Metric Definition Dictionary
618C (2,3,4,6): Average Number of Semester Units Accumulated by All First-Time in the System Associate Degree for Transfer Earners in the Cohort
Among students in the selected student journey who earned an associate degree for transfer in the selected year for the first time in the system, the average number of semester units in the California community college system earned up to and including the year the student earned their first degree within the 2, 3, 4, or 6 year cohort timeframe
Value Type
Average units
Data Source(s)
Chancellor's Office Management Information System
Information displayed will continue to be updated for this metric as students are found to meet the criteria in the metric definition. Since the timeframe for data collection to construct this metric within this cohort view is still open, the data displayed for these metrics will continue to be updated.
Incomplete grades are included in Course Success and Completed Transfer Level Math and English in the District in the First Year, but are not included in Earned Nine or More Career Education Units Within the District in a Single Year, Successfully Completed Unit Thresholds in Fall Term, Successfully Completed Unit Thresholds in the Selected Year, and Average Number of Units Accumulated by Associate Degree Earners, due to how the underlying data elements are constructed.
Units include concurrent enrollment credits and basic skills courses
Students are only counted once toward the college average even if they earn more than one degree
Per the MIS DED for SX03, by eliminating 8888 and 9999 values for SX03, the following sections are excluded:
MIN_COHORT_TERM (calculated)
Average of the following:
Average credit semester units ever earned eliminating 8888 and 9999 values at the course level including units earned while enrolled as a special admit at any college
Average (SX03) [WHERE CB04 IN (C, D) AND
First character of SX04 IN (A, B, C, D, P) AND
SX03 < 50]
AND convert quarter units to semester units for units earned at quarter schools for students enrolled at colleges on semester system
AND Multiply SUM (SX03) for quarter units by 0.667 to equate to semester units
AND at any time up to and including the end of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th year following the first term of entry in the cohort with preceding summer term enrollment treated like fall term enrollment
WHERE GI03 is 2,3,4,6 years after first term of General Admit credit enrollment for 2,3,4,6 year cohort timeframes
613C2 is any time from the first term of General Admit credit enrollment to 2 years later WHERE YY5 is same as YY7 and YY6 is same as YY8
613C3 is any time from the first term of General Admit credit enrollment to 3 years later WHERE YY5 is same as YY7 and YY6 is same as YY8
613C4 is any time from the first term of General Admit credit enrollment to 4 years later WHERE YY5 is same as YY7 and YY6 is same as YY8
613C6 is any time from the first term of General Admit credit enrollment to 6 years later WHERE YY5 is same as YY7 and YY6 is same as YY8
AND count students at the selected college where the student earned their first associate degree in the selected year
335C All Cohort Students Who Earned Their First Associate Degree in the System in the Selected Year