Update Peer and Aspirant Institutions

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1 Update Peer and Aspirant Institutions Prepared for Southern University at Shreveport January 2015 In the following report, Hanover Research describes the methodology used to identify Southern University at Shreveport s peer and aspirant institutions, including those institutions located specifically in SUSLA s surrounding southern region. Hanover presents a brief profile for each identified peer and aspirant institution.

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview... 5 Methodology... 7 PEER LIST METHODOLOGY... 7 Step 1: Data Collection and Initial Screen... 7 Step 2: Measuring the Similarity of Institutions... 8 Step 3: Ranking the Strength of Peer Institutions... 9 ASPIRANT LIST METHODOLOGY Step 1: Data Collection and Initial Screen Step 2: Measuring the Similarity of Institutions Step 3: Ranking the Strength of Aspirant Institutions SOUTHERN REGION PEER AND ASPIRANT LIST METHODOLOGY Peer and Aspirant Institution Profiles Southern University at Shreveport (2012 data) PEER INSTITUTIONS Edgecombe Community College Bishop State Community College Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College Halifax Community College Aiken Technical College Lawson State Community College Birmingham Campus Columbus Technical College South Arkansas Community College George C. Wallace State Community College Dothan Delaware Technical Community College Terry ASPIRANT INSTITUTIONS Coahoma Community College Clover Park Technical College Wenatchee Valley College Seward County Community College and Area Technical School Danville Community College Aims Community College Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 2

3 Garden City Community College Morgan Community College Cumberland County College Porterville College Southern Region Peer and Aspirant Institution Profiles Southern University at Shreveport 2013 Data SOUTHERN REGION PEER INSTITUTIONS Ashland Community and Technical College Bishop State Community College Central Carolina Technical College Columbus Technical College Craven Community College J F Drake State Community and Technical College Jackson State Community College Lawson State Community College-Birmingham Campus rthwest-shoals Community College South Louisiana Community College Southeast Arkansas College Sowela Technical Community College Wayne Community College West Virginia rthern Community College York Technical College SOUTHERN REGION ASPIRANT INSTITUTIONS Catawba Valley Community College Central Louisiana Technical Community College Central Virginia Community College Coastal Carolina Community College Western Piedmont Community College National Urban Peer Institution Profiles PEER GROUP BENCHMARKING Southern University at Shreveport 2013 Data NATIONAL URBAN PEER INSTITUTIONS Lawson State Community College-Birmingham Campus Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 3

4 J F Drake State Community and Technical College Bishop State Community College H Councill Trenholm State Technical College Cleveland State Community College Southwest Tennessee Community College Walters State Community College CUNY Medgar Evers College CUNY New York City College of Technology St. Philip s College University of Wisconsin Colleges Local Competitor Institution Profiles PEER GROUP COMPOSITION Benchmarking Local Associate s Level Institutions Southern University at Shreveport 2013 Data LOCAL COMPETITOR INSTITUTIONS Central Louisiana Technical Community College Bossier Parish Community College University of Phoenix-Shreveport-Bossier Campus Virginia College-Shreveport Bossier City LeTourneau University Career Technical College-Monroe University of Louisiana at Monroe Blue Cliff College-Shreveport Career Technical College-Shreveport Centenary College of Louisiana Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport Louisiana State University-Shreveport Remington College-Shreveport Campus Texarkana College Texas College The University of Texas at Tyler Tyler Junior College Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 4

5 OVERVIEW In the following pages, Hanover outlines the development of customized peer and aspirant institution lists for Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA). The methodology described here represents a baseline approach to identifying peer and aspirant institutions. Per SUSLA s request, this report has been expanded to reflect 20 southern region institutions 15 peer institutions and five aspirant institutions. At the request of SUSLA or the Southern University System, this report can be further revised to include alternative variables in our analyses or adjusted weightings of the respective variables to reflect the criteria most important to SUSLA and the System. Based on our analyses, we identified the following peer and aspirant institutions for SUSLA. Peer Institutions (presented in order of similarity to SUSLA): o Edgecombe Community College o Bishop State Community College o Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College o Halifax Community College o Aiken Technical College o Lawson State Community College Birmingham Campus o Columbus Technical College o South Arkansas Community College o George C Wallace State Community College Dothan o Delaware Technical Community College Terry Aspirant Institutions (presented in order of performance relative to SUSLA): o Coahoma Community College o Clover Park Technical College o Wenatchee Valley College o Seward County Community College and Area Technical School o Danville Community College o Aims Community College o Garden City Community College o Morgan Community College o Cumberland County College o Porterville College Southern Region Peer Institutions (presented in alphabetical order): o Ashland Community and Technical College 2015 Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 5

6 o Bishop State Community College o Central Carolina Technical College o Columbus Technical College o Craven Community College o J F Drake State Community and Technical College o Jackson State Community College o Lawson State Community College-Birmingham Campus o rthwest-shoals Community College o South Louisiana Community College o Southeast Arkansas College o Sowela Technical Community College o Wayne Community College o West Virginia rthern Community College o York Technical College Southern Region Aspirant Institutions (presented in alphabetical order): o Catawba Valley Community College o Central Louisiana Technical Community College o Central Virginia Community College o Coastal Carolina Community College o Western Piedmont Community College 2015 Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 6

