Disclosure of Institutional Graduation/Completion
and Transfer-out Rates

Grand Rapids Community College is pleased to provide the following information regarding our institution's graduation/completion and transfer-out rates. The information is provided in compliance with the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, as amended. The rates reflect the graduation, completion and transfer-out status of students who enrolled during the 2004-05 school year and for whom 150% of the normal time-to-completion has elapsed.

During the fall semester of 2004, 2057 first-time, full-time, certificate or degree-seeking undergraduate students entered Grand Rapids Community College. After 3 years (i.e., as of August 31, 2007,) 16.04% (330) of these students had graduated from our institution or completed their programs and 22.0% (448) had transferred to other higher education institutions

Questions related to this report should be directed to:

Mark Champion, Information Analyst
Intuitional Research and Planning
Phone: 616.234.4048
E-mail: mchampio@grcc.ed

When reviewing this information, please bear in mind:

  • Graduation and transfer-out rates are based on based on a three-year period of attendance for two-year programs and one and one-half years for one year programs; of the many programs offered at GRCC none is longer than 2 years.
  • Graduation (and transfer-out) rates do not include students who left the school to serve in the armed forces, on official church missions, or in the foreign service of the federal government. Students who died or were totally and permanently disabled are also excluded.
  • The remaining 982 students are either still attending GRCC, have transferred to an institution not reporting, or have discontinued their education.
  • Transfer-out information was not originally reported in the Graduation Rate report sent to the National Center for Educational Statistics. Since then GRCC has contracted with the National Student Loan Clearinghouse's Enrollment Search program to capture a majority of students transferring from our college.

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