Student Achievement Data

As a public, not-for-profit open access higher education institution dedicated to promoting the common good, Minnesota State College Southeast is accountable to all stakeholders, particularly our students and the general public. The college utilizes student achievement data among myriad data points within planning and operations to ensure an affordable, successful, and viable experience for our students as a responsive, responsible steward of the public's trust.

These data include

• Those relating to current students, e.g., Retention, Transfer, and Graduation rates ("Success"), and Time-to-Completion
• Those gauging student success upon or near completion, e.g., Employment Rate and Licensure Pass Rates

Per the Higher Learning Commission's policy on Public Information, FDCR.A.10.070 (https://www.hlcommission.org/Policies/public-information.html), the information below provides some insight on the success of MSC Southeast students.

Comparative general college information as well as information specific to retention and completion can be found in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Data Feedback Report 2021*.

---

Retention rates of first-time degree/certificate seeking students

Retention rates of first-time degree/certificate seeking students, attendance status: Fall 2019 cohort. (Figure 0)

NOTE: Retention rates are measured from the fall of first enrollment to the following fall. Academic reporting institutions report retention data for the Fall 2019 cohort of students who are still enrolled as of the institution's official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2020. Program reporters determine the cohort with enrollment any time between August 1 - October 31, 2019 and retention based on August 1, 2020.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2021, Fall Enrollment component.

---

Graduation and transfer-out rates

Graduation and transfer-out rates of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates within 150% of normal time to program completion: 2017 cohort (Figure 1)

NOTE: Graduation rate cohort includes all full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students. Graduation and transfer-out rates are the Student Right-to-Know rates. Only institutions with mission to prepare students to transfer are required to report transfer out. For more details, see the Methodological Notes. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Winter 2020-21, Graduation Rates component.

---

Graduation rates by race/ethnicity

Graduation rates of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates within 150% of normal time to program completion, by race/ethnicity: 2017 cohort (Figure 2)

NOTE: For more information about disaggregation of data by race and ethnicity, see the Methodological Notes. The graduation rates are the Student Right-to-Know (SRK) rates. Median values for the comparison group will not add to 100%. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Winter 2020-21, Graduation Rates component.

---

Graduation rates by type of aid

Graduation rates of full-time, first-time degree/certificate seeking undergraduates within 150% of normal time to program completion, by type of aid: 2017 cohort (Figure 3)

NOTE: Graduation rate cohort includes all full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students. Data were collected on those students, who at entry of the cohort, were awarded a Pell Grant and students who were awarded a Subsidized Stafford loan, but did not receive a Pell Grant. Graduation rates are the Student Right-to-Know rates. For more details, see the Methodological Notes. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Winter 2020-21, Graduation Rates component.

---

Graduation rates by time to program completion

Graduation rates of full-time, first-time degree/certificate seeking undergraduates within normal time, and 150% and 200% of normal time to program completion: 2016 cohort (Figure 4)

NOTE: The 150% graduation rate is the Student Right-to-Know (SRK) rates; the Normal time and 200% rates are calculated using the same methodology. For details, see the Methodological Notes. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Winter 2020-21, 200% Graduation Rates component.

*Institute of Education Sciences. (2021). IPEDS Data Feedback Report. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/Expt/SelectComparisonInstitution.aspx?goToReportId=12

---

Career and Technical Education programs Graduate Employment, and Licensure Pass Rates

Minnesota State College Southeast tracks career and technical education (CTE) program graduate employment via the Minnesota State system's Graduate Follow-Up Survey. Results are publicly reported in the aggregate at https://www.southeastmn.one/about_us/index.aspx?id=147 and within each related program page on the college website via https://www.southeastmn.one/academics/default.aspx.

Source: Minnesota State Graduate Follow-Up Survey 2016 - 2020

---

Licensure pass rates specific to MSC Southeast's Radiography, Licensed Practical Nurse, and Registered Nurse – Associate of Science programs are accessible at each's program's major page via https://www.southeastmn.one/academics/default.aspx.

Licensure Pass Rates (Radiography, LPN, and RN)

Source: Minnesota State Accountability Dashboard