7 METHODOLOGY In the following paragraphs, we detail the methodology used to develop SUSLA s peer and aspirant institutions lists. Hanover collected all of the data used in our analysis from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). 1 We used the most recent data available at the time of each analysis in order to capture the most appropriate peer and aspirant institutions: 2012 data for the initial analysis of peer and aspirant institutions, and 2013 data for the newly added southern region peer and aspirant institutions. PEER LIST METHODOLOGY In developing the peer list methodology, Hanover reviewed SUSLA s website and publicly available documents to identify relevant criteria for selecting institutions most similar to SUSLA across multiple attributes. 2,3 We identified several key target areas to be prioritized in our search: Overall defining qualities of the University (for example, public, two-year, etc.) Emphasis on student diversity and underserved student populations (particularly African American students and adult learners) Promoting retention, graduation, and transfer to four-year institutions Offering high-demand programs and fostering student success within these programs Strong allied health/nursing programs Increasing e-learning/distance education opportunities Below, we describe the steps taken to identify the 10 institutions that most closely match SUSLA across a variety of characteristics. STEP 1: DATA COLLECTION AND INITIAL SCREEN The first step was to download a comprehensive list of potential peer institutions from IPEDS. For this initial list, institutions were required to meet the following criteria: Degree-Granting Institution Public, 2-year U.S. Only 1 IPEDS Data Center. National Center for Education Statistics. 2 ACT 1465 Strategic Plan FY through FY Southern University at Shreveport. 3 Office of Academic Affairs Five-Year Strategic Plan Southern University at Shreveport Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 7

8 Our initial screen yielded a total of 949 institutions that fit the above criteria. Next, in order to isolate institutions that share unique characteristics with SUSLA, we shortened the initial list by keeping only those institutions that also satisfied all of the following criteria: Total enrollment: 1,000 to 4,999 students Offers occupational, academic, and adult basic remedial coursework Open admission policy Offers at least some programs or courses via distance education This second set of filters narrowed the list of potential peers to 347. STEP 2: MEASURING THE SIMILARITY OF INSTITUTIONS The next step was to determine the degree of similarity between SUSLA and the potential peer institutions based on a number of criteria selected for analysis. We selected variables that accurately represent the institution s unique qualities and values, and then calculated the percentage similarity between a prospective peer institution and SUSLA using the absolute value of the following formula: Prospective Peer s Value SUSLA s Value SUSLA s Value The resulting calculation for each variable then represents the percentage difference between the prospective peer institution s value and SUSLA s value. The variables for which we calculated this percentage difference include the following: Enrollment Characteristics o Total fall 2012 enrollment o Full-time enrollment as a percentage of total enrollment Diversity o Black or African American enrollment as a percentage of total enrollment o Students age 25 and over as a percentage of total enrollment Program Offerings o Number of associate s programs offered o completions as a percentage of total associate s degrees Student Outcomes 4 o Number of associate s degrees o Number of certificates 5 4 te that a transfer-rate variable was unavailable for SUSLA through the IPEDS database for We therefore focus on other student outcomes measures such as retention rate and graduation rate Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 8

9 o Retention rate (fall-to-fall retention of first-time, full-time degree/certificateseeking students from the fall 2011 cohort) o Graduation rate (graduation within 150% of normal time for first-time, fulltime degree/certificate-seeking students from cohort year 2009) STEP 3: RANKING THE STRENGTH OF PEER INSTITUTIONS The next step was to rank the strength of potential peer institutions based on their similarity to SUSLA. To do this, we applied different weights to each of the variables noted above. At the request of SUSLA, these weights may be adjusted to reflect the level of importance the University attaches to each variable in selecting its peers; however, the percentage weightings across all of the variables must sum to 100 percent. For example, if SUSLA wishes to attach more weight to the number of associate s degrees than to the graduation rate, Hanover can adjust the weights accordingly. Conversely, individual variables simply can be averaged to apply equal weight to all characteristics. The individual weightings selected for Hanover s analysis are as follows: Enrollment Characteristics 20% o Total fall 2012 enrollment 10% o Full-time enrollment as a percentage of total enrollment 10% Diversity 30% o Black or African American enrollment as a percentage of total enrollment 25% o Students age 25 and over as a percentage of total enrollment 5% Program Offerings 20% o Number of associate s programs offered 5% o completions as a percentage of total associate s degrees 15% Student Outcomes 30% o Number of associate s degrees 5% o Number of certificates 5% o Retention rate 10% o Graduation rate 10% We used the following formula to calculate a weighted percentage similarity score for each potential peer institution: (Value A * X%) + (Value B * Y%) + (Value C * Z%)... = Weighted Percentage Similarity Score Ultimately, we selected the 10 institutions with the lowest weighted similarity scores (indicating the highest degree of similarity to SUSLA) for the final peer list. 6 5 Certificate conferrals reported under the IPEDS category of Certificates of 1 but less than 2-years. 6 In making our final selection, Hanover removed any institutions that had missing values for any of the variables included in the similarity score formula Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 9

