Metric Definition Dictionary
453C (1): All Cohort Students Who Persisted from First Primary Term of Enrollment to the Subsequent Primary Term at Any College
Among students in the cohort, the proportion who persisted from their first primary term of enrollment to the subsequent primary term at any college
Value Type
Percentage and unduplicated count of students
Data Source(s)
National Student Clearinghouse
CSU/UC Cohort Match
Chancellor's Office Management Information System
CSU/UC Cohort Match
Chancellor's Office Management Information System
Guided Pathways first-year momentum metric
Note: First-time cohort students who are found in the transfer bucket when they are 18 or older are not included in the cohort definition and therefore not considered for Persistence.
MIN_FIRST PRIMARY TERM(GI03)
122C General Admit Cohort Students who met all of the following criteria:
Determine first primary term of enrollment for each student
MIN_FIRST PRIMARY TERM (GI03) WHERE first term is in YY7 or YY3 for students enrolled in colleges on semesters OR WHERE first term is in YY8, YY2, or YY4 for students enrolled in colleges on quarters
AND Enrolled in the subsequent primary term after first term of enrollment in the selected or subsequent year
AND [(WHERE GI03=YY3 in the selected year for students with MIN_FPT=YY7
OR WHERE GI03=YY7 in the subsequent year for students with MIN_FPT=YY3 in the selected year for colleges on semesters)
(OR WHERE GI03=YY2 in the selected year for students with MIN_FPT=YY8
OR WHERE GI03=YY4 in the selected year for students with MIN_FPT=2
OR WHERE GI03=YY8 in the subsequent year for students with MIN_FPT=YY4 for colleges on quarters)]
122C General Admit Cohort Students