INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH:
Student Achievement
As a premier higher education institution serving a diverse community, St. Petersburg College (SPC) strives to offer equitable education by applying student achievement measures to minimize and potentially eliminate the achievement gap among diverse groups.
Student Achievement Measures:
- Graduation Rate
- 6-Year Completion Rate
- 3-Year Completion Rate
- Success Rate
- Progression
- Fall to Fall Retention Rate
- Fall to Spring Persistence
- Spring to Fall Persistence
- AA Transfer and Continuing Education Rate
- Job Placement Rate and Earnings
- National & State Licensure Examination Rates
Graduation Rates
6-Year Completion Rate
The 6-year completion rate is calculated based on the National Student Clearinghouse definition:
“The completion rates account for all students who enter postsecondary education for the first time each year, enrolling full-time or part-time at two-year or four-year institutions, and completing at any U.S. degree-granting institution. The results include those who complete after transfer, not just completions at the starting institution.”
Threshold of Acceptability: 36.6%
Goal Target: 41.5%
Achievement: 39.33%
6-Year Graduation Rate By Race
6-Year Graduation Rate by Gender
6-Year Graduation Rate by Pell Eligibility
Source: National Student Clearinghouse
Threshold of Acceptability: 22.7%
Goal Target: 24.9%
Achievement: 25.91%
3-Year Completion Rate
The 3-year graduation rate looks at full or part-time students enrolling in Fall at SPC for the first time in any Associate’s degree or certificate program and completing their program at SPC within 3 years.
3-Year Graduation Rate By Race
3-Year Graduation Rate by Gender
3-Year Graduation Rate by Pell Eligibility
Source: St. Petersburg Student Database/PeopleSoft
** Pell Totals do not include students whose Pell eligibility was unknown or who did not submit a FAFSA
therefore the total percentages differ from Race and Gender.
Success Rate
One of St. Petersburg College’s measures of student achievement is the course success rates of undergraduate students. The course success rate is defined as the number of A, B, and C grades divided by all possible grades.
Threshold of Acceptability: 79.0%
Goal Target: 80.0%
Achievement: 81.26%
Course Success Rate by Race
Source: St. Petersburg Student Database/PeopleSoft
Progression – Non-Degree Excluded
St. Petersburg College uses two achievement measures to determine student progression: The Fall-to-Fall retention rate reflecting students who continue enrollment in the subsequent year and the Term-to-Term persistence rates reflecting students who continue enrollment in the subsequent Fall or Spring term.
Threshold of Acceptability: 69.0%
Goal Target: 69.3%
Achievement: 69.09%
Retention Rate – Fall to Fall
Threshold of Acceptability: 69.0%
Goal Target: 69.3%
Achievement: 69.09%
Persistence – Fall to Spring
Persistence Rate – Spring to Fall
AA Transfer and Continuing Education Rate
The rate of continuing education among Associate of Arts (AA) graduates, who continue further to receive a bachelor’s degree at St. Petersburg College or another institution, is another measure of achievement used at SPC.
Threshold of Acceptability: 67.9%
Goal Target: 73.0%
Achievement: 70.91%
3-Year Transfer Rate by Race
3-Year Transfer Rate by Gender
3-Year Transfer Rate by Pell Eligibility
Job Placement and Earnings
St. Petersburg College uses job placement rates for Associate in Science (AS) and baccalaureate degree graduates as measures of student achievement.
Threshold of Acceptability: 76.9%
Goal Target: 81.1%
Achievement: 78.3%
AS Degree Job Placement Rate
Threshold of Acceptability: 77.3%
Goal Target: 78.4%
Achievement: 76.9%
Baccalaureate Job Placement Rate
NATIONAL AND STATE LICENSURE EXAMINATION PASSING RATES
State Exam
National Exam
State Exam Written Λ
State Exam Clinical ∎
State Exam
National Exam
State Exam
National Exam Arts
National Exam Science
National Exam
State Exam
National Exam ∎
National Exam
National Exam
National Exam
National Exam ∆
National Exam ∇
100.0%
96.0%
100.0%
93.0%
100.0%
84.0%
97.1%
89.0%
76.0%
59.0% ∎
94.7%
95.9%
90.0%
100.0%
94.7%
95.0%
88.0%
96.0%
100.0%
100.0%
91.0%
100.0%
80.0%
100.0%
90.0%
81.0%
75.0% ∎
89.0%
92.3%
92.0%
96.3% ●
100.0%
94.4%
78.0%
85.7%
97.0%
100.0%
83.0%
100.0%
81.0%
100.0%
88.0%
73.0%
79.0% ∎
92.7%
81.1%
88.0%
92.2% ●
100.0%
88.0%
79.0% ♦
100.0%
97.0%
100.0%
97.0%
100.0%
87.0%
92.4%
81.0%
75.0%
75.0%
100.0%
82.8%
86.0%
100.0% ●
100.0%
100.0%
80.0% ♦
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
91.0%
92.2%
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✲
68.8%
98.8%
94.1%
67.0%
90.5% ●
88.2%
✲
79.0% ✝
* Test results not available at this time.
∎ Pass rate reflects the first attempt; actual results may be substantially higher.
Λ Beginning in 2015-16, this exam is administered on a computer with proctor in a testing facility.
● Pass rate updated to reflect final total after all attempts.
∆ Pass rate is based on the number of program graduates, rather than test attempts.
∇ Standard for AVMA accreditation is 50%.
♦ The National Pass Rate for this same time period is 69%.
✝ The National Pass Rate for this same time period is 65%.
Department of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
Source: SPC Program Offices
Revised: 10/30/2024
ASSESSMENTS
IE is responsible for ensuring the quality and value of academic programs, student support services, and administrative units, collaborating with the provost, deans, faculty, and administrators to identify and conduct assessments in various areas.
SURVEYS
Student Survey for the following areas:
PROGRAMMATIC ACCREDITATION
SPC is an accredited institution with many degree programs additionally accredited or approved by state and national organizations specific to those fields of study.
STUDENT RESEARCH
Various opportunities to complete a research project are available to SPC students. Additionally, student researchers are invited to present their research projects at SPC’s Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium each fall semester.
MEET THE TEAM
Contact information for our Institutional Effectiveness Team;
- Jennifer McBride
- Amy Eggers
- D’ariel Barnard
- Robert Mohr