10 ASPIRANT LIST METHODOLOGY In establishing the aspirant list methodology, we refer back to our review of SUSLA s website and publicly available planning documents to identify areas of importance to the institution. In particular, the following target areas appear particularly relevant to the identification of SUSLA s aspirant institutions: Promoting retention, graduation, and transfer to four-year institutions Increasing enrollment Increasing the number of certificate and associate s degree completers Increasing e-learning/distance education opportunities Expanding academic program offerings Below, we describe the steps taken to identify the 10 aspirant institutions that are similar to SUSLA across a variety of characteristics, but also demonstrate higher performance than SUSLA in key areas. STEP 1: DATA COLLECTION AND INITIAL SCREEN We began with the same initial and secondary screens used to identify peer institutions (which yielded a total of 347 institutions). In order to select aspirant institutions that also share important qualities with SUSLA, we set a threshold to maintain only those institutions reflecting a minimum level of similarity to SUSLA in the initial peer group analysis. We set the threshold at 75 percent, which yielded 195 institutions for further analysis. Given that we included a measure of the percentage of students enrolled in at least some distance education (see Step 2 below) in the aspirant identification criteria, Hanover also restricted this figure to a maximum of 25 percent to avoid placing too much weight on distance education. Further, we set a minimum threshold of 30 percent of fall 2012 enrollments comprising non-white students in order to ensure that each institution included in the final aspirant list serves a substantial population of historically under-represented students. The introduction of these thresholds narrowed our list to 52 institutions. Overall, the institutions included in our aspirant group analysis satisfied the following criteria: Basic criteria: o Degree-Granting Institution o Public, 2-year o U.S. Only o Total enrollment: 1,000 to 4,999 students o Offers occupational, academic, and adult basic remedial coursework o Open admission policy o Offers at least some programs or courses via distance education 2015 Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 10

11 Weighted percentage similarity score of 75 percent or less (relative to SUSLA) 25 percent or less of the fall 2012 student population enrolled in at least some distance education At least 30 percent of fall 2012 enrollment is non-white STEP 2: MEASURING THE SIMILARITY OF INSTITUTIONS Similar to the peer group analysis, the next step was to determine the degree of similarity between SUSLA and the potential aspirants based on a number of selected criteria. Again, we chose variables that represent the University s unique qualities and values, and then calculated the percentage similarity between a prospective aspirant institution and SUSLA using the following formula: Prospective Aspirant s Value SUSLA s Value SUSLA s Value The resulting calculation for each variable, then, represents the percentage difference between the prospective aspirant institution s value and SUSLA s value. For this analysis, we did not take the absolute value of the formula above because a negative value indicates that an institution is lower performing than SUSLA for a given characteristic. The variables for which we calculated this percentage included: Retention rate Graduation rate Total fall 2012 enrollment Number of associate s degrees Number of certificates Number of associate s programs offered Percentage of students enrolled in at least some distance education 7 STEP 3: RANKING THE STRENGTH OF ASPIRANT INSTITUTIONS The next step was to rank the strength of potential aspirant institutions based on their similarity to SUSLA. As with the peer scores, we created a weighted aspirant score by assigning weights to each variable of interest, as follows: Retention rate (25%) Graduation rate (25%) Total fall 2012 enrollment (10%) Number of associate s degrees (10%) 7 te that the corresponding IPEDS variable indicates the percentage of students not enrolled in any distance education courses. We calculated the inverse of this measure for inclusion in our analysis Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 11

12 Number of certificates (10%) Number of associate s programs offered (10%) Percentage of students enrolled in at least some distance education (10%) As depicted above, Hanover s aspirant weighting scheme places greater emphasis on retention and graduation rates than other individual factors. At the request of SUSLA, we can adjust these weightings if needed to more accurately reflect the University s priority target areas. We then used the following formula to calculate the weighted percentage aspirant score: (Value A * X%) + (Value B * Y%) + (Value C * Z%)... = Weighted Percentage Aspirant Score Unlike the peer methodology, we used a process of measuring and ranking the strength of aspirant institutions that accounts for negative similarity scores, as the highest scores were selected as SUSLA s aspirant institutions. Using this formula, an institution can be lower performing than SUSLA in one area (or multiple areas), yet still be considered an aspirant institution if it is much higher performing across the other criteria. Institutions with a high, positive aspirant score represent the best performance across the key target measures; likewise, institutions with the lowest, positive values are the closest to SUSLA s reach. 8 SOUTHERN REGION PEER AND ASPIRANT LIST METHODOLOGY Using the initial list of southern region institutions identified by SUSLA, Hanover compared each institution s performance to SUSLA based on the following criteria to identify the aspirant institutions: Retention rate (at least 10 percentage points higher than SUSLA) Graduation rate (at least 5 percentage points higher than SUSLA) Number of associate s programs offered (at least five more programs than SUSLA) Percentage of students enrolled in at least some distance education (at least 5 percentage points higher than SUSLA) Institutions that either outperformed SUSLA in both the retention and graduation rate criteria specifically or outperformed SUSLA across three or more of the criteria above were identified as southern region aspirant institutions. All other institutions were categorized as southern region peer institutions. 8 In making our final selection, we removed any institutions that had missing values for any of the variables included in the similarity score or aspirant score calculations Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 12

