Student Achievement

Measures for student achievement at Young Harris College include the following:

Retention Rates

Criteria: Freshman-to-Sophomore Retention Rates

Minimum Thresholds of Acceptability and Targets:

Table 1: Freshman-to-Sophomore Retention Rates—Minimum Thresholds of Acceptability and Targets

Outcomes:

Table 2: Freshman-to-Sophomore Retention Rates—Outcomes

Six-Year Completion Rates for Baccalaureate Degrees

Criteria: Six-Year Completion Rates for Baccalaureate Degrees

Minimum Threshold of Acceptability: 50%

Target: 65%

Outcomes:

Aggregated

Table 3: Six-Year NSC Completion Rates—Aggregated

Ethnicity

Table 4: Six-Year NSC Completion Rates—Disaggregated by Ethnicity

First Generation/Non-First Generation

Table 5: Six-Year NSC Completion Rates—Disaggregated by First-Generation Student Status

Gender

Table 6: Six-Year NSC Completion Rates—Disaggregated by Gender

Pell Eligible/Non-Pell Eligible

Table 7: Six-Year NSC Completion Rates—Disaggregated by Pell Eligibility

Teacher Licensure (Not Institutional Research)

Criteria: Teacher Candidates GACE Assessment Results and Recommendations for Certification

Minimum Threshold of Acceptability:

1. 100% of undergraduate teacher candidates will pass the GACE Assessment at the Induction level. (Note: Passing the GACE at the Professional level is an admission requirement for the Master of Arts in Teaching, and therefore, is not a measure of graduate student achievement.)
2. 90% of undergraduate and graduate teacher candidates will be recommended for certification.

Target:

1. 75% of undergraduate teacher candidates will pass the GACE Assessment at the Professional level.
2. 100% of undergraduate and graduate teacher candidates will be recommended for certification.

Outcomes:

Table 8: Undergraduate Teacher Candidates GACE Assessment Results and Recommendations for Certification (GACE Pass Rates)

*Tracking of GACE Professional Level Pass Rate was initiated in 2019-2020.
**The State of Georgia no longer differentiates between Induction and Professional levels.

Table 9: Undergraduate and Graduate Teacher Candidates Recommended for Certification

Employment/Graduate School

Criteria: Employment and Graduate School Acceptance at Degree Completion

Minimum Thresholds of Acceptability:

Table 10: Employment and Graduate School Acceptance at Degree Completion—Minimum Thresholds of Acceptability

Target:

Table 11: Employment and Graduate School Acceptance at Degree Completion—Targets

Outcomes:

Table 12: Employment and Graduate School Acceptance at Degree Completion

*For the 2022 and 2023 graduates, employment was not disaggregated by full- and part-time. Beginning with 2023, response rates are based on data collected through the First Destination Survey.