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Background and Demographics: Community Colleges
One way to assess the success of college programs and services is to compare the college to others involved in the
same tasks. Two primary sources of comparison exist within the data of the Chancellor’s Office of the California
Community Colleges and within the 2014 Student Success Scorecard. Through the Chancellor’s Office’s
DataMart, data can be extracted for our geographic peers, those 21 community colleges that comprise the Bay 10
Districts. From the Scorecard, data can be compared to those community colleges that are determined to be peers
on the basis of uncontrollable, relevant factors that affect each outcome that is compared.
Annual headcount enrollment of the Bay 10 community colleges shows Ohlone to be a mid-sized college in the
Bay Area, ranking 8th in size. Four colleges have an annual enrollment of 25,000 or more. Ohlone is among the
middle ten colleges with an enrollment between 12,000-20,000. Seven colleges have enrollment below 12,000.
Since 2008-09, Ohlone has seen a decline in annual headcount enrollment of 18.2%. However, comparing full
time equivalent students (FTES) rather than headcount students, Ohlone is the seventh largest within the Bay 10.
There are three colleges with FTES above 6000. Ohlone is among those 10 colleges with FTES between 30006000, and there are eight colleges with FTES between 1000-3000. Between Fall 2009 and Fall 2013, Ohlone’s
FTES declined by 8.7%, a rate almost 10% less than the decrease in headcount. However, while almost half of the
Bay 10 colleges saw an increase in FTES in 2013, Ohlone’s FTES continued to decline over 2012. When FTES
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declines at a rate less than headcount, student load increases. In 2013, Ohlone’s percentage of students enrolled
full time (12 units or more) was 32%. This is a rate seventh highest among the Bay 10.
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Bay 10 Credit FTES Changes in Growth 2009-2013
Chabot
Las Positas
Contra Costa
Diablo Valley
Los Medanos
De Anza
Foothill
Marin
Ohlone
Alameda
Laney
Merritt
Berkeley City
San Francisco
San Jose City
Evergreen
San Mateo
Cañada
Skyline
Mission
West Valley
Percent Change
2009-2013
-11.9%
-11.7%
-14.8%
-2.5%
-20.6%
-7.8%
-23.5%
-17.0%
-8.7%
-24.7%
-19.2%
-14.1%
-8.3%
-23.2%
-20.7%
-14.2%
4.4%
-3.8%
9.1%
-11.5%
-26.2%
Average Annual
Change 2009-13
-3.0%
-2.9%
-3.7%
-0.6%
-5.1%
-2.0%
-5.9%
-4.2%
-2.2%
-6.2%
-4.8%
-3.5%
-2.1%
-5.8%
-5.2%
-3.6%
1.1%
-1.0%
2.3%
-2.9%
-6.5%
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Percent
Change 20122013
1.4%
-1.5%
-0.8%
0.3%
1.3%
-0.2%
0.3%
-15.6%
-3.4%
3.2%
-0.8%
5.5%
16.7%
-14.1%
-3.2%
-4.0%
13.9%
-0.8%
11.1%
-3.3%
-9.8%
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Comparing measures of completion among those 21 colleges in the Bay 10 districts, Ohlone ranks 12th in the
percent of students who graduated with an AA/AS degree during 2013-14. This is an increase from an 18th
ranking just the year before. When comparing the percent of students who transferred to a University of
California in 2012-13, Ohlone was among the top five, and was seventh among colleges sending students to a
CSU campus. This represents a significant gain in transfers to UC and CSU over 2006-07, when Ohlone ranked
seventh and ninth among the Bay 10. However, using the new Transfer Velocity Rate computation, almost 50%
of Ohlone students who show intent to transfer actually do transfer within six years. This transfer velocity rate
ranks fourth among Bay 10 colleges.
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Bay 10 Percentage of Associate Degrees to Annual
FTES 2013-14
14.0%
12.0%
10.0%
8.0%
6.0%
4.0%
2.0%
0.0%
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Tracking data available for community college students transferring to campuses of the California State
University reveal that Ohlone students who entered a CSU in Fall 2012 had a higher GPA at the end of the first
year at the CSU than the average for all community college students starting at a CSU in Fall 2012. Additionally,
the persistence rates of Ohlone students at a CSU from Fall 2012 to Fall 2013 was second highest among all Bay
10 colleges.
First-Year GPA for Community College Students at CSUs
Fall 2012
Fall 2011
Fall 2010
Fall 2009
Fall 2008
Lower Division
Transfer Students
Ohlone
State
3.20
2.86
3.48
2.85
2.41
2.88
3.02
2.87
3.01
2.78
Upper Division
Transfer Students
Ohlone
State
3.07
3.03
3.14
3.03
3.07
3.03
2.99
2.98
3.05
2.99
Total for All
Transfer Students
Ohlone
State
3.07
3.03
3.15
3.03
3.06
3.03
3.00
2.98
3.05
2.98
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