DOCUMENT RESUME ED 448 849 JC 010 127 AUTHOR Hodge, Valerie L. TITLE Bellevue Community College Student Profile Report, Fall 1999. INSTITUTION Bellevue Community Coll., WA. PUB DATE 2000-04-00 NOTE 130p.; Produced by Bellevue Community College, Office of Institutional Research. PUB TYPE Numerical/Quantitative Data (110) Reports Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Community Colleges; *Enrollment; Females; Institutional Characteristics; Males; *Student Characteristics; *Two Year College Students; Two Year Colleges IDENTIFIERS *Bellevue Community College WA ABSTRACT This report presents a statistical profile of Bellevue Community College (BCC)(Washington) students for fall 1999. Highlights for this semester include:(1) 19,393 students were enrolled, an increase of 2,820 over the fall of 1997;(2) the average age of all students was 30 years, with the average age of credit students being 25;(3) 73% of students aged 20-24 attended classes full-time;(4) 60% of all students were women, 54% of whom attended classes full-time;(5) women represent 81% of students who already had a baccalaureate or higher degree;(6) BCC enrolled 3,171 students of color, 1,738 of whom were Asian American, 378 African American, 346 Hispanic, and 97 Native American (and the rest "other"); and (7) 885 students transferred from BCC to other institutions of higher education in Washington. This report includes sections that detail age, gender, ethnicity and race, student mobility and origin, other student demographics, credit and attendance, program enrollments, and student outcomes. Appended is information about zip codes, high schools attended, ethnicity, state and contract students, and maps. (Contains 67 tables.) (EMH) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement STUDENT EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to PROFILE improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent REP RT official OERI position or policy. FALL 1999 PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY L__14 C1-1t'' TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Office of Institutional ON, Research N I O u,sBellevue 1F, Community College 2 BEST COPYAVM BLE Bellevue Community College STUDENT PROFILE Fall, 1999 April, 2000 Valerie L. Hodge Director, Institutional Research .)0 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ESi I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. AGE CHARACTERISTICS 3 Age and Attendance Status: Full-time and Part-time 4 Age and Attendance Status: Time of Day 5 Age and Average Number of Credits Enrolled 6 Student Intent by Age 7 III. GENDER CHARACTERISTICS 9 Gender and Attendance Status 9 Gender and Age 10 Gender and Employment Status 11 Gender and Enrollment in Developmental Courses 12 Gender and Student Intent 12 Gender of Students Recently from High School 13 Gender and Prior Education 13 IV. ETHNIC/RACIAL CHARACTERISTICS 15 Detailed Race and Hispanic Origin 17 Ethnic/Racial Characteristics and Age 20 Zip Code Origin of Students of Color 22 Origin of Students of Color by High School Attendance 23 Academically Disadvantaged Students by Ethnicity 25 Employment Status of Students by Ethnicity 25 Student Full- and Part-time Attendance by Ethnicity 27 Student Intent by Ethnicity 27 Student Prior Education by Ethnicity 28 V. STUDENT MOBILITY AND ORIGIN 31 Student Mobility: New and Returning Students 31 Student Mobility: Students Transferring From BCC to Other Institutions 33 Student Origin: Zip Code of Residence 35 Student Origin: Home District of Students (other than BCC) 36 Student Origin: High Schools 38 Student Origin: Recent High School Graduates 40 International Students 41 VI. OTHER STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS 45 Students Receiving Financial Aid 45 Previous Education 45 Students with Disabilities 46 Family Status of Students 48 Work Status of Students 48 Immigrants and Refugees 49 VII. STUDENT INTENT 51 VIII. CREDIT AND ATTENDANCE CHARACTERISTICS 53 Credit Characteristics 53 Full-time and Part-time Attendance 53 Students' Planned Length of Enrollment 54 Time and Location of Student Attendance 57 IX. PROGRAM ENROLLMENTS 59 Professional/Technical Program Enrollments 59 Students by Funding Sources: FTE's and Headcounts, BCC and Peer