Institutional Effectiveness

Graduation and Transfer-out Rate

(This information is from the 2016 IPEDS report which represents the 2012 cohort.)

The graduation rate for full-time, first-time, degree or certificate-seeking students within 150% of normal time of program completion is 27%. The transfer-out rate for full-time, first-time, degree or certificate-seeking students within 150% of normal time of program completion is 19%.

Retention Rates

(This information is from the 2016 IPEDS report which represents the Fall 2014 cohort.)

The retention rate for full-time, first-time, degree or certificate-seeking students is 59%. The retention rate for part-time, first-time, degree or certificate-seeking students is 35%.

Historical Graduation and Transfer-out Rate

(The information below is from the IPEDS reports for the years 2012 through 2016.  The following chart displays data for Carl Sandburg College, as well as, data of comparison institutions.)

The fifteen colleges that make up the comparison group are:

• Black Hawk College (Moline, IL)
• Danville Area Community College (Danville, IL)
• Highland Community College (Freeport, IL)
• Illinois Central College (East Peoria, IL)
• Illinois Valley Community College (Oglesby, IL)
• John A Logan College (Carterville, IL)
• John Wood Community College (Quincy, IL)
• Kaskaskia College (Centralia, IL)
• Lake Land College (Mattoon, IL)
• Rend Lake College (Ina, IL)
• Sauk Valley Community College (Dixon, IL)
• Shawnee Community College (Ullin, IL)
• Southeastern Illinois College (Harrisburg, IL)
• Southwestern Illinois College (Belleville, IL)
• Spoon River College (Canton, IL)

• The graduation rate represents the percentage of full-time, first-time, degree or certificate-seeking students who completed a degree or certificate within 150% or normal time to program completion.
• The comparison group graduation rate represents the median graduation rate from across the fifteen Illinois community college comparison group.
• The transfer-out rate represents the percentage of full-time, first-time, degree or certificate-seeking students who are known to have transferred, without earning a degree or certificate, and re-enrolled at another institution.
• The comparison group transfer-out rate represents the median transfer-out rate from across the fifteen Illinois community college comparison group.

Historical Retention Rate

(The information below is from the IPEDS reports for the years 2012 through 2016.  The following chart displays data for Carl Sandburg College, as well as, data of comparison institutions.)

• The full-time retention rate represents the percentage of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking students from the previous fall who either re-enrolled or successfully completed their program by the next fall.
• The comparison group full-time retention rate represents the median full-time retention rate from across the fifteen Illinois community college comparison group.
• The part-time retention rate represents the percentage of part-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking students from the previous fall who either re-enrolled or successfully completed their program by the next fall.
• The comparison group part-time retention rate represents the median part-time retention rate from across the fifteen Illinois community college comparison group.

Credit-bearing Programs and Certificates Offered for Fiscal Year 2016

Carl Sandburg College offers 28 Credit-bearing Programs and 41 Certificates.

 Opening Fall Enrollment

Opening Fall Enrollment for 2016 was 1,927 students.

Annual Enrollment

This information can be found by following the link to the Institutional Dashboards and searching for "Total Enrollment".

Student Body Diversity for full-time students enrolled Fall 2016

The gender distribution of full-time students enrolled for the Fall 2016 Semester was 61% female and 39% male.

The ethnicity distribution of full-time students enrolled for Fall 2016 was 80.9% Caucasian, 9% African American, 5% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, and 3% unknown.

The age distribution of full-time students enrolled for Fall 2016 was 50.6% 17 to 20, 15.78% 21 to 24, 11.78% 25 to 30, 7.94% 31 to 39, 6.8% 40 to 55, 5.86% 16 and under, 0.99% 56 and up, and 0.26% unknown.

Of the full-time students enrolled for the Fall 2016 Semester, 37% received Pell and 63% did not receive Pell.