13 PEER AND ASPIRANT INSTITUTION PROFILES This section contains data summaries of peer and aspirant institutions identified using the methodology highlighted at the beginning of this report. A snapshot of SUSLA is presented below as a point of reference to the subsequent peer and aspirant institutions data are utilized throughout this section of the report. SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT SHREVEPORT (2012 DATA) Shreveport, LA Yes Associate's-Public 2-year colleges under 4-year universities Medium full-time two-year Medium two-year City: Midsize Student-to-faculty ratio 19:1 Occupational, academic, and adult remedial Associate's degree Number of associate s programs offered 20 Number of associate s degrees 325 Number of certificates 78 50% Full-time retention rate 51% Graduation rate* 12% Total fall 2012 enrollment 2,937 % female students 73% % non-white students 89% % black students 87% % of students enrolled in some distance education 7% % of students age 25 to 64 42% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 65% Total core revenues $28,806,843 Total core expenses $31,141,215 *Percentage of students who complete their degree within 150 percent of normal time 2015 Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 13

14 PEER INSTITUTIONS The following table displays the calculated similarity scores for each of the 10 peer institutions identified for this report. INSTITUTION SIMILARITY SCORE Edgecombe Community College 16.4% Bishop State Community College 20.9% Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College 23.4% Halifax Community College 30.0% Aiken Technical College 30.8% Lawson State Community College Birmingham Campus 32.7% Columbus Technical College 32.9% South Arkansas Community College 33.4% George C Wallace State Community College Dothan 35.1% Delaware Technical Community College Terry 35.4% 2015 Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 14

15 EDGECOMBE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Tarboro, NC Associate's-Public Rural-serving Medium Mixed part/full-time two-year Medium two-year Rural: Fringe Student-to-faculty ratio 22:1 Occupational, academic, recreational, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 21 Number of associate s degrees 309 Number of certificates 97 43% Full-time retention rate 49% Graduation rate 12% Total fall 2012 enrollment 3,056 % female students 73% % non-white students 68% % black students 62% % of students enrolled in some distance education 46% % of students age 25 to 64 59% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 49% Total core revenues $27,749,000 Total core expenses $27,614, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 15

16 BISHOP STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Mobile, AL Yes Associate's-Public Urban-serving Multicampus Mixed part/full-time two-year Medium two-year City: Midsize Student-to-faculty ratio 23:1 Occupational, academic, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 18 Number of associate s degrees 307 Number of certificates 88 40% Full-time retention rate 37% Graduation rate 14% Total fall 2012 enrollment 3,791 % female students 64% % non-white students 70% % black students 63% % of students enrolled in some distance education 16% % of students age 25 to 64 40% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 52% Total core revenues $40,135,928 Total core expenses $35,404, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 16

17 ORANGEBURG CALHOUN TECHNICAL COLLEGE Orangeburg, SC Associate's-Public Rural-serving Medium Mixed part/full-time two-year Medium two-year Rural: Fringe Student-to-faculty ratio 17:1 Occupational, academic, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 18 Number of associate s degrees 225 Number of certificates 69 31% Full-time retention rate 50% Graduation rate 13% Total fall 2012 enrollment 3,004 % female students 62% % non-white students 61% % black students 56% % of students enrolled in some distance education 24% % of students age 25 to 64 32% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 42% Total core revenues $23,225,731 Total core expenses $23,283, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 17

18 HALIFAX COMMUNITY COLLEGE Weldon, NC Associate's-Public Rural-serving Small Medium full-time two-year Small two-year Rural: Fringe Student-to-faculty ratio 11:1 Occupational, academic, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 20 Number of associate s degrees 136 Number of certificates 38 46% Full-time retention rate 47% Graduation rate 20% Total fall 2012 enrollment 1,510 % female students 66% % non-white students 63% % black students 56% % of students enrolled in some distance education 44% % of students age 25 to 64 47% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 57% Total core revenues $16,767,814 Total core expenses $15,350, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 18

19 AIKEN TECHNICAL COLLEGE Graniteville, SC Associate's-Public Rural-serving Medium Mixed part/full-time two-year Medium two-year Rural: Fringe Student-to-faculty ratio 18:1 Occupational, academic, recreational, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 19 Number of associate s degrees 279 Number of certificates 45 29% Full-time retention rate 54% Graduation rate 14% Total fall 2012 enrollment 2,905 % female students 64% % non-white students 40% % black students 33% % of students enrolled in some distance education 33% % of students age 25 to 64 42% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 42% Total core revenues $23,466,647 Total core expenses $22,117, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 19

