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Alamo Colleges District

Alamo Colleges District

Bexar County
Downtown San Antonio
Est. 1945

Serving the Bexar County community through its programs and services that help students succeed in acquiring the knowledge and skills needed in today's world. Today, five colleges fulfill this promise with a vast array of courses and 2-year degrees.
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Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Bexar County
Est. 2007

Northeast Lakeview College provides access to quality academic programs and career and technical courses that prepare students for future success in in-demand careers.
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Northwest Vista College

Northwest Vista College

Northwest San Antonio
Est. 1995

Creating opportunities for success by offering quality academic, technical and life-long learning experiences to its diverse communities in a collaborative, student-centered, data-informed and shared leadership environment.
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Palo Alto College

Palo Alto College

South San Antonio
Est. 1985

Palo Alto College is committed to building a college-going culture in our community through a new community effort, Educate South. This exciting new initiative focuses on beginning educational awareness at the earliest years.
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St. Philip's College

St. Philip's College

East and Southwest
San Antonio
Est. 1898

A comprehensive public community college whose mission is to empower our diverse student population through educational achievement and career readiness.
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San Antonio College

San Antonio College

Midtown
Est. 1925

San Antonio College has been named the top community college in the nation by the Aspen Institute, and is ranked among the Top 10 colleges for Hispanics by Hispanic Outlook Magazine.
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SAC At-A-Glance

SAC Fall Enrollment - Unduplicated Headcount

Semester	Fall 2018	Fall 2019	Fall 2020	Fall 2021	Fall 2022
All	17,573	19,499	19,231	17,677	18,236
Female	10,542 60.0%	11,959 61.3%	12,178 63.3%	11,215 63.4%	11,304 62.0%
Male	7,031 40.0%	7,540 38.7%	7,053 36.7%	6,462 36.6%	6,929 38.0%
Hispanic	10,885 61.9%	12,253 62.8%	12,367 64.3%	11,849 67.0%	12,619 69.2%
African American	1,232 7.0%	1,371 7.0%	1,669 8.7%	1,545 7.0%	1,308 7.2%
Asian	509 2.9%	540 2.8%	537 2.8%	454 2.4%	432 2.4%
White	4,180 23.8%	4,462 22.9%	4,188 21.8%	3,450 19.5%	3,182 17.4%
Multi-racial	560 3.2%	664 3.4%	324 1.7%	299 1.7%	554 3.0%
International	120 0.7%	29 0.1%	73 0.4%	60 0.3%	79 0.4%
AI/NA, NH/OPI	66 0.4%	87 0.4%	73 0.4%	64 0.4%	31 0.2%
Academic	12,626 71.8%	14,063 72.1%	13,196 68.6%	12,167 68.8%	13,125 72.0%
Technical	4,947 28.2%	5,436 27.9%	6,035 31.4%	5,510 31.2%	5,108 28.0%

SAC Spring Enrollment - Unduplicated Headcount

Semester	Spring 2018	Spring 2019	Spring 2020	Spring 2021	Spring 2022
All	18,571	16,348	18,463	17,528	17,358

SAC Summer Enrollment - Unduplicated Headcount

Semester	Summer 2018	Summer 2019	Summer 2020	Summer 2021	Summer 2022
All	8,559	7,631	8,927	6,988	6,929

AI/NA: American Indian or Native American.

NH/OPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Please read all named Race Groups as Non-Hispanic

SAC Contact Hours

Semester	Fall 2018	Fall 2019	Fall 2020	Fall 2021	Fall 2022
CH	2,327,520	2,649,936	2,472,136	2,270,016	2,233,091

Semester	Spring 2019	Spring 2020	Spring 2021	Spring 2022	Spring 2023
CH	2,525,520	2,514,336	2,189,968	2,188,736

Semester	Summer 2019	Summer 2020	Summer 2021	Summer 2022	Summer 2023
CH	999,096	796,992	621,200	606,112

SAC Productive Grade Rate (PGR)

Semester	Fall 2018	Fall 2019	Fall 2020	Fall 2021	Fall 2022*
PGR	30,339 / 38,717 78.4%	35,703 / 46,320 77.1%	34,063 / 43,204 78.8%	31,208 / 40,833 76.4%	Preliminary 76.5%

Semester	Spring 2019	Spring 2020	Spring 2021	Spring 2022	Spring 2023
PGR	33,163 / 42,833 77.4%	35,011 / 43,383 80.7%	30,984 / 39,055 79.3%

Semester	Summer 2019	Summer 2020	Summer 2021	Summer 2022	Summer 2023
PGR	9,857 / 11,663 84.5%	12,232 / 14,046 87.1%	9,156 / 10,814 84.7%

Productive Grade Rate (PGR) is the percentage of students gaining a grade of A, B, and C out of the students in class on the Census date

SAC Course Completion Rate (CCR)

Semester	Fall 2018	Fall 2019	Fall 2020	Fall 2021	Fall 2022
CCR	35,198 / 38,717 90.9%	42,024 / 46,320 90.7%	39,539 / 43,204 91.5%	36,516 / 40,833 89.4%	Preliminary 91.1%

Semester	Spring 2019	Spring 2020	Spring 2021	Spring 2022	Spring 2023
CCR	38,110 / 42,833 89.0%	39,525 / 43,383 91.1%	35,304 / 39,055 90.4%

Semester	Summer 2019	Summer 2020	Summer 2021	Summer 2022	Summer 2023
CCR	10,860 / 11,663 93.1%	13,163 / 14,046 93.7%	10,058 / 10,814 93.0%

Course Completion Rate (CCR): Percentage of students who gained a grade (A, B, C, D, or F) out of the students in class on the Census date. Referred to as Retention at earlier times.

