Credits Successfully Completed – Winter
Successful completion of attempted credits propels students toward the achievement of their educational goals. The higher the credit completion rate, the greater the likelihood students will efficiently progress through their academic pathway saving time and financial resources.
| Term Year | W2021 | W2022 | W2023 | W2024 | W2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Credit completion rate | 80.0% | 79.3% | 78.8% | 78.1% | 80.0% |
- After a decrease in credit completion rates in winter terms 2022, 2023 and 2024, the rate rebounded to 80% in 2025, matching that of winter 2021.
Equity Gaps
Equity gap refers to any disparity in a metric like graduation rate or term-to-term persistence along racial, socioeconomic, gender, or other major demographic groupings. These gaps lead the college to ask “what processes, policies, strategies, etc. are in place that create or exacerbate these disparities? ” rather than “what is the student doing wrong?”
| Characteristic | Range (low to high) | Equity Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | 79.5% to 80.3% (Male to Female) | <1% point |
| Pell Status | 76.1% to 82.6% (Awarded Pell to No Pell) | 6.5% points |
| Race/Ethnicity | 69.3% to 83.6% (Black/African American to Asian) | 14.3% points |
| Age | 79.1% to 81.1% (Age 20-24 to Age 25-30) | 2% points |
| 1st Generation | 77.5% to 84.4% (1st Generation to Not 1st Generation) | 6.9% points |
Winter 2025 Findings
- The gender equity gap is the smallest among all demographic characteristics, while the race/ethnicity equity gap is the largest.
- On average, students who receive Pell Grants (a proxy for lower-income status) successfully complete a smaller percentage of attempted credits compared to students who do not receive Pell Grants.
- The difference in success rates by age group was smaller winter 2025 compared to most previous winter terms.
- First generation students, defined as students whose parents have not completed a bachelor’s degree, tend to complete fewer attempted credits than those with at least one parent who completed a 4-year degree.
- Students who identified as American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hispanic/Latino, or Two or more races achieved higher credit completion rates in winter 2025 compared to the previous four winter terms.
Race/ethnicity W2025 Credit Completion % 5-Year Range (low to high) American Indian/Alaska Native 76.8% 65.6% (W2024) to 76.8% (W2025) Asian 83.6% 83.5% (W2023) to 84.7% (W2021) Black or African American 69.3% 67.0% (W2024) to 69.5% (W2023) Hispanic or Latino 76.5% 72.0% (W2024) to 76.5% (W2025) Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 72.8% 64.6% (W2022) to 73.4% (W2021) Two or more races 79.2% 75.2% (W2022) to 79.2% (W2025) White 81.7% 80.3% (W2024) to 82.8% (W2022)
Notes: Successful Credit Completion Rate = # of credits completed with grades A, B, C, P divided by total credits attempted (including grades W.)
Data Source: Argos, YESS Successful Credit Completions, Updated April 2025.