Targets for Success: Charts indicate the most recent target goal value in red.

Institutional Goal: Empower Students for Success

Student Achievement Goal 1: Students will develop skills for academic success and persistence.

Goal 1 - Curricular Student Success; Chart shows that the goal was exceeded each year from 2015-2020

At least 65% of curricular (program-placed) students will have a “successful status” the following fall.

(Students who, by the following fall, had graduated from Virginia Western, transferred to a four-year institution prior to graduation, or were still enrolled at Virginia Western)

Goal 1 - Dual Enrollment Student Success; Chart shows that the goal was exceeded each year from 2015-2020 except for the 2018-19 school year.

At least 75% of dual enrollment students will have a “successful status” the following fall.

(Students who, by the following fall, had graduated from Virginia Western, transferred to a four-year institution prior to graduation, or were still enrolled at Virginia Western)

Goal 1 - Non-Curricular Student Success; Chart shows that the goal was exceeded each year from 2015-2020

At least 85% of the credits taken by non-curricular students will be completed successfully.

(Credits with a grade of A, B, C, P or S)

Student Achievement Goal 2: Students will be empowered to complete their educational goals at Virginia Western.

Goal 2 - Overall Graduation Rate for Incoming Cohort; Chart shows that between 2012 and 2016 the goal was only exceeded in 2015 and 2016

Overall cohort graduation rate of at least 30%

(Full-time, degree-seeking students with no prior college experience who graduated within federally defined IPEDs rate of 150% of normal graduation time)

Goal 2 - Graduation Rate for CCAP Scholarship Students; Chart shows that the goal was exceeded every year from 2014-2016

Cohort graduation rate of at least 30% for CCAP scholarship recipients.

(CCAP recipients who graduated within 150% of normal graduation time)

Goal 2 - Graduation Rate for Lower-Income Students; Chart shows that the goal has not been reached between from 2013-2016

Cohort graduation rate of at least 30% for Pell grant recipients.

(Students who received a Pell Grant who graduated within 150% of normal graduation time)

Student Achievement Goal 3: Students will be prepared to transfer or obtain employment after graduating from Virginia Western.

Goal 3 - Transfer Outcomes; Chart shows that the goal was exceeded each year from 2015-2020

At least two-thirds (67%) of graduates in transfer programs will enroll at a four-year institution within one year of graduation.

Goal 3 - Employment Outcomes; Chart shows that the goal was met or exceeded in 2015, 2016, and 2019-20, but not from 2017-2019

At least 75% of graduates in employment-related programs will be employed within one year of graduation.

Goal 3 - National Licensure Outcomes; Chart shows that the goal was exceeded every year from 2015-2020

At least 75% of all programs with licensure exams will have licensure pass rates above the national average.

(Target was 100% for every year before 2018-19 school year.)

Goal 3 - Industry-Recognized Credential Outcomes; Chart shows that between 2017 and 2020, the goal was only reached in 2019-20.

At least 25% of career/technical students will earn an industry recognized credential.

(Industry credentials earned by students in credit programs designed to lead directly to employment.)

Compiled 3/30/21
Data Sources: VWCC Fact Book, VWCC Master Files