Student Achievement Data
The information is provided in compliance with the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. The rates below are calculated based on parameters defined by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) and are reported annually to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
Data for Minnesota North College, for fiscal years prior to 2023, are simulated to represent an unduplicated student headcount across the five institutions that combined to form Minnesota North College. The five institutions that merged on May 23, 2022 are: Hibbing Community College, Itasca Community College, Mesabi Range College, Rainy River Community College, and Vermilion Community College; now campuses of Minnesota North College. Student Right‐To‐Know is a federal law that requires all colleges and universities to disclose certain information to students. This document includes the information that a college must provide to students on retention, graduation/completion, licensure exam pass rates (as applicable), and students after graduation (employment and continuing education rates).
Retention Rates for Minnesota North College
| Retention Rates | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 5-Year Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year of Fall Entry | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | – |
| Entering Cohort | 704 | 546 | 651 | 557 | 533 | 598 |
| Retained/Completed | 392 | 305 | 320 | 349 | 328 | 339 |
| Fall to Fall Retention Rate | 56% | 56% | 49% | 63% | 62% | 57% |
Graduation and Transfer Rates for Minnesota North College
| Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 5-Year Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year of Fall Entry | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | – |
| Entering Cohort | 829 | 767 | 712 | 556 | 721 | 717 |
| Completers within 150% | 274 | 279 | 257 | 233 | 300 | 269 |
| Transfer-Out Students | 243 | 227 | 129 | 75 | 128 | 160 |
| Graduation Rate | 33% | 36% | 36% | 42% | 42% | 38% |
| Transfer-Out Rates | 29% | 30% | 18% | 13% | 18% | 22% |
| Combined Graduation/Transfer-Out Rate | 62% | 66% | 54% | 55% | 59% | 60% |
Licensure Exam Pass Rate – Percent of a cohort of students or graduates that passed a state or national licensure examination. Licensure exam pass rate is a measure included in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Student Success ‐ Accountability Metrics representing licensing exams in nursing, teaching, peace officer, and radiography. Pass rates are presented for program areas at this college.
| Exam Year | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 5-Year Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing (Percent Passing Exam) | 89% | 86% | 88% | 89% | 94% | 89% |
| Peace Officer (Percent Passing Exam) | 82% | 88% | 64% | 64% | 59% | 72% |
| Nursing (Number of candidates taking the Exam) | 127 | 118 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 109 |
| Peace Officer (Number of candidates taking the Exam) | 34 | 34 | 47 | 56 | 27 | 40 |
Related Employment Rate for Graduates
Percent of college graduates who were available for related employment in the year after graduation who reported they were employed during the year after graduation in a job that was related to their program or major.
| Fiscal Year | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 5-Year Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Related Employment | 83% | 80% | 90% | 90% | 89% | 86% |
Continuing Education Rate for Graduates
Percent of college graduates who reported they continued their education at another institution in the year after graduation.
| Fiscal Year | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 5-Year Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuing Education Rate | 46% | 48% | 47% | 47% | 51% | 48% |
Student Right‐to‐Know ‐ https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st‐congress/senate‐bill/580
Questions related to this report may be directed to the Office Institutional Research at 218.322.2409.
Definitions
Student Right-To-Know is a federal law that requires all colleges and universities to disclose certain information to students. This handout provides the information that a college must provide to students on graduation rates and transfer-out rates for full-time students seeking degrees at Minnesota North College (MNC).
Federal regulations specify how to calculate the graduation and transfer rates. The rates come from a study of Minnesota North College students who started at the college in a fall cohort. The study includes all first-time students who enrolled full-time that fall and were seeking to earn a degree, diploma or certificate at the college. The graduation rate is the percentage of these students who graduated from MNC within three years. The transfer-out rate is the percentage of these students who did not graduate from MNC, but instead transferred to another college or university within three years.
These rates do not report on all students at Minnesota North College. The 556 first-time, fulltime students in the study were 12 percent of all students enrolled at MNC in fall of 2020.
- The graduation rate for MNC was 42 percent.
- The transfer-out rate for MNC was 13 percent.
- The combination of the graduation rate and the transfer-out rate for MNC was 55 percent.
- The national average combined rate for similar colleges was 48 percent. .
- Since MNC has an “open door” mission, many new students need to take “developmental” courses to improve their reading, writing or math skills before taking other college courses;
- Students who switch from full-time to part-time enrollment or “stop out” for one or more semesters are more likely to take more than three years to graduate;
- Some students take jobs before they graduate;
- Other students delay their education for personal, family or financial reasons.
