Student Achievement Benchmarks

Everett Community College benchmarks our student achievement indicators against nine in-state peer community colleges and our institutional performance against eleven regional and national peer community colleges. EvCC uses these comparisons to hold ourselves accountable for student success and institutional effectiveness.

State Peers

EvCC selected nine state peers from among the colleges in the Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) system. The colleges were selected based on their participation in the College Spark Washington Guided Pathways grant. State peer benchmarking data is drawn from SBCTC and is disaggregated by race, age, gender, and by students receiving need-based aid. Listed below are charts comparing EvCC to its state peers based on three-year rolling averages for the following student achievement indicators:

• Fall to winter retention 
• Successful completion of college-level Math or English coursework within the first year of enrollment 
• Successful completion of 15 credits in the first year of enrolment and 45 credits in the second year 
• Completion of a degree or certificate in three or four years 
• Transfer to a four-year institution 
• Wage outcomes 

National and Regional Peers

EvCC selected 11 regional and national peer public community colleges, based on their size, strategic focus on equity and participation in Guided Pathways initiatives. The data source for benchmarking EvCC against regional and national peers is the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). IPEDS data is compiled into this customized Data Feedback Report (DFR),  which compares EvCC to peers on such metrics as disaggregated full- and part-time enrollment, percentage of students receiving financial support, and graduation and transfer-out rates.

In keeping with the Northwest Commission of Colleges and Universities' recommended best practices, peer colleges are not explicitly identified and data is presented in aggregate. Disaggregated student categories are also suppressed where there are fewer than 10 students in order to protect student privacy.