Spring 2022 Text Versions of Figures

The following are accessible text versions of the figures presented in the Spring 2022 newsletter.

Figure 1 for Fall 2022 Enrollment

Figure 1 shows Fall 2021 Enrollment at census for all SUNY community colleges excluding any high school enrollment. The list is sorted from highest to lowest enrollment.

  • Suffolk County: 16,228
  • Nassau: 12,597
  • Westchester: 8,731
  • Monroe: 8,652
  • Erie: 7,036
  • Hudson Valley: 6,986
  • Onondaga: 4,889
  • Rockland: 4,380
  • Dutchess: 4,250
  • Orange County: 3,770
  • Broome: 3,657
  • Finger Lakes: 3,202
  • Niagara County: 3,066
  • Mohawk Valley: 3,008
  • Genesee: 2,343
  • Adirondack: 2,062
  • Jamestown: 1,749
  • Jefferson: 1,739
  • Schenectady County: 1,694
  • Corning: 1,517
  • Tompkins Cortland: 1,515
  • Cayuga County: 1,497
  • Ulster County: 1,449
  • Herkimer County: 1,352
  • Sullivan County: 907
  • Columbia-Greene: 883
  • Fulton-Montgomery: 865
  • North Country: 797
  • Clinton: 479

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Figure 2 for Fall 2022 Enrollment

Figure 2 shows Fall 2021 Enrollment at end of term for all SUNY Community Colleges including dual enrollment students (3,598 at MCC). The list is sorted from highest to lowest enrollment.

  • Suffolk County: 21,079
  • Monroe: 13,077
  • Nassau: 12,647
  • Erie: 9,299
  • Westchester: 9,146
  • Hudson Valley: 8,920
  • Onondaga: 7,719
  • Dutchess: 7,329
  • Rockland: 5,767
  • Broome: 5,502
  • Mohawk Valley: 5,495
  • Finger Lakes: 5,434
  • Orange County: 5,289
  • Tompkins Cortland: 4,693
  • Genesee: 4,490
  • Niagara County: 4,221
  • Corning: 3,915
  • Schenectady County: 3,872
  • Jamestown: 3,810
  • Cayuga County: 3,558
  • Ulster County: 2,936
  • Adirondack: 2,738
  • Jefferson: 2,418
  • Herkimer County: 2,299
  • Fulton-Montgomery: 1,737
  • Sullivan County: 1,595
  • Columbia-Greene: 1,360
  • Clinton: 992

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Figure 3 for Fall 2021 to Spring 2022 Persistence

Figure 3 shows Fall to Spring persistence by educational status.

Fall 2017

  • first time: 79.5%
  • transfer: 71.7%
  • continuing: 76.6%
  • returning: 63.1%

Fall 2018

  • first time: 76.2%
  • transfer: 73.5%
  • continuing: 77.0%
  • returning: 62.7%

Fall 2019

  • first time: 77.2%
  • transfer: 73.2%
  • continuing: 75.7%
  • returning: 61.3%

Fall 2020

  • fist time: 67.3%
  • transfer: 64.2%
  • continuing: 72.8%
  • returning: 58.2%

Fall 2021

  • fist time: 72.8%
  • transfer: 64.4%
  • continuing: 73.4%
  • returning: 54.0%

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Figure 4 for Fall 2021 to Spring 2022 Persistence

Figure 4 shows fall to spring persistence rates as related to the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF).

Fall 2021

  • First time students with HEERF 72.2%, without 74%.
  • Transfer students with HEERF 67.2%, without 59.3%. 
  • Continuing students with HEERF 74.6%, without 71.1%. 
  • Returning students with HEERF 58.7%, without 44%. 

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Figure 5 for Fall to Fall Retention

Figure 5 shows Fall to Fall retention rates of matriculated students.

  • Fall 2009: 55.7%
  • Fall 2010: 52.6%
  • Fall 2011: 55.5%
  • Fall 2012: 53.6%
  • Fall 2013: 53.7%
  • Fall 2014: 52.9%
  • Fall 2015: 52.5%
  • Fall 2016: 53.9%
  • Fall 2017: 52.5%
  • Fall 2018: 52.2%
  • Fall 2019: 50.7%
  • Fall 2020: 49.6%

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Figure 6 for Fall to Fall Retention

Figure 6 shows Fall to Fall retention rates of matriculated students by course delivery method.

Fall 2019

  • Online students: 56.8%
  • Face-to-face students: 69.9%
  • Overall success: 68.1%

Fall 2020*

  • Remote students: 64.6%
  • Online students: 60%
  • Overall success: 65.2%

Fall 2021

  • Remote students: 61%
  • Online students: 60.5%
  • Face-to-face students: 70.6%
  • Overall success: 65.1%

* Fall 2020 face-to-face success rates are omitted because there were a limited number of course sections. The sections that were held face-to-face had a success rate of almost 90%.

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