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Demographics

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Student Demographics

Student Demographics: provides information for the most recent Fall term student demographics - ethnicity/race, full-/part-time number, student type, average age, gender, and degree status for Arapahoe Community College.

Fall 2018 Student Demographics

Ethnicity of Our Students

Ethnicity of our Students Number Percentage
American Indian or Alaskan Native 43 0.43
Asian 353 3.54
Black or African American 240 2.41
Hispanic/Latino 1356 13.61
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 25 0.25
White 6534 65.59
Two or more Races 414 4.16
Other/Unknown 872 8.75
Non-Resident Alien and International 125 1.25
Total 9962 100

 

Full- / Part-Time Status

Time Status Number Percentage
Full-Time 1860 18.67
Part-Time 8102 81.33
Total 9962 100

 

Student Type

Student Type Number Percentage
New to ACC 1069 10.73
Transfer 875 8.78
Continuing Student 3454 34.67
High School 4192 42.08
International Student 5 0.05
Readmit 367 3.68
Total 9962 100

 

Average Age of ACC Students

Number of Students Average Age Median Age
9962 22.7 19

 

Gender of Our Students

Gender Number Percentage
Female 5564 55.85
Male 4398 44.15
Unreported 0 0
Total 9962 100

 

Degree Seeking Status of ACC Students

Degree-Seeking Status Number Percentage
Degree-Seeking 7485 75.14
Non-Degree 2477 24.86
Total 9962 100

5-year Student Enrollment Trend Analysis

Faculty and Staff

ACC Faculty and Staff Demographics Fall 2015

Population Evaluated 1 % AI or AN % A/NH/PI % Black or AA % Hispanic % White % Two or More % Other/Unknown % Totals
ACC Employees (Excluding Students) (706) 2 .83 2.75 1.67 7.77 79 1.67 6.34 100
ACC Faculty (105) 0 .95 0 3.81 84.76 0 10.48 100
ACC Instructor/Adjunct (388) .77 3.09 1.29 5.67 82.22 2.06 4.9 100
ACC Administrators (116) .34 2.9 1.7 6.97 82.65 1.7 3.74 100
ACC Classified (97) 3.26 3.26 5.43 28.26 54.34 2.17 3.26 100
ACC Students (9,240) .6 3.9 2.8 12.3 71.5 4.5 4.4 100
City of Littleton 3 .8 2.3 1.4 12.4 81.8 2.6 0 100
City of Castlerock 3 .3 1.8 1.4 10.2 84.2 3 0 100
City of Parker 3 .5 3.3 1.5 8.2 84.5 2.9 0 100
Arapahoe County 4 .9 5.3 10.2 18.4 63.2 4.3 0 100
Douglas County 4 .4 3.9 1.2 7.5 85.2 2.6 0 100
Jefferson County 4 .9 2.7 1.1 14.3 79.9 2.7 0 100
ACC Service Area .68 3.22 2.75 11.8 79.88 2.98 0 100
State of Colorado 4 1.1 2.9 4 20.7 70 3.4 0 100
United States 4 .9 5 12.6 16.3 63.7 2.9 0 100

1 The analysis is limited to the extent that applicants are not required to, and do not always, provide data about gender and ethnicity.

2 ACC Human Resources

3 United States Census Bureau. (vintage 2015) QuickFacts: Littleton Colorado, Parker Colorado, Castle Rock Colorado. In united States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 28, 2016, from http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/0812415,0857630,0845255

4 United States Census Bureau. (vintage 2015). QuickFacts: United States, Colorado, Arapahoe County Colorado, Douglas County Colorado, Jefferson County Colorado. In united States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 28, 2016, from http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/00,08,08005,08035,08059

Previous Years' Demographics

General Information

See our Data Books and Common Data Sets.

Data Book

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Common Data Set

The Common Data Set (CDS) is a collaborative effort of The College Board, Peterson's, U.S. News & World Report. The CDS was created to provide standard questions to universities and colleges. Definitions of data elements are maintained by the Common Data Set Initiative. ACC information presented in the "common" format is used by most institutions of Higher Education to facilitate comparisons among institutions.

