Institutional Research

Our Mission

The office of Planning, Research and Effectiveness supports data driven insights to help faculty and staff better understand our students by uncovering patterns, relationships, and trends. We facilitate RRCC’s move toward decentralized access to and use of data by its Operational Units for more robust systems, better informed decisions, and more comprehensive understanding. We also support The College’s planning, assessment, accreditation, compliance, IRB, and operational reporting.

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Additional Information

College Wide Surveys

Community College Survey of Student Engagement

2003 – 2005 Benchmark Comparisons

2003-2005 Benchmarks

Noel Levitz- Student Satisfaction Inventory

Spring 2010 Results
Spring 2011 Results
Spring 2012 Results
Year to Year Report

Noel Levitz- Institutional Priorities Survey

Spring 2010 Results
Spring 2011 Results
Spring 2012 Results
Year to Year Report

Student Achievement

The Colorado Community College System Institutional Research Office compiles systemwide data books annually. Data includes student enrollment, demographics, course information, assessment, degrees awarded, and elements required under the “Student Right to Know” Act. You can find the most up-to-date and comprehensive reports for all 13 Colorado community colleges, including Red Rocks Community College, at https://cccs.edu/resources/institutional-research/data-book/.

ENROLLMENT

Annual Enrollment Headcount, FTE, and Demographics
Enrollment by Tuition Residency, Full-time, Part-time, and Degree Seeking

RETENTION RATES

Fall to Fall Retention- IPEDS Cohort
Fall to Fall Retention- All Student Cohort

CREDENTIALS

Total Credentials Awarded & Year-Over-Year Growth
Award Type, Degrees with Designation & Career Oriented Awards
Credentials by Student Demographics

GRADUATION

Overall Three-Year Graduation Rates: IPEDS Cohort
Three-Year Graduation Rates by Student Demographics: IPEDS Cohort
Overall Time to Degree & Credits to Degree
Time to Degree & Credits to Degree by Student Demographics

TRANSFERS

Overall One-Year Transfer Counts & Rates
One-Year Transfer Counts & Rates by Student Demographics
Top Transfer Destinations

INSTRUCTION

Course Enrollments and Offerings by Delivery Method
Instructors
NEW Average Class Size

COURSE PASS RATE

Course Pass Rates

STUDENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES

Tuition and Fees

Other college data resources

NCES College Navigator - Red Rocks Community College
NCES Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) Data Tools

Student Right to Know

The Student Right-to-Know Act, passed by Congress in 1990, requires institutions eligible for Title IV funding, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, to calculate completion or graduation rates of certificate- or degree-seeking, full-time students entering that institution, and to disclose these rates to current and prospective students. Every institution that participates in any Title IV program is required to disclose graduation rates of all students. To read more about the Student Right-to-Know Act, please visit the National Center for Education Statistics website at http://nces.ed.gov.

Red Rocks Community College, acting in compliance with the Student Right to Know Act, is happy to post the following information on the graduation rates of our cohorts of full-time, first-time, degree or certificate-seeking undergraduates. The graduation rates show the graduation/completion status of students who enrolled for whom 150% of the normal time-to-completion of a two-year, undergraduate degree has elapsed.

There are several things to keep in mind when viewing this information.

Retention, Graduation, and Transfer Out rates are for a select group of students – Summer and Fall First-time, Full-time degree or certificate-seeking students. While this is an important group to track, it does not represent all of our students, including students who start in the Spring, transfer students, part-time students, graduate students, or non-degree seeking students.

All graduation rates are based on 3 years of attendance which is equal to 150% of the normal completion time of RRCC’s longest two-year academic program. The Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant Studies, and the Baccalaureate in Water Quality Management Technology, are relatively new degrees, have smaller enrollments, and are not tracked in these statistics. Rates for students who “transfer out” to a four year or another two-year institution are tracked separately based on IPEDS definitions and data.

Graduation and Transfer Out rates do not include students who left school:

To serve in the armed forces;
To take part in official church missions;
To help with a foreign aid service of the federal government;
Because they have died or become totally disabled.

Students who withdrew for personal or medical reasons are included in the original headcount.

The retention and graduation rates give information to current and prospective students about student body diversity, including the percentage of enrolled, full-time students in the following categories: male, female, self-identified members of a major racial or ethnic group, and Federal Pell Grant recipients. Graduation rates are disaggregated by gender, major racial and ethnic subgroup (as defined in IPEDS), recipients of a Federal Pell Grant, and students who did not receive a Pell Grant.

If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact the Program Director.

Red Rocks Community College Retention Rates

Red Rocks Community College Graduation Rates

Red Rocks Community College Transfer Out Rates

Red Rocks Community College IPEDS Transfer Out Rates