Student Achievement


CCAC offers more than 130 programs of study across nine diverse career paths. CCAC's quality programs have enabled students to transfer credits to more than 500 different colleges and universities to continue their education. The college supports regional workforce needs with accessible instruction available day, evening, weekend and online. Courses are taught using different modalities, including in-person (face-to-face), online, remote via Zoom and hybrid, in Allegheny County and beyond, with a focus on enabling students to enter or reenter the workforce in two years or less.

The five student achievement indicators selected below represent a comprehensive measurement of student success that CCAC uses for monitoring student success.

 

Graduation Rates

The U.S. Department of Education graduation rates, reported through IPEDS, are calculated as the proportion of an incoming cohort of first-time students who start full-time in the fall term and who graduate within 150% and 200% of normal time to completion.

Year Number in Cohort Graduation Rate 150% Graduation Rate 200%

2014 Cohort

2106

14%

20%

2015 Cohort

1966

15%

20%

2016 Cohort

2007

18%

23%

2017 Cohort

2086

16%

27%

2018 Cohort

1947

17%

24%

2019 Cohort

1887

19%

27%

2020 Cohort

1473

23%

Retention Rates

CCAC tracks first-time, full-time, fall-to-fall retention to determine student progression. Fall-to-fall retention rates are recognized as an industry standard and depict the students who continue enrollment in the subsequent academic year.

Year Number in Cohort Percent Retained

Fall 2016 to Fall 2017

2007

59%

Fall 2017 to Fall 2018

2086

60%

Fall 2018 to Fall 2019

1948

58%

Fall 2019 to Fall 2020

1887

57%

Fall 2020 to Fall 2021

1473

59%

Fall 2021 to Fall 2022

1289

59%

Fall 2022 to Fall 2023

1268

64%

Transfer-Out Rate

CCAC calculates the number of students who transfer out of the institution by calculating the proportion of an incoming cohort of first-time students who start full-time in the fall term and transfer out.

Year Rate

2014 Cohort

24%

2015 Cohort

25%

2016 Cohort

22%

2017 Cohort

23%

2018 Cohort

20%

2019 Cohort

18%

2020 Cohort

22%

Licensure Pass Rate

Program 2016–2017 2017–2018 2018–2019 2019–2020 2020–2021

ASEP/ASSET/CAP Manufacturer Automotive Technology Program

72% 84%

80%

84%

97%

Aviation Technology

- -

100%

64%

86%

Computed Assisted Tomography (CAT Scanning)

88% 90%

92%

86%

100%

Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (Ultrasound)

88%

80%

94%

83%

91%

Heating & Air Conditioning

90%

91%

91%

100%

100%

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI Scanning)

83%

85%

95%

92%

89%

Medical Assistant

78%

83%

55%

83%

83%

Medical Laboratory Technician

92%

95%

93%

89%

90%

Nuclear Medicine Technology

82%

68%

67%

86%

64%

Nursing Assistant Training

99%

94%

93%

94%

92%

Nursing

92%

95%

95%

95%

89%

Occupational Therapy Assistant

94%

100%

100%

100%

94%

Paramedic

- - -

100%

-

Physical Therapist Assistant

81%

91%

100%

100%

87%

Radiation Therapy

85%

100%

94%

89%

100%

Radiologic Technologist (X-Ray)

