College Factbook January 2017

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PRESIDENT’S M ESSAGE.................................................................................................................. 1
SUFFOLK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS ........................................ 3
SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE HISTORY ..................................................................... 4
MISSION, V ISION, AND INSTITUTIONAL G OALS.............................................................................. 5
MEASURABLE INSTITUTIONAL O BJECTIVES (MIOS ) ....................................................................... 6
ACCREDITATIONS .......................................................................................................................... 8
SUFFOLK COUNTY DEMOGRAPHICS: 2016 ..................................................................................... 9
TABLE 1.1 – STUDENT TO FACULTY RATIO*...................................................................................... 10
TABLE 1.2a – COLLEGE UTILIZATION RATES (DAY CLASSES)......................................................... 10
TABLE 1.2b – COLLEGE UTILIZATION RATES (EVENING AND WEEKEND CLASSES) ..................... 10
TABLE 1.3 – SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAMS OF STUDY........................... 11
TABLE 1.4 – TOP TEN PROGRAMS COLLEGE-W IDE BY GRADUATES: 2015-2016.......................... 12
TABLE 2.1 – TOTAL AND AVERAGE CREDITS TAKEN........................................................................ 12
FIGURE 2.1 – COLLEGE ANNUAL ENROLLMENT BY STATUS AND FTE*........................................ 13
FIGURE 2.2 – COLLEGE FALL ENROLLMENT BY STATUS AND FTE*.............................................. 14
FIGURE 2.3 – COLLEGE FALL ENROLLMENT BY G ENDER............................................................... 15
TABLE 2.4 – COLLEGE FALL ENROLLMENT BY ETHNIC G ROUP..................................................... 16
TABLE 2.5 – COLLEGE FALL ENROLLMENT BY AGE GROUP........................................................... 16
FIGURE 2.4 – DEVELOPMENTAL PLACEMENT BY SUBJECT*............................................................ 17
FIGURE 2.5 – COLLEGE FALL VETERAN ENROLLMENT BY STATUS ................................................ 18
FIGURE 2.6 – COLLEGE FALL ESL ENROLLMENT BY STATUS AND YEAR...................................... 19
FIGURE 2.7– DISTANCE EDUCATION SEATS TAKEN BY TYPE ......................................................... 20
TABLE 2.11 – HIGH SCHOOL C APTURE RATES* (2016 G RADUATES).............................................. 21
FIGURE 3.1 – PERSISTENCE (FALL TO SPRING) RATES BY STATUS *............................................... 23
FIGURE 3.2 –RETENTION (FALL TO FALL) RATES BY STATUS*....................................................... 24
FIGURE 3.3 – STUDENTS TRANSFERRING BY D EGREE STATUS ....................................................... 25
TABLE 3.3 – POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS RECEIVING THE MOST TRANSFERS FROM SUFFOLK
COUNTY C OMMUNITY COLLEGE........................................................................................................ 26
TABLE 3.4 – GRADUATES BY GENDER, ETHNICITY AND DEGREE .................................................. 26
TABLE 3.5 – TOP ASSOCIATE D EGREE PRODUCING INSTITUTIONS ................................................ 29
TABLE 3.7 – GRADUATION AND TRANSFER RATES BY PERCENTAGE OF TIME TO GRADUATION
AND STATUS* ......................................................................................................................................... 30