Student Outcomes

Pursuant to the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) of 2008, Oakland Community College must make available to the public the following information:  

STUDENT PROFILE

Oakland Community College must make available to current and prospective students the following information about student body diversity, including the percentage of enrolled, full-time students who are male, female, self-identified member of a major racial or ethnic group, and receive a Federal Pell Grant.

For the Fall 2021 incoming full-time students (12+ credits) the information is as follows:

Gender	N	%
Female	1,641	49.6%
Male	1,665	50.4%

Ethnicity	N	%
White	1,981	59.9%
Black	462	14.0%
Asian	109	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	184	5.6%
American Indian or Alaskan Native	9	0.3%
Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	9	0.3%
Two or more races	133	4.0%
Unknown / Unreported	134	4.0%
Non Resident Alien	285	8.6%

Federal Pell Grant Recipients:
977 (30%)

STUDENT JOB PLACEMENT RATES

Data Source: Graduate Follow-Up Survey/Leaver Survey

Job Placement Rates:

• 64.3% of students enrolled in career-related (occupational) programs during academic year 2019-20 who graduated or no longer enrolled in any CTE programs during academic year 2020-21 reported being employed 6 months after they graduated or left.
  
  • 62.2% from career-related (occupational) associate programs
  • 70.1% from career-related (occupational) certificate or certificate of achievement programs

How job placement rates are calculated:

Job Placement Rate = Number of graduates/leavers who reported being employed / (Total number of graduates/leavers responding to employment status question - Number of graduates who reported they were not employed but they were not looking for employment)

Completion/Graduation And Transfer Rates

Oakland Community College must make available, on an annual basis, the completion/graduation and transfer rates of certificate-or-degree-seeking, first-time, full-time undergraduate students. The data are to be available by July 1 of each year for the most recent cohort that has had 150% of normal time for completion by August 31 of the prior year.

For the most recent cohort, the students who began their studies in Fall 2018, the completion/graduation rate within 150% time of normal time is 14.9%, and the transfer rate within 150% of normal time is 26.4%. Below is the disaggregated graduation rate and transfer rate within 150% of normal time for the same cohort.

Gender	Graduation Rate	Transfer Rate
Female	17.1%	25.3%
Male	13.3%	27.2%

Ethnicity	Graduation Rate	Transfer Rate
White	15.3%	28.6%
Black	10.3%	15.9%
Asian	15.6%	37.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	27.5%
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0.0%	0.0%
Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0.0%	25.0%
Two or More Races	13.2%	28.9%
Unknown/Unreported	18.8%	28.1%
Non Resident Alien	21.1%	21.1%

	Graduation Rate
Federal Pell Grant Recipients	27.8%

RETENTION RATE

Oakland Community College must make available to current and prospective students the retention rate of certificate-or-degree-seeking, first-time, undergraduate students.

The percentage of first-time, full-time students who began in Fall 2020 and returned in Fall 2021 is 54%.