Institution Status Report

This Institution Status Report displays select statistics for the community college as infographics.

The following metrics are presented:

• Percent of undergraduate students who are adult learners (25 years old or above) and who receive Pell grants for an institution and system-wide

• Breakdown of adult learners and Pell grant recipients into full-time and part-time enrollees and the number of full-time students taking more than 15 credit hours

• Percent of graduates who are adult learners and Pell grant recipients for an institution and system-wide

• Top five feeder counties that send the majority of students to the institution

• Unemployment rate, median income, per-capita income, and educational attainment (associate degree or higher) for the service area of the institution and statewide

• Three-year graduation rate from home institution for all first-time freshmen and underrepresented minorities

• Correlation between educational attainment and personal income per capita, and educational attainment and unemployment rate for the service area of the institution

Every statistic is explained in more details in the INTRODUCTION, which is posted above the Institution Status Reports for all TBR community colleges.

Please note that because of the definitions and methodologies that were used to estimate each metric, some results may differ from the other reports of similar statistics.

31.0%

Part - Time Full - Time Part - Time Full - Time

GRADUATES

ADULT LEARNERS PELL RECIPIENTS

Most Adult Learners Are

PART - TIME

Most Pell Recipients Are

FULL - TIME

undergraduate students that receive Pell Grants

Adult Learners Pell Recipients

GRADUATES

WSCC System-wide

44.2%

16.7%WSCC

25%System-wide

undergraduate students that are adult learners

35.9%WSCC

37.4%System-wide

640 361 612 160 78

464 1,690

43.7% WSCC

46.8%

System-widegraduates that are

adult learnersgraduates that

receive Pell grants

139 FT students take 15+ credits 556 FT students take 15+ credits

Source: TBR Student Info. System

Walters State Community College

Fall 2016

Fall 2016

Spring 2016

GRADUATION RATES (3-yr.)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Associate Degree + Higher

TOP 5 FEEDER COUNTIES

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

Greene

Sevier

Jefferson

Hamblen

COUNTY

Hawkins

6.6%

First-Time Freshmen

2013

20.3% 26.0%

17.1%

12.9%

Underrepresented Minorities

The majority of students come from these top 5 counties.

Service Area

5.1%Statewide

$35,391

$47,275

$33,064

$40,457

Service Area Statewide

Educational attainment in the service area is LOWER than the state average

34.1%

Median Income Per Capita Income

Service Area:

Statewide:

Service Area:

Statewide:

13.6%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Source: 2015 American Community Survey Source: TBR Student Info. System

Source: TBR Student Info. System

Primary Service Area for WSCC: 10 counties

2016

Source: 2015 American Community Survey