20 LAWSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM CAMPUS Birmingham, AL Yes Associate's-Public Urban-serving Multicampus Mixed part/full-time two-year Medium two-year City: Midsize Student-to-faculty ratio 18:1 Occupational, academic, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 16 Number of associate s degrees 280 Number of certificates % Full-time retention rate 43% Graduation rate 17% Total fall 2012 enrollment 3,419 % female students 60% % non-white students 86% % black students 75% % of students enrolled in some distance education 13% % of students age 25 to 64 40% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 57% Total core revenues $42,676,578 Total core expenses $33,786, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 20

21 COLUMBUS TECHNICAL COLLEGE Columbus, GA Associate's-Public Rural-serving Medium Mixed part/full-time two-year Medium two-year City: Midsize Student-to-faculty ratio 21:1 Occupational, academic, recreational, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 33 Number of associate s degrees 225 Number of certificates % Full-time retention rate 49% Graduation rate 14% Total fall 2012 enrollment 4,267 % female students 67% % non-white students 57% % black students 46% % of students enrolled in some distance education 35% % of students age 25 to 64 52% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 34% Total core revenues $25,207,991 Total core expenses $25,689, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 21

22 SOUTH ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE El Dorado, AR Associate's-Public Rural-serving Small Mixed part/full-time two-year Small two-year Town: Remote Student-to-faculty ratio 14:1 Occupational, academic, recreational, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 19 Number of associate s degrees 158 Number of certificates % Full-time retention rate 51% Graduation rate 11% Total fall 2012 enrollment 1,757 % female students 72% % non-white students 45% % black students 39% % of students enrolled in some distance education 32% % of students age 25 to 64 44% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 48% Total core revenues $18,677,989 Total core expenses $16,922, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 22

23 GEORGE C. WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DOTHAN Dothan, AL Associate's-Public Rural-serving Medium Mixed part/full-time two-year Medium two-year Rural: Fringe Student-to-faculty ratio 19:1 Occupational, academic, recreational, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 22 Number of associate s degrees 503 Number of certificates % Full-time retention rate 48% Graduation rate 13% Total fall 2012 enrollment 4,581 % female students 67% % non-white students 35% % black students 31% % of students enrolled in some distance education 17% % of students age 25 to 64 41% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 51% Total core revenues $39,454,999 Total core expenses $32,848, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 23

24 DELAWARE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE TERRY Dover, DE Associate's-Public Rural-serving Medium Mixed part/full-time two-year Medium two-year City: Small Student-to-faculty ratio 14:1 Occupational, academic, recreational, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 39 Number of associate s degrees 389 Number of certificates 55 31% Full-time retention rate 56% Graduation rate 13% Total fall 2012 enrollment 3,106 % female students 64% % non-white students 42% % black students 28% % of students enrolled in some distance education 25% % of students age 25 to 64 41% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 46% Total core revenues $38,228,390 Total core expenses $32,346, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 24

25 ASPIRANT INSTITUTIONS The following table displays the aspirant and similarity scores of the aspirant institutions selected through the methodology described at the beginning of this report. INSTITUTION ASPIRANT SCORE SIMILARITY SCORE Coahoma Community College 87.7% 51.2% Clover Park Technical College 83.6% 59.9% Wenatchee Valley College 82.8% 64.9% Seward County Community College and Area Technical School 80.1% 74.3% Danville Community College 77.2% 68.6% Aims Community College 70.6% 61.0% Garden City Community College 59.3% 65.8% Morgan Community College 57.8% 68.0% Cumberland County College 55.0% 52.6% Porterville College 54.5% 59.3% COAHOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Clarksdale, MS Yes Associate's-Public Rural-serving Small Medium full-time two-year Medium two-year Rural: Fringe Student-to-faculty ratio 26:1 Occupational, academic, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 61 Number of associate s degrees 303 Number of certificates 144 completions as % of total associate s degrees 15% Full-time retention rate 75% Graduation rate 27% Total fall 2012 enrollment 2,305 % female students 64% % non-white students 97% % black students 97% % of students enrolled in some distance education 20% % of students age 25 to 64 34% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 83% Total core revenues $43,315,900 Total core expenses $33,437, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 25

26 CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE Lakewood, WA Associate's-Public Suburban-serving Multicampus Mixed part/full-time two-year Medium two-year City: Small Student-to-faculty ratio 25:1 Occupational, academic, recreational, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 31 Number of associate s degrees 441 Number of certificates % Full-time retention rate 62% Graduation rate 34% Total fall 2012 enrollment 3,666 % female students 63% % non-white students 43% % black students 16% % of students enrolled in some distance education 16% % of students age 25 to 64 65% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 64% Total core revenues $46,599,602 Total core expenses $44,445, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 26