The Common Data Set provides information on the following topics:

  1. General Information about Arapahoe Community College
  2. Enrollment and Persistence
  3. First-Time, First-Year (Freshman) Admission
  4. Transfer Admission
  5. Academic Offerings and Policies
  6. Student Life
  7. Annual Expenses - tuition, fees, room and board
  8. Financial Aid
  9. Instructional Faculty and Class Size, Student to Faculty ratio
  10. Undergraduate Degrees Conferred - by area of study

Common Data Sets by Year

 

Student Performance

Learn more about how ACC students do after they finish their education at ACC. This includes transfer, job, and licensure information.

IPEDS Reported Data

The following tables contain five years of selected data previously reported to IPEDS by Arapahoe Community College (ACC) as well as seven other institutions, referred to as the “comparison group”. Included in this group are: Aims Community College (Greeley, CO), Community College of Aurora (Aurora, CO), Community College of Denver (Denver, CO), Front Range Community College (Westminster, CO), Laramie County Community College (Cheyenne, WY), Pikes Peak Community College (Colorado Springs, CO), and Red Rocks Community College (Lakewood, CO).
 
5 Year IPEDS Feedback, 2013-2017

About IPEDS

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, referred to as IPEDS, is the core postsecondary education data collection program for the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). IPEDS is a system of interrelated surveys conducted annually by NCES to gather information from every college, university, and technical and vocational institution that participates in federal student financial aid programs.  The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, requires that institutions that participate in federal student aid programs report data on enrollments, program completions, graduation rates, faculty and staff, finances, institutional prices, and student financial aid. For more information, please visit the general information portion of the IPEDS website.

Information reported to IPEDS is available on the IPEDS website, typically one to two years after submission. Data can be accessed through the “Use the Data” portion of the IPEDS website; recommended tools include “Look Up an Institution” and “Data Feedback Report”.  Some IPEDS data is also available through ACC’s Institutional Research website in the Student Performance section. For the most current institutional information, please view ACC’s self-reported data publications on the Office of Institutional Research’s section of this page under the General ACC Information section.

 

SURDS Reported Data

The following tables contain five years of retention data previously reported via SURDS files by Arapahoe Community College, as well as six peer institutions, including:  Aims Community College (Greeley, CO), Community College of Aurora (Aurora, CO), Community College of Denver (Denver, CO), Front Range Community College (Westminster, CO), Pikes Peak Community College (Colorado Springs, CO), and Red Rocks Community College (Lakewood, CO).
 
5 Year Retention Data from CDHE, 2011-2015

About SURDS

Developed by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE), the Student Unit Record Data System, or “SURDS”, is a collection of data submitted by Colorado institutions; this information includes Enrollment, Undergraduate Applicant, Degrees Awarded, Financial Aid, Remediation, Teacher Education and Verification of Lawful Presence. Throughout each year, the aforementioned data are submitted to the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) via ‘SURDS files’, which are utilized in a variety of ways. To learn more about CCHE, CDHE, and/ or SURDS visit the general information portion of the CDHE website.

Much of the data collected from SURDS files can be found on the CDHE website under the “Data & Research” section. Although published data and reports are available, the database can also be searched to obtain specific information at the institutional and/or aggregate level. Some SURDS data is also available through ACC’s Institutional Research website in the Student Performance section. For the most current institutional information, feel free to view ACC’s self-reported data publications on the Office of Institutional Research’s section of this webpage under the General ACC Information section.

 

Outcome Survey

Post-graduate Placement Data

  • Spring 2015
    • Graduates working Full Time = 46%
    • Graduates accepted to an educational program = 40%
    • n (sample size) = 140
  • Fall 2015
    • Graduates working Full Time = 56%
    • Graduates accepted to an educational program = 38%
    • N (sample size) = 95
  • Spring 2016
    • Graduates working Full Time = 52%
    • Graduates accepted to an educational program = 39%
    • n (sample size) = 117
  • Fall 2016
    • Graduates working Full Time = 56%
    • Graduates accepted to an educational program = 39%
    • n (sample size) = 94
  • Spring 2017
    • Graduates working Full Time = 43%
    • Graduates accepted to an educational program = 39%
    • n (sample size) = 116

Contact

Yared Belete
Director
Institutional Research
yared.belete [at] arapahoe.edu
303.797.5092
Kristin Crowley
Institutional Research Associate
Institutional Research
kristin.crowley [at] arapahoe.edu
303.797.5615