GrossmontCollege2008‐2012

 

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Demographic Information

Number of Students* Fall and Spring Semesters: 2008-2012

 

*Based on end‐of‐term data and excludes students taking only non‐credit courses. 

Day & Night Course Enrollment* Fall Semesters: 2008-2012

 

*Note: In fall 2008, the category Both was introduced 

Student Characteristics Fall Semesters: 2008-2012

Gender  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012 

Female  57.1  56.4  55.6  55.1  55.0 

Male  41.9  42.6  43.5  43.9  44.2 

Age Group           

Under 20  31.2  28.4  28.8  29.7  28.8 

20 ‐ 24  36.5  37.0  37.6  36.5  39.0 

25 ‐ 29  12.4  13.7  13.8  14.0  13.0 

30 ‐ 49  15.7  16.4  15.8  15.8  15.4 

50+  4.3  4.4  4.0  4.0  3.7 

Ethnicity           

Asian  13.5  12.2  12.0  11.0  10.7 

African American  7.8  7.9  7.7  7.4  6.7 

Hispanic  19.4  21.4  24.0  26.7  29.3 

White  47.6  46.6  45.1  44.3  43.3 

Other/Unknown  11.7  11.9  11.2  10.7  8.9  

 

 

 

 

 

High School GPA of Incoming Students Fall Semesters: 2008-2012

GPA  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012 

< 2.0  2.7  2.8  2.7  3.7  3.7 

2.0 ‐ 2.5  22.8  24.2  22.6  25.0  26.8 

2.6 ‐ 2.9  21.6  21.3  22.1  21.1  21.3 

3.0 and above  52.8  51.7  52.6  50.3  48.2  

 

 

Student Zip Code of Origin Fall Semesters: 2008-2012

Zip Code  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012 

92071 (Santee) 1,674 1,819 1,668 1,607  1,388 

92021 (El Cajon) 1,432 1,592 1,629 1,805  1,607 

92020 (El Cajon) 1,207 1,500 1,685 1,808  1,681 

91942 (La Mesa) 885 1,009 1,014 1,041  941 

92019 (El Cajon)  675  857  952  1,020  990 

 

 

Declared Student Educational Goal

Fall Semesters: 2008-2012

Educational Goal  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012 

Degree/Transfer  64.4  63.5  66.2  67.8  69.0 

Vocational Degree/Transfer  1.8  2.1  1.7  1.7  1.6 

Plan or Maintain Career  8.7  8.9  7.6  6.8  6.2 

Basic Skills  6.2  6.2  6.2  6.1  6.0 

Undecided/Uncollected  18.6  19.2  18.3  17.6  17.1 

Enrollment Status

Fall Semesters: 2008-2012

Enrollment Status  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012 

#  1,970  1,912  2,141  2,190  1,911 

New HS Grad  %  10.5  9.2  10.7  10.9  10.6 

#  3,482  3,865  3,054  2,646  2,053 

New GCCCD Student  %  18.5  18.6  15.2  13.2  11.4 

#  336  277  203  270  132 

Current HS Student  %  1.8  1.3  1.0  1.3  0.7 

#  13,041  14,768  14,657  14,920  13,957 

Continuing/Returning Student  %  69.3  70.9  73.1  74.5  77.3 

 

Student Outcomes

Semester GPA* Fall Semesters: 2008 – 2012

GPA  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012 

< 2.0  23.5 24.4 20.9 21.0  21.7 

2.0 ‐ 2.5  17.2 16.8 17.1 17.6  17.8 

2.6 ‐ 2.9  7.0 9.1 9.9 10.4  10.5 

3.0 and above  52.2 49.7 52.2 51.0  50.0 *Semester grade point average includes letter grades only. 

