Metric Definition Dictionary
629S (D,T,U,W,Z): Average Number of Quarter Units Accumulated by All First-Time Associate Degree for Transfer Earners
Among students in the selected student journey who earned an associate degree for transfer for the first-time in the selected year, the average number of quarter units in the California community college system earned up to and including the selected year
Value Type
Average units and unduplicated count of students
Data Source(s)
Chancellor's Office Management Information System
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 9+ 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
2022-23 COCI file used by MIS for SCFF (https://datavista.cccco.edu/resources/24) to determine if AA or AS is for transfer
Per the MIS DED for SX03, by eliminating 8888 and 9999 values for SX03, the following sections are excluded :
Any noncredit section where CB04 = N
Any credit section where CB04 is in (C,D) and where SX04 is reported as "UG", "UD", "W", "MW", "DR" or "SP"
Any credit section where CB04 is in (C,D) and where SX04 is reported as "I*", "IP", and "RD"
335S Students: Average of the following:
Average credit 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 semester units to quarter units for units earned at semester schools for students enrolled at colleges on quarter system
AND Divide SUM (SX03) for semester units by 0.667 to equate to quarter units
AND at any time up to and including the selected year
WHERE GI03 is any time up to and including the selected year
AND count students at the selected college where the student earned their first associate degree for transfer in the selected year
335S All Students Who Earned Their First Associate Degree for Transfer in the Selected Year