27 WENATCHEE VALLEY COLLEGE Wenatchee, WA Associate's-Public Rural-serving Medium Medium full-time two-year Medium two-year City: Small Student-to-faculty ratio 17:1 Occupational, academic, recreational, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 18 Number of associate s degrees 730 Number of certificates % Full-time retention rate 60% Graduation rate 30% Total fall 2012 enrollment 3,668 % female students 57% % non-white students 36% % black students 0% % of students enrolled in some distance education 21% % of students age 25 to 64 35% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 71% Total core revenues $32,489,097 Total core expenses $30,160, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 27

28 SEWARD COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND AREA TECHNICAL SCHOOL Liberal, KS Associate's-Public Rural-serving Small Mixed part/full-time two-year Small two-year Town: Remote Student-to-faculty ratio 13:1 Occupational, academic, recreational, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 42 Number of associate s degrees 187 Number of certificates % Full-time retention rate 66% Graduation rate 40% Total fall 2012 enrollment 1,973 % female students 57% % non-white students 50% % black students 4% % of students enrolled in some distance education 10% % of students age 25 to 64 27% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 43% Total core revenues $18,382,671 Total core expenses $19,475, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 28

29 DANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Danville, VA Associate's-Public Rural-serving Medium Higher part-time two-year Medium two-year Town: Remote Student-to-faculty ratio 20:1 Occupational, academic, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 12 Number of associate s degrees 274 Number of certificates 370 8% Full-time retention rate 60% Graduation rate 21% Total fall 2012 enrollment 4,420 % female students 57% % non-white students 41% % black students 37% % of students enrolled in some distance education 19% % of students age 25 to 64 32% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 36% Total core revenues $25,933,555 Total core expenses $25,433, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 29

30 AIMS COMMUNITY COLLEGE Greeley, CO Associate's-Public Rural-serving Medium Higher part-time two-year Medium two-year City: Small Student-to-faculty ratio 16:1 Occupational, academic, recreational, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 28 Number of associate s degrees 516 Number of certificates 81 17% Full-time retention rate 65% Graduation rate 22% Total fall 2012 enrollment 4,983 % female students 56% % non-white students 37% % black students 2% % of students enrolled in some distance education 25% % of students age 25 to 64 42% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 43% Total core revenues $65,431,973 Total core expenses $49,968, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 30

31 GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Garden City, KS Associate's-Public Rural-serving Medium Mixed part/full-time two-year Small two-year Town: Remote Student-to-faculty ratio 13:1 Occupational, academic, recreational, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 43 Number of associate s degrees 261 Number of certificates 62 22% Full-time retention rate 59% Graduation rate 33% Total fall 2012 enrollment 2,059 % female students 53% % non-white students 46% % black students 6% % of students enrolled in some distance education 12% % of students age 25 to 64 25% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 50% Total core revenues $20,611,467 Total core expenses $19,081, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 31

32 MORGAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE Fort Morgan, CO Associate's-Public Rural-serving Medium Higher part-time two-year Small two-year Town: Remote Student-to-faculty ratio 11:1 Occupational, academic, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 11 Number of associate s degrees 199 Number of certificates 55 27% Full-time retention rate 51% Graduation rate 36% Total fall 2012 enrollment 1,839 % female students 66% % non-white students 31% % black students 1% % of students enrolled in some distance education 23% % of students age 25 to 64 37% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 24% Total core revenues $11,038,589 Total core expenses $10,163, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 32

33 CUMBERLAND COUNTY COLLEGE Vineland, NJ Associate's-Public Rural-serving Medium Mixed part/full-time two-year Medium two-year Rural: Fringe Student-to-faculty ratio 22:1 Occupational, academic, recreational, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 25 Number of associate s degrees 570 Number of certificates 37 20% Full-time retention rate 66% Graduation rate 22% Total fall 2012 enrollment 3,944 % female students 63% % non-white students 51% % black students 21% % of students enrolled in some distance education 20% % of students age 25 to 64 35% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 57% Total core revenues $31,799,702 Total core expenses $32,821, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 33

34 PORTERVILLE COLLEGE Porterville, CA Associate's-Public Urban-serving Multicampus Mixed part/full-time two-year Medium two-year City: Small Student-to-faculty ratio 28:1 Occupational, academic, and adult remedial Associate s Number of associate s programs offered 15 Number of associate s degrees 328 Number of certificates 99 5% Full-time retention rate 70% Graduation rate 21% Total fall 2012 enrollment 3,919 % female students 63% % non-white students 76% % black students 2% % of students enrolled in some distance education 23% % of students age 25 to 64 34% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 43% Total core revenues $32,784,295 Total core expenses $31,861, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 34

