Student Success
Graduation and retention rates are used to evaluate the success of students who seek a certificate degree or associate degrees. The success rate is calculated by following a cohort of first time, full-time freshmen for four years. Students are considered successful if they achieve a certificate degree or associate’s degree from BridgeValley.
Retention Rate
The chart below provides data on the number and percentage of students from the previous fall’s cohort of first time, full-time freshmen who returned the following fall.
|
Term |
Cohort |
Returned Following Fall |
Retention Rate |
|
Fall 14 |
281 |
140 |
49.82% |
|
Fall 15 |
337 |
187 |
55.49% |
|
Fall 16 |
348 |
152 |
43.68% |
|
Fall 17 |
316 |
147 |
46.52% |
|
Fall 18 |
294 |
149 |
50.68% |
|
Fall 19 |
389 |
195 |
50.13% |
|
Fall 20 |
324 |
164 |
50.62% |
|
Fall 21 |
266 |
143 |
53.75% |
|
Fall 22 |
266 |
143 |
53.76% |
Other documents may be viewed here: https://www.wvhepc.edu/resources/data-and-publication-center/data-center-retention/
Graduation Rates
This indicator provides the proportion of associate and certificate degree-seeking students, first time, full-time who earned either award within four years at BridgeValley.
|
2 years (100%) |
3 years (150%) |
4 years (200%) |
+ 4 years (> 200%) |
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|
Term |
Cohort |
Count |
Rate |
Count |
Rate |
Count |
Rate |
Count |
Rate |
|
Fall 14 |
281 |
28 |
9.96% |
59 |
21.00% |
68 |
24.20% |
72 |
25.62% |
|
Fall 15 |
337 |
39 |
11.57% |
81 |
24.04% |
99 |
29.38% |
103 |
30.56% |
|
Fall 16 |
348 |
28 |
8.05% |
69 |
19.83% |
80 |
22.99% |
96 |
27.59% |
|
Fall 17 |
316 |
30 |
9.49% |
64 |
20.25% |
84 |
26.58% |
88 |
27.84% |
|
Fall 18 |
294 |
25 |
8.50% |
74 |
25.17% |
93 |
31.63% |
|
|
|
Fall 19 |
389 |
42 |
10.80% |
88 |
22.62% |
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Fall 20 |
324 |
49 |
15.12% |
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Fall 21 |
266 |
|
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As part of an effort to streamline and modernize the state’s higher education accountability
system, the West Virginia Legislature passed a bill in 2019 that allowed for the creation
of Explorer – an interactive online data portal that is available on the Higher Education
Policy Commission’s website (wvhepc.edu). Explorer makes data on key enrollment, student
success, and degree production metrics more easily accessed by the public. Additional
dashboards provide local data on factors such as the college-going rate, progress
toward reaching the state’s educational attainment goal, and the percentage of students
who complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Explorer also includes
interactive reports from the state’s P-20 data system on the pathways students followed
from their 10th-grade year of high school through higher education, as well as the
wages graduates earned after college. The P-20 data system is the result of an ongoing
collaboration between the West Virginia Department of Education, HEPC, West Virginia
Community and Technical College System (CTCS), and Workforce West Virginia.
- West Virginia Higher Education ALMANAC 2023
- West Virginia Higher Education ALMANAC 2022
- West Virginia Higher Education ALMANAC 2021
- West Virginia Higher Education ALMANAC 2020
- West Virginia Higher Education ALMANAC 2019
- West Virginia Higher Education REPORT CARD 2018*
- West Virginia Higher Education REPORT CARD 2017*
- West Virginia Higher Education REPORT CARD 2016*
Additional historical, statistical information is available through the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission Data Portal at https://www.wvhepc.edu/resources/data-and-publication-center/
*Note: Prior to 2019, the West Virginia Higher Education ALMANAC was referred to as the West Virginia Higher Education REPORT CARD