 

 

 

Semester Units Attempted* Fall Semesters: 2008 – 2012

Units  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012 

0.1 ‐ 5.9  28.5 29.0 27.6 27.3  26.5 

6.0 ‐ 8.9  17.0 17.8 18.8 18.6  19.5 

9.0 ‐ 11.9   16.0 15.6 17.4 17.3  18.2 

12.0 and above  38.5 38.0 36.3 36.7  35.9 *Includes only those students who attempted more than zero units. 

Semester Units Completed* Fall Semesters: 2008 – 2012

  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012 

0  19.0 18.4 17.3 17.3  16.1 

0.1 ‐ 5.9  29.7 30.1 28.9 28.1  27.8 

6.0 ‐ 8.9  16.6 16.9 17.6 18.0  18.4 

9.0 ‐ 11.9  14.4 13.8 15.7 14.9  15.5 

12.0 and above  20.3 20.8 20.5 21.6  22.2 *Includes only those students who attempted more than zero units. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Course Completion Rates* Fall Semesters: 2008-2012

Overall  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012 

Retained  80.6  82.0  83.3  83.4  85.7 

Gender              

Female  81.3  82.1  83.3  83.6  86.0 

Male  79.7  82.0  83.4  83.4  85.4 

Age               

<20  81.0  84.0  85.1  85.5  87.7 

20 ‐ 24  79.2  80.5  82.1  81.6  84.2 

25 ‐ 29  81.3  81.2  82.1  82.8  84.6 

30 ‐ 49  82.5  82.0  83.2  83.7  86.4 

50+  83.2  82.8  83.2  83.7  85.2 

Ethnicity              

Asian  84.9  84.8  85.6  85.1  87.6 

African American  72.9  76.2  77.9  77.9  79.4 

Hispanic  78  79.6  81.6  81.9  84.3 

White  82  83.5  84.8  85.2  87.5 

Other/ Not Reported  79.2  81.8  82.3  82.4  84.4 *Percentage of students who do not withdraw from class and who receive a valid grade.

 

 

 

Course Success Rates* Fall Semesters 2008-2012

Overall  2008 2009 2010 2011  2012

Success  65.8 66.6 68.5 68.9  70.6

No Success  14.8 15.4 14.8 14.5  15.1

Withdraw  19.4 18.0 16.7 16.6  14.3

Gender      

Female  67.9 67.7 69.6 70.1  72.4

Male  63.1 65.2 67.3 67.6  68.6

Age       

<20  63.0 65.3 66.9 68.6  69.8

20 ‐ 24  64.5 65.1 67.2 66.6  68.8

25 ‐ 29  69.8 68.2 70.2 70.3  72.4

30 ‐ 49  73.1 71.3 73.2 73.3  75.2

50+  73.7 72.4 74.8 76.4  76.9

Ethnicity      

Asian  72.1 71.7 72.8 72.3  74.9

African American  51.2 52.7 55.5 55.1  57.7

Hispanic  60.8 61.4 63.3 64.3  65.3

White  68.9 70.3 72.9 73.8  75.8

Other/ Not Reported  64.1 64.7 66.7 66.9  68.1*Success includes grades of A, B, C, or Credit. No Success includes grades of D, F, or No Credit.

 

 

