Student Achievement and Success
Goals and Outcomes for Student Achievement
Annual Assessment Data
CCC identifies, evaluates, and publishes goals and outcomes for student achievement appropriate to the institution’s mission, the nature of the students it serves, and the kinds of programs offered. The institution uses multiple measures to document student success.
Goals and Targets
The Performance Measures for Student Success Report is the North Carolina Community College System’s major accountability document. This annual performance report is based on data compiled during the previous year and serves to inform colleges and the public on the performance of the 58 community colleges.
In 2026, CCC chose the IPEDS Graduation Rate as its Key Student Completion Indicator (KSCI).
The outcome is to ensure individuals with low literacy skills are progressing academically toward credential or employment.
Minimum Threshold of Acceptability: Meet or exceed the Baseline level
Aspirational Goal: Meet or exceed the Excellence level
The outcome is to ensure students are successfully completing a credit-bearing English course within their first three academic years.
Minimum Threshold of Acceptability: Meet or exceed the Baseline level
Aspirational Goal: Meet or exceed the Excellence level
The outcome is to ensure students are successfully completing credit-bearing Math courses within their first three academic years.
Minimum Threshold of Acceptability: Meet or exceed the Baseline level
Aspirational Goal: Meet or exceed the Excellence level
The outcome is to ensure first-year students are making progress toward credential completion.
Minimum Threshold of Acceptability: Meet or exceed the Baseline level
Aspirational Goal: Meet or exceed the Excellence level
The outcome is to ensure student completion and/or persistence toward a postsecondary credential in a timely manner.
Minimum Threshold of Acceptability: Meet or exceed the Baseline level
Aspirational Goal: Meet or exceed the Excellence level
The outcome is to ensure programmatic coursework prepares students to competently practice in their chosen profession.
Minimum Threshold of Acceptability: Meet or exceed the Baseline level
Aspirational Goal: Meet or exceed the Excellence level
The outcome is to ensure the successful transition of community college transfer program students to a four-year university of college.
Minimum Threshold of Acceptability: Meet or exceed the Baseline level
Aspirational Goal: Meet or exceed the Excellence level
The outcome is to increase the percentage of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who complete their program within 150% of the normal time to completion (E.g., 3 years for a 2-year program).
Minimum Threshold of Acceptability: Meet or exceed the most recent 3-year average of the seven colleges in the NCCCS Southwest Prosperity Zone.
- 3-year average for 2024: 27.5%
- 3-year average for 2025: 29.7%
- 3-year average for 2026: 30.8%
Aspirational Goal: Meet or exceed each year’s minimum threshold of acceptability by 5%.
2026: 32.34%
2024: 28.88%
2025: 31.19%
Multiple Measures Results
