Highest Enrolling Fall Courses – Success Rates
Fall Terms
Given most students enroll in more than one “high enrolling course” during their time at PCC, improvements in these course success rates have the potential to impact a large number of students. The ten highest enrolling courses are summarized below.
- Fall 2023 highest enrolling course success rates range from 49% to 80.5%.
- Compared to the prior two fall terms, three fall 2023 courses have higher success rates, four have lower success rates and the remaining three course success rates are within the three term range.
| Course | Fall 2021 | Fall 2022 | Fall 2023 | Fall 2023 relative to prior two terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR 121 | 65.6% | 66.3% | 67.8% | Higher |
| MTH 95 | 56.7% | 50.4% | 49.0% | Lower |
| MTH 111 | 63.8% | 57.8% | 60.1% | Lower |
| WR 115 | 62.9% | 66.9% | 71.4% | Higher |
| PSY 201A | 70.5% | 70.7% | 72.7% | Higher |
| WR 122 | 68.5% | 73.5% | 67.5% | Lower |
| BA 101 | 72.3% | 76.7% | 74.7% | Within range |
| COMM 111 | 82.9% | 81.0% | 80.5% | Within range |
| BI 112 | 65.5% | 65.2% | 63.5% | Lower |
| MP 111 | 77.1% | 77.2% | 77.1% | Within range |
Similar data for all courses including success rates by instructional modality are available to PCC faculty and staff in the Argos YESS Success Rates of Highest Enrolling Courses program.
*Success rate is calculated as the number of of A, B, C, and P grades in a course divided by the total number of grades, including withdraws.
Within range = rate within 0.5% points of prior two terms
Data Source: Argos, YESS Success Rates of Highest Enrolling Courses, January 2023