SAC Fall to Fall FTIC Persistence

Fall to Fall	Fall 2016 to Fall 2017	Fall 2017 to Fall 2018	Fall 2018 to Fall 2019	Fall 2019 to Fall 2020	Fall 2020 to Fall 2021
FTIC FT	61.5% 414 / 673	57.9% 477 / 824	67.2% 653 / 972	56.9% 874 / 1,536	59.3% 653 / 1,101
FTIC PT	43.7% 802 / 1,837	37.2% 753 / 2,025	39.5% 633 / 1,601	33.7% 586 / 1,738	30.9% 634 / 1,857
FTIC All	48.4% 1,216 / 2,510	43.2% 1,230 / 2,849	50.0% 1,286 / 2,573	44.6% 1,460 / 3,274	43.5% 1,287 / 2,958

First time In College (FTIC): the students who have enrolled at SAC and enrolled at a College or University for the first time. Concurrent High School student enrollments (Dual Credits) are not considered.

Full-Time (FT) Students: Students who enrolled for 12 Semester Credit Hours (SCH) or more in their FTIC semester.

Part-Time (FT) Students: Students who enrolled less than 12 Semester Credit Hours (SCH) in their FTIC semester.

Fall to Fall Persistence for FTICs: Percentage of Fall Semester FTIC students who continue to enroll in the subsequent Fall semester, one year after their initial enrollment.

SAC Fall to Spring FTIC Persistence

Fall to Spring	Fall 2016 to Spring 2017	Fall 2017 to Spring 2018	Fall 2018 to Spring 2019	Fall 2019 to Spring 2020	Fall 2020 to Spring 2021
FTIC FT	80.8% 544 / 673	82.3% 678 / 824	84.0% 816 / 972	83.7% 1,286 / 1,536	80.1% 892 / 1,114
FTIC PT	61.7% 1,133 / 1,837	59.5% 1,205 / 2,025	56.4% 903 / 1,601	53.8% 935 / 1,738	48.0% 904 / 1,884
FTIC All	66.8% 1,677 / 2,510	66.1% 1,883 / 2,849	66.8% 1,719 / 2,573	67.8% 2,221 / 3,274	59.9% 1,796 / 2,998

First time In College (FTIC): the students who have enrolled at SAC and enrolled at a College or University for the first time. Concurrent High School student enrollments (Dual Credits) are not considered.

Full-Time (FT) Students: Students who enrolled for 12 Semester Credit Hours (SCH) or more in their FTIC semester.

Part-Time (FT) Students: Students who enrolled less than 12 Semester Credit Hours (SCH) in their FTIC semester.

Fall to Spring Persistence for FTICs: Percentage of Fall Semester FTIC students who continue to enroll in the next major semester, which is the Spring semester.

SAC 3-Year Graduation Rate of Fall Semester FTIC Cohort

Fall Cohort	Fall 2014 (AY2015 - AY2017)	Fall 2015 (AY2016 - AY2018)	Fall 2016 (AY2017 - AY2019)	Fall 2017 (AY2018 - AY2020)	Fall 2018 (AY2019 - AY2021)
FTIC FT	20.6% 210 / 1,049	29.1% 181 / 621	28.3% 191 / 676	24.5% 202 / 825	26.2% 256 / 976
FTIC PT	11.9% 203 / 1,709	13.3% 267 / 2,001	13.5% 250 / 1,851	14.3% 292 / 2,044	16.9% 275 / 1,629
FTIC All	15.2% 419 / 2,758	17.1% 448 / 2,622	17.5% 441 / 2,527	17.2% 494 / 2,869	20.4% 531 / 2,605

First time In College (FTIC): the students who have enrolled at SAC and enrolled at a College or University for the first time. Concurrent High School student enrollments (Dual Credits) are not considered.

Full-Time (FT) Students: Students who enrolled for 12 Semester Credit Hours (SCH) or more in their FTIC semester.

Part-Time (FT) Students: Students who enrolled less than 12 Semester Credit Hours (SCH) in their FTIC semester.

SAC Degrees and Certificates Awarded

Semester	AY 2018 (Fall 2017 -Summer 2018)	AY 2019 (Fall 2018 -Summer 2019)	AY 2020 (Fall 2019 -Summer 2020)	AY 2021 (Fall 2020 -Summer 2021)	AY 2022 (Fall 2021 -Summer 2022)
Degrees	3,210	3,218	3,220	2,847	2,419
Certificates	783	984	506	522	458
Total	3,993	4,202	3,726	3,369	2,877

SAC High Challenge Courses

Semester	Fall 2018	Fall 2019	Fall 2020	Fall 2021	Fall 2022*
HCC Count	20	21	11	16	19
Semester	Spring 2019	Spring 2020	Spring 2021	Spring 2022	Spring 2023
HCC Count	20	17	13

High Challenge Courses (HCC): Courses with 100 or more students enrolled with a GPA of less than 70%. In the case of co-requisite courses, only the College Level class is considered.

SAC Employment Rate

Year	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Cohort	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Academic	88.8%	89.4%	87.5%	87.7%	88.2%
Technical	89.1%	87.3%	89.9%	89.9%	91.1%

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