Highest Enrolling Winter Courses – Success Rates
Winter Terms
Because 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 in this report.
Course success rate is calculated as the total number of grades including withdraws divided by the number of A, B, C, and P grades in that course.
- Winter 2025 highest enrolling course success rates range from 59% to 89%.
- Compared to the previous two winter terms, the success rates in nine of the ten highest enrolling winter 2025 courses are higher than in prior terms.
| Course | Winter 2023 | Winter 2024 | Winter 2025 | Winter 2025 relative to prior two terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR 121 | 66.4% | 65.5% | 70.9% | Higher |
| WR 122 | 74.6% | 77.0% | 78.3% | Higher |
| MTH 95 | 53.0% | 55.5% | 59.1% | Higher |
| COMM 111 | 83.4% | 83.4% | 87.4% | Higher |
| PSY 201A | 77.5% | 73.3% | 80.9% | Higher |
| MTH 111 | 64.5% | 59.1% | 71.0% | Higher |
| STAT 243 | 76.7% | 77.3% | 79.7% | Higher |
| BI 112 | 67.9% | 59.6% | 72.5% | Higher |
| WR 227 | 85.7% | 83.7% | 81.0% | Lower |
| MP 111 | 79.0% | 84.0% | 89.0% | Higher |
Seeking additional information? Faculty and staff can access success rates for all winter credit courses in the Argos YESS Success Rates of Highest Enrolling Courses Course – OLAP. This OLAP also enables the disaggregation of success rates by modality. Success rates detailing equity gaps for prior completed academic years are available in the program/discipline review profiles.
Data Source: Argos, YESS Success Rates of Highest Enrolling Courses