020-21, 93% for 2021-22, and 92% for 2022-23

    Threshold of Acceptability: 90%

    Actual: 92% in the 2022-23 academic year

  • Distance Learning Course Success Rate

    The following chart shows the Distance Learning Course Success Rate. The chart ranges from 55% to 85% vertically, reflecting the average course success rate for all online and hybrid courses at Southside Virginia Community College over an academic year. Horizontally, the chart ranges from 2018-19 to 2022-23 and the Distance Learning Success Rates are 73% for 2018-19, 73% for 2019-20, 82% for 2020-21,75% for 2021-22, and 79% for 2022-23.

    Threshold of Acceptability: 75%

    Actual: 79% in the 2022-23 academic year

  • Graduation Rate

    SVCC's graduation rate as defined by IPEDS for the fall first-time, full-time student cohort who complete their program of study within 150% of the normal program time.

     

    2016 Cohort

    2017 Cohort

    2018 Cohort

     

    Graduation Rate

    Transfer-Out Rate

    Graduation Rate

    Transfer-Out Rate

    Graduation Rate

    Transfer-Out Rate

    SVCC

    43%

    8%

    33%

    11%

    42%

    7%

    IPEDS Comparison Group (median)

    31%

    17%

    33%

    17%

    35%

    16%

    Southside Virginia Community College has a large population of students who are in traditionally high-risk groups. Enrollment percentages for all students from 2018 to 2021 have averaged approximately 45% minority students, 70% Pell recipients, and 88% female students. 

    Threshold of Acceptability: 40%

    Actual: 42% for the 2018 Cohort 

     

    Graduation Rate by Race/Ethnicity

     

    2016 Cohort

    2017 Cohort

    2018 Cohort

    White

    48%

    35%

    51%

    African American

    31%

    31%

    27%

    Hispanic/Latino

    60%

    23%

    38%

     

     

    Graduation Rate by Socioeconomic Status

     

    2016 Cohort

    2017 Cohort

    2018 Cohort

    Pell Grant

    37%

    28%

    34%

    Neither Pell nor Stafford

    54%

    48%

    59%

     

    IPEDS Reports

  • Performance Funding Criteria

    13 items related to credit applications received, credit application yield, enrollment in FastForward programs, First-time-in-College (first-year GPA, completion gateway Math and English, fall-to-spring retention, fall-to-fall retention), Completions (number of degree or certifications, Under-served population Associate degrees, transfer students).

    Data Summary

    Threshold of Acceptability: SVCC’s current minimum threshold of acceptability for enrollment, retention, progress, and credential completion and transfer measures is the SVCC baseline data determined in 2015 and used as a benchmark for VCCS performance-based funding measures. SVCC evaluates these measures of student achievement against the 2015 baseline and either the College's previous year's achievement outcomes or the average performance of the 23 VCCS Institutions.

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