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 2011.
- This cohort consists of 1,150 students.
- The number of graduates who earned either a certificate or an associate degree by Spring 2014 was 129.
- The three-year, Student-Right-to-Know graduation rate was 11.2 percent.
Rates for previous cohorts after three years are as follows:
- 2010 cohort — 12.2%
- 2009 cohort — 13.6%
- 2008 cohort — 11.7%
- 2007 cohort — 13.3%
- 2006 cohort — 8.4%
- 2005 cohort — 6.1%
- 2004 cohort — 5.7%
The retention rate for first-time, full-time DACC admitted students from Fall 2013 to Spring 2014 was 79.3 percent.
The retention rate for these students from Fall 2013 to Fall 2014 was 60.5 percent.