35 SOUTHERN REGION PEER AND ASPIRANT INSTITUTION PROFILES This section contains data summaries of SUSLA s southern region peer and aspirant institutions. A snapshot of SUSLA s 2013 data is presented on the following page as a point of reference to the subsequent peer and aspirant institutions. To be sure, 2013 data are utilized throughout this section of the report SUSLA is relatively small in size compared to the southern region peer and aspirant institutions, yet has a more diverse student body. SUSLA s total student enrollment is among the lowest of the group, though its full time enrollment both as a headcount and as a percentage of total enrollment is among the highest of the southern region institutions. SUSLA is one of just four HBCUs in this southern region group of peer and aspirant institutions, and has the highest percentages of both black or African American enrollment and nonwhite enrollment across the group. Additionally, SUSLA has the highest percentage of female students. SUSLA is more similar to its peers across two other enrollment categories: age and distance education. The percentage of SUSLA s student enrollment that falls between the ages of 25 and 64 is just 1 percentage point below the southern region group median and mean. Likewise, the share of SUSLA s students enrolled in at least some distance education is 3 percentage points below the group average and 4 percentage points below the median. Both percentages rank SUSLA in the middle 50 percent of the group. SUSLA s financial performance compared to the southern region peers and aspirants is relatively average. While the institution s total core revenues and total core expenses are both slightly above the average and median, SUSLA s values are well within the middle 50 percent of the group. At 20:1, SUSLA has a relatively high student-to-faculty ratio; just five of the southern region peer and aspirant institutions have a higher ratio. Meanwhile, SUSLA s graduation rate is equivalent to the group median and just 3 percentage points below the group average. SUSLA s retention rate, however, is among the lowest of the group. Finally, SUSLA s breadth of associate s degree program offerings is comparable to the southern region group overall with 20 different program areas, SUSLA s value for this category is equivalent to the median and just one program short of the group average Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 35

36 SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT SHREVEPORT 2013 DATA Shreveport, LA Yes Associate's--Public 2-year colleges under 4-year universities Medium full-time two-year Medium two-year City: Midsize Student-to-faculty ratio 20:1 Occupational, Academic, and Adult remedial Associate's degree Number of associate s programs offered 20 Number of associate s degrees 264 Number of certificates % Full-time retention rate 43% Graduation rate 16% Total fall 2013 enrollment 3,018 % female students 71% % non-white students 92% % black students 89% % of students enrolled in some distance education 18% % of students age 25 to 64 38% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 70% Total core revenues $29,589,703 Total core expenses $31,856, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 36

37 SOUTHERN REGION PEER INSTITUTIONS The following table displays the location of each of the southern region peer institutions identified in this report. INSTITUTION Ashland Community and Technical College Bishop State Community College Central Carolina Technical College Columbus Technical College Craven Community College J F Drake State Community and Technical College Jackson State Community College Lawson State Community College-Birmingham Campus rthwest-shoals Community College South Louisiana Community College Southeast Arkansas College Sowela Technical Community College Wayne Community College West Virginia rthern Community College York Technical College LOCATION Ashland, KY Mobile, AL Sumter, SC Columbus, GA New Bern, NC Huntsville, AL Jackson, TN Birmingham, AL Muscle Shoals, AL Lafayette, LA Pine Bluff, AR Lake Charles, LA Goldsboro, NC Wheeling, WV Rock Hill, SC 2015 Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 37

38 ASHLAND COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE Ashland, KY Associate's--Public Rural-serving Medium Mixed part/full-time two-year Medium two-year City: Small Student-to-faculty ratio 15:1 Occupational, Academic, and Adult remedial Associate's degree Number of associate s programs offered 15 Number of associate s degrees 423 Number of certificates 2,366 12% Full-time retention rate 48% Graduation rate 20% Total fall 2013 enrollment 3,359 % female students 57% % non-white students 6% % black students 2% % of students enrolled in some distance education 37% % of students age 25 to 64 39% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 54% Total core revenues $27,405,083 Total core expenses $28,057, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 38

39 BISHOP STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Mobile, AL Yes Associate's--Public Urban-serving Multicampus Mixed part/full-time two-year Medium two-year City: Midsize Student-to-faculty ratio 23:1 Occupational, Academic, and Adult remedial Associate s degree Number of associate s programs offered 18 Number of associate s degrees 217 Number of certificates % Full-time retention rate 41% Graduation rate 11% Total fall 2013 enrollment 3,896 % female students 60% % non-white students 69% % black students 62% % of students enrolled in some distance education 11% % of students age 25 to 64 39% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 56% Total core revenues $39,544,996 Total core expenses $36,426, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 39

40 CENTRAL CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE Sumter, SC Associate's--Public Rural-serving Medium Higher part-time two-year Medium two-year City: Small Student-to-faculty ratio 17:1 Occupational, Academic, Recreational, and Adult remedial Associate's degree Number of associate s programs offered 15 Number of associate s degrees 302 Number of certificates % Full-time retention rate 49% Graduation rate 11% Total fall 2013 enrollment 4,456 % female students 67% % non-white students 56% % black students 47% % of students enrolled in some distance education 22% % of students age 25 to 64 47% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 30% Total core revenues $34,097,169 Total core expenses $31,865, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 40

