Student Right-to-Know Graduation & Transfer-Out Rates
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What is Student Right-To-Know?
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Student Right-To-Know is a federal law that requires all colleges and universities to disclose certain information to students. This handout provides the information that a college must provide to students on graduation rates and transfer-out rates for full-time students seeking degrees at Hennepin Tech.
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What is a graduation rate and what is a transfer-out rate?
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Federal regulations specify how to calculate the graduation and transfer rates. The rates come from a study of Hennepin Tech students who started at the college in the fall of 2020. The study includes all first-time students who were enrolled full-time that fall and were seeking to earn a degree, diploma or certificate at the college. The graduation rate is the percentage of these students who graduated from Hennepin Tech within three years. The transfer-out rate is the percentage of these students who did not graduate from Hennepin Tech, but instead transferred to another college or university within three years
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What do I need to know about these rates?
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These rates do not report on all students at Hennepin Tech. The 226 first-time, full-time students in the study were 6 percent of all students enrolled at Hennepin Tech in fall of 2020.
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What are the graduation and transfer-out rates for Hennepin Tech students and how do they compare to rates for other colleges?
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- The graduation rate for Hennepin Tech was 44 percent.
- The transfer-out rate for Hennepin Tech was 12 percent.
- The combination of the graduation rate and the transfer-out rate for Hennepin Tech was 56 percent. The national average combined rate for similar colleges was 48 percent.
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Why don’t more Hennepin Tech students graduate or transfer in three years?
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- Some students take jobs before they graduate;
- Students who switch from full-time to part-time enrollment or “stop out” for one or more semesters are more likely to take more than three years to graduate;
- Other students delay their education for personal, family or financial reasons.
Disaggregated Student Right-To-Know Graduation & Transfer-Out Rates
| Graduation Rate | Transfer-out Rate | Combined Rate | |
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| Total Cohort | 44% | 12% | 56% |
| Graduation Rate | Transfer-Out Rate | Combined Rate | |
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| Race Ethnicity | |||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | * | * | * |
| Asian | * | * | * |
| Black or African American | 21% | 21% | 42% |
| Hispanic of any race | 71% | 14% | 86% |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | * | * | * |
| Nonresident Alien | * | * | * |
| Two or more races | * | * | * |
| Unknown race and ethnicity | * | * | * |
| White | 46% | 10% | 56% |
| Graduation Rate | Transfer-Out Rate | Combined Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 38% | 26% | 64% |
| Male | 46% | 9% | 54% |
| Graduation Rate | Transfer-Out Rate | Combined Rate | |
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| Pell Grant Recipient | 48% | 16% | 65% |
| Received neither Pell nor Subsidized Stafford Loans | 40% | 9% | 50% |
| Received Subsidized Stafford Loans, but no Pell | * | * | * |
* Suppressed to protect student privacy.
Due to rounding, percentages may not always appear to add up.