Retention and Graduation Rates

Under the Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act of 1990, Public Law 101-542, DACC is required to calculate (using a prescribed formula) and disclose graduation rates for all first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students who enrolled at DACC in Summer and Fall 2022. This cohort consists of 934 students. The number of graduates who earned either a certificate or an associate degree by Summer 2025 was 160 (17%). The four-year average, Student-Right-to-Know graduation rate was 17 percent.

Rates for previous cohorts after three years are as follows:

Three-Year Graduation Rates for previous cohorts
Cohort Rate
Fall 2021 Cohort 19%
Fall 2020 Cohort 16%
Fall 2019 Cohort 17%

 

The first-to-second retention rate for first-time, full-time DACC students from Fall 2023 to Fall 2024 was 63 percent.