41 COLUMBUS TECHNICAL COLLEGE Columbus, GA Associate's--Public Rural-serving Medium Mixed part/full-time two-year Medium two-year City: Midsize Student-to-faculty ratio 19:1 Occupational, Academic, Recreational, and Adult remedial At least 2, but less than 4 academic years Number of associate s programs offered 34 Number of associate s degrees 268 Number of certificates 1,960 48% Full-time retention rate 46% Graduation rate 16% Total fall 2013 enrollment 3,739 % female students 64% % non-white students 59% % black students 48% % of students enrolled in some distance education 29% % of students age 25 to 64 51% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 38% Total core revenues $26,571,968 Total core expenses $28,403, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 41

42 CRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE New Bern, NC Associate's--Public Rural-serving Medium Higher part-time two-year Medium two-year City: Small Student-to-faculty ratio 12:1 Occupational, Academic, and Adult remedial Associate's degree Number of associate s programs offered 21 Number of associate s degrees 329 Number of certificates % Full-time retention rate 61% Graduation rate 12% Total fall 2013 enrollment 3,376 % female students 61% % non-white students 39% % black students 21% % of students enrolled in some distance education 36% % of students age 25 to 64 47% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 42% Total core revenues $32,003,536 Total core expenses $29,981, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 42

43 J F DRAKE STATE COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE Huntsville, AL Yes Associate's--Public Rural-serving Small Mixed part/full-time two-year Small two-year City: Midsize Student-to-faculty ratio 19:1 Occupational, Academic, and Adult remedial Associate's degree Number of associate s programs offered 11 Number of associate s degrees 62 Number of certificates 156 3% Full-time retention rate 42% Graduation rate 15% Total fall 2013 enrollment 1,383 % female students 54% % non-white students 62% % black students 54% % of students enrolled in some distance education 12% % of students age 25 to 64 45% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 46% Total core revenues $13,710,296 Total core expenses $13,471, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 43

44 JACKSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Jackson, TN Associate's--Public Rural-serving Medium Mixed part/full-time two-year Medium two-year City: Small Student-to-faculty ratio 22:1 Occupational, Academic, and Adult remedial Associate's degree Number of associate s programs offered 12 Number of associate s degrees 509 Number of certificates % Full-time retention rate 43% Graduation rate 10% Total fall 2013 enrollment 4,587 % female students 66% % non-white students 24% % black students 18% % of students enrolled in some distance education 28% % of students age 25 to 64 26% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 44% Total core revenues $34,435,742 Total core expenses $34,465, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 44

45 LAWSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-BIRMINGHAM CAMPUS Birmingham, AL Yes Associate's--Public Urban-serving Multicampus Mixed part/full-time two-year Medium two-year City: Midsize Student-to-faculty ratio 17:1 Occupational, Academic, and Adult remedial Associate's degree Number of associate s programs offered 15 Number of associate s degrees 281 Number of certificates 692 7% Full-time retention rate 53% Graduation rate 18% Total fall 2013 enrollment 3,028 % female students 59% % non-white students 86% % black students 75% % of students enrolled in some distance education 16% % of students age 25 to 64 41% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 59% Total core revenues $36,374,897 Total core expenses $33,841, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 45

46 NORTHWEST-SHOALS COMMUNITY COLLEGE Muscle Shoals, AL Associate's--Public Rural-serving Medium Mixed part/full-time two-year Medium two-year City: Small Student-to-faculty ratio 21:1 Occupational, Academic, and Adult remedial Associate's degree Number of associate s programs offered 14 Number of associate s degrees 432 Number of certificates % Full-time retention rate 53% Graduation rate 13% Total fall 2013 enrollment 3,854 % female students 57% % non-white students 17% % black students 11% % of students enrolled in some distance education 12% % of students age 25 to 64 26% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 48% Total core revenues $28,849,243 Total core expenses $29,019, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 46

47 SOUTH LOUISIANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Lafayette, LA Associate's--Public Rural-serving Medium Mixed part/full-time two-year Medium two-year City: Midsize Student-to-faculty ratio 26:1 Occupational, Academic, and Adult remedial Associate's degree Number of associate s programs offered 25 Number of associate s degrees 258 Number of certificates 936 5% Full-time retention rate 53% Graduation rate 6% Total fall 2013 enrollment 4,593 % female students 59% % non-white students 47% % black students 30% % of students enrolled in some distance education 8% % of students age 25 to 64 20% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 49% Total core revenues $15,690,241 Total core expenses $17,150, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 47

48 SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS COLLEGE Pine Bluff, AR Associate's--Public Rural-serving Medium Mixed part/full-time two-year Small two-year City: Small Student-to-faculty ratio 17:1 Occupational, Academic, Recreational, and Adult remedial Associate's degree Number of associate s programs offered 20 Number of associate s degrees 213 Number of certificates % Full-time retention rate 45% Graduation rate 12% Total fall 2013 enrollment 1,601 % female students 67% % non-white students 61% % black students 59% % of students enrolled in some distance education 6% % of students age 25 to 64 49% Full-time enrollment as % of total enrollment 53% Total core revenues $16,964,199 Total core expenses $17,252, Hanover Research Academy Administration Practice 48