Fall-Spring Persistence Rates

by Enrollment Status* 2008-2012

New HS GradNew GCCCD Student

Continuing/ Returning Student Total

FA08‐SP09           

Persist # 1,525 1,918 9,025 12,616

  % 77.4% 55.1% 69.2% 67.0%

Did not Persist # 445 1,564 4,016 6,213

  % 22.6% 44.9% 30.8% 33.0%

Total # 1,970 3,482 13,041 18,829

FA09‐SP10           

Persist # 1,507 2,332 9,771 13,748

  % 78.8% 60.3% 66.2% 66.0%

Did not Persist # 405 1,533 4,997 7,074

  % 21.2% 39.7% 33.8% 34.0%

Total # 1,912 3,865 14,768 20,822

FA10‐SP11           

Persist # 1,697 1,903 9,519 13,245

  % 79.3% 62.3% 64.9% 66.0%

Did not Persist # 444 1,151 5,138 6,810

  % 20.7% 37.7% 35.1% 34.0%

Total # 2,141 3,054 14,657 20,055

FA11‐SP12           

Persist # 1,717 1,583 9,762 13,062

  % 78.4% 59.8% 65.4% 66.1%

Did not Persist # 473 1,063 5,158 6,694

  % 21.6% 40.2% 34.6% 33.9%

Total # 2,190 2,646 14,920 19,756

FA12‐SP13           

Persist # 1,583 1,355  9,694  12,632 

  % 82.8% 63.7%  68.9%  69.8% 

Did not Persist # 329 772  4,371  5,472 

  % 17.2% 36.3%  31.1%  30.2% 

Total # 1,912 2,646  14,065  18,104 *Enrollment Status based on fall semester.

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Persistence Rates by Enrollment Status

New HS Grad New GCCCD StudentContinuing/ Returning Student

Top Five Course Enrollments*

Fall Semesters 2008-2012

Fall 08 Fall 09 Fall 10 Fall 11 Fall 12

Math  Math  Math  Math  Math 

English  English  PE/ES  English  English 

ES  ES  English  ES  ES 

History  History  History  History  History 

Biology  Biology  Psychology  Business  Psychology *Does not include non-credit courses.

Occupational Course Breakdown Fall Semesters: 2008 – 2012

2008  2009  2010  2011  2012 

Advanced Occupational  9.8  9.4  10.0  9.3  9.6 

Clearly Occupational  7.9  7.2  6.9  7.9  8.4 

Possibly Occupational  5.0  5.9  5.6  6.4  6.1 

Non‐Occupational  76.9  77.2  77.6  76.3  75.9 

 

 

 

Degrees and Certificates 2009-2012

Fall 09

Spring 10

Summer 10

Fall 10

Spring 11

Summer11

Fall 11

Spring 12

Summer12

Fall 12

Degrees 262 689 165 298 681 119 183 681 119 183

Certificates

95 226 46 112 320 52 101 320 52 101

Transfers to Four-Year Universities Fall Semesters: 2008 – 2012

Fall 08  Fall 09  Fall 10  Fall 11  Fall 12 

 Completed <30 units  775  875  767  675  711 

 Completed 30+ units  647  792  749  540  673 

 

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Notes. 

Students were included who attended Grossmont College and subsequently transferred to a four‐year 

university within six years. Only students who completed three or more units at Grossmont are 

included.  Transfer data are provided by the National Student Clearinghouse.  Students may have 

attended other colleges (in addition to Grossmont) prior to transferring to a four‐year college.  

 

 

 

Transfers to Four-Year Universities Spring Semesters: 2009-2013

Spring 09  Spring 10  Spring 11* Spring 12  Spring 13 

 Completed <30 units  273  308  595  285  247 

 Completed 30+ units  179  190  470  166  144 *In Spring 2011, CSU experienced a large allocation for enrollment growth, allowing SDSU to offer Spring admission to many more students than previous years.

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Notes. Students were included who attended Grossmont College and subsequently transferred to a four-year university within six years. Only students who completed three or more units at Grossmont are included. Transfer data are provided by the National Student Clearinghouse. Students may have attended other colleges (in addition to Grossmont) prior to transferring to a four-year college

First Year GPA at California State Universities: 2007-2012*

  2007‐08  2008‐09  2009‐10  2010‐11  2011‐12 

Grossmont Students  2.93  2.95  2.96  2.98  3.02 

All Transfer Students  2.93  2.98  2.98  3.03  3.03 

*Most recent data as of 1/21/14, provided by the CSU Analytic Studies Department. 

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Continuation Rates at California State Universities: 2007-2012*

  2007‐08  2008‐09 2009‐2010 2010‐2011  2011‐2012

Grossmont Students  87  88  89  90  90 

All Transfer Students  84  85  85  88  87 

*Most recent data as of 1/21/14, provided by the CSU Analytic Studies Department. 

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