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409S (W): Course Retention Rate

Among all credit enrollments, percentage of enrollments where students did not withdraw and received a valid grade in the selected year

Value Type

Percentage and unduplicated count

Data Source(s)

Chancellor's Office Management Information System

  • Formerly PS 300 in prior CCP dashboard
  • The grades to be included in the calculation of all enrollments was given to us from MIS on 2/6/19
  • CO decision made on 2/8/21 to flag unique courses with: derky-locale-CB00-XB00-GI03 with CB03 and CB04 disaggregations or attributes
  • 338S Enrollments counted to determine course retention rate met all of the following criteria:

    Count of enrollments
    Enrollment defined as a unique combinations of student, locale, CB00, XB00, GI03
    AND with valid grades
    SUM (SX03) for all SX04 WHERE
    [First character of SX04 IN (A, B, C, D, F, I, P) OR
    First two characters of SX04 IN (IA, IB, IC, ID, NP, FW) OR
    First three characters of SX04 in (IPP, INP)]
    AND in the selected program area
    AND CB03 is a valid TOP code in the Taxonomy of Programs manual

    Age Group, Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Perkins Economically Disadvantaged

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    Last Updated

    07/13/2026

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