76%

88%

87%

88%

84%

Respiratory Therapy

100%

100%

100%

97%

97%

Surgical Technologist

- - -

81%

86%

Welding Technology

89%

92%

93%

98%

96%

Workforce Placement Data

*Data source: Pennsylvania Commonwealth Workforce Development System (CWDS). Data are for high priority occupations only and may not be available for all four years.
Title 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Accounting 85% 40% 71% 64% 71%
Accounting Specialist 68% 68% 90% 87% 65%
Administrative Assistant 88% - 80% 60% 86%
Administrative Computer Specialist 50% - 100% 50% 100%
American Sign Language 84% 71% 100% 75% 67%
American Sign Language—English Interpreting 63% 83% 33% 83% 67%
Anesthesia Technician 70% 100% 86% 100% 67%
Architectural Drafting & Design Technology 0% - - - -
ASEP/ASSET/CAP Manufacturer Automotive Technology Program 81% 75% 83% 67% 82%
Automotive Technology Program - 0% - - 0%
Automotive Technology Program 100% 83% - 100% 67%
Aviation Management 50% 100% 100% 0% 100%
Aviation Technology 50% 100% - 0% 33%
Barbering - - 50% - 44%
Basic Machine - - - - -
Biotechnology 100% 67% - - -
Biotechnology - 100% 0% - -
Building Construction Estimating 93% 100% 100% 75% 100%
Building Construction Supervision 80% 100% 100% 80% 100%
Building Construction Technology 100% - 67% - -
Building Maintenance Technology - 100% 100% 50% 100%
Business Management 67% 88% 89% 75% 63%
Business Management 78% 73% 73% 77% 85%
Carpentry - - - - -
Carpentry 92% 76% 80% 89% 87%
Central Service Technician 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Child Care 71% 100% 100% 69% 84%
Child Development 40% 60% 100% 100% 80%
Children with Special Needs 50% 100% 50% 100% 50%
Cit User Support 82% - - - -
CIT: Computer Forensic Technology 71% - - - -
Cit: User Support 71% - - - -
Civil Engineering Technology - - 100% - -
Civil Engineering Technology 75% 75% 67% - -
Computer Aided Design 100% 73% 75% - -
Computer Aided Design 56% 73% 75% - -
Computed Assisted Tomography (CAT Scanning) 50% 90% 100% 100% -
Court Reporter 100% 100% 67% 100% 50%
Court Reporting 60% 100% 80% 67% 50%
Criminal Justice & Criminology 72% 88% 69% 73% 67%
Culinary Arts 50% 80% 100% 67% 71%
Culinary Basics, Certificate - - 100% - 50%
Cybersecurity 74% - - - -
Cybersecurity 80% - - - -
Cybersecurity & IT Support Specialist - 64% 85% - 60%
Cybersecurity Support Specialist - 60% 100% - 100%
Data Analytics - - - - -
Data Analytics Technology - - - - -
Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (Ultrasound) 84% 75% 85% 84% 90%
Dietary Manager 100% 71% 0% 50% 14%
Dietetic Technician 20% 50% 63% 33% 71%
Digital Design 50% 33% 33% 73% 67%
Digital Graphic Design 100% 57% 43% 64% 86%
Drug & Alcohol 64% 79% 70% 91% 71%
Early Childhood Director Core, Diploma 85% 75% 57% 82% 63%
Early Education & Child Development 79% 73% 75% 70% 81%
Early Education & Child Development 33% 100% 100% 60% 60%
E-Commerce 100% 100% 100% 67% 100%
Education Paraprofessional 0% 50% 0% - -
Education Paraprofessional - - - - 100%
Electrical Construction Apprentice 90% 93% 95% 89% 94%
Electrical Distribution Technology 94% 95% 93% 93% -
Electrical Distribution Technology 100% 100% - 100% -
Electronic Engineering Technology 100% 86% 0% - -
Electronics Technician - - - - -
Entrepreneurship 100% 47% 83% 59% 67%
Ethnic & Diversity Studies - - - - -
Facilities Maintenance Technology - - 50% - 100%
Film Technician - - 100% 0% 100%
Film Technician, AS - - 100% 67% 67%
Fire & Emergency Services 100% 100% 100% 75% 60%
Fire Science Administration - - - - -
Global Studies - - - - -
Graphic Communications 85% 81% 70% 83% 73%
Green & Sustainable Building Design - 67% - - -
Health Information Technology 100% 75% - 71% 80%
Heating & Air Conditioning 100% 71% 100% 50% 100%
Heating & Air Conditioning Technology 81% 89% 78% 88% 79%
Heavy Equipment Operator 94% 83% 78% - 79%
Homeland Security 100% 75% 56% 67% 100%
Homeland Security - - 100% 67% 50%
Hospitality Operations Management - - 100% 100% 100%
Hospitality Operations Management - - - 50% 50%
Industrial Art & Design - - - - -
Infant Mental Health - - - - -
Ironworker Apprenticeship 100% 90% - 91% 89%
Labor Education - - - - -
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI Scanning) 100% 60% 93% 83% -
Manufacturing Technology - - - - -
Massage Therapist 69% 73% 100% 80% 43%
Massage Therapy - 50% 100% 100% -
Mechanical Drafting & Design Technology 100% - - - -
Mechatronics Technology 75% 82% 25% 63% 60%
Mechatronics Technology 91% 20% 100% 81% 0%
Medical Assistant 94% 91% 89% 91% 91%
Medical Assistant 100% 86% 100% 50% 100%
Medical Insurance Specialist 78% 76% 68% 85% 90%
Medical Laboratory Technician 100% 94% 100% 93% 100%
Medical Laboratory Assistant 100% - - - -
Mobile Applications (Apps) Software Development - - - - -
Multimedia Game Simulation - - - 60% 70%
Multimedia Programming, Simulation & Gaming 50% - 80% 83% 83%
Multimedia Web Programming 83% - 100% - 0%
Music Technology 100% 67% 67% 60% 60%
Music Technology 100% 0% 100% 50% 100%
Nanofabrication Technology - 100% - - -
Nanotechnology - - - - -
Network Support Specialist - 100% 25% - 100%
Nuclear Medicine Technology 88% 86% 86% 50% 83%
Nuclear Medicine Technology 67% 79% 82% 67% -
Nursing 91% 91% 90% 94% 92%
Occupational Therapy Assistant 96% 80% 88% 80% 88%
Paralegal 92% 82% 83% 83% 93%
Paralegal 93% 56% 82% 90% 86%
Paramedic 100% - - - -
Paramedic 75% - - - -
Pharmacy Technician 100% - - - -
Pharmacy Technician 75% - - - -
Phlebotomist 81% 72% 91% 96% 88%
Physical Therapist Assistant 91% 65% 70% 81% 78%
Plumbing 0% 50% 0% 71% 100%
Plumbing 91% 100% 95% 86% 100%
Polymer Technology - - 75% 80% -
Private Pilot 100% - - - -
Radiation Technology - 63% - 89% -
Radiation Therapy Technology 56% 60% 86% 44% 100%
Radiologic Technologist 83% 90% 92% 94% 92%
Respiratory Therapy 96% 96% - 94% 95%
Sheet Metal Worker Apprenticeship - - - - -
Sheetmetal 90% 100% 96% 96% 93%
Social Work Foundation 75% 94% 71% 92% 81%
Social Work: Fundamentals of Social Work Foundation 57% 80% 75% 67% 75%
Software Development 79% 86% 50% 63% 57%
Software Development 94% 79% 71% 62% 80%
Stationary Engineer - 100% - - -
Stationary Operating Engineers 100% - 100% - -
Supervision & Leadership - 100% 100% 73% 56%
Surgical Technologist 93% 79% 100% 100% 100%
Surgical Technology 100% - - - -
Technical Sales Engineer - - - - 100%
Technical Theatre 100% - - - -
TESOL Certificate, Diploma - - - - -
Tourism Management - - - - -
Welding Technology 100% 63% 100% 100% 40%
Welding Technology 68% 73% 80% 83% 86%
Welding, Gas & Oil 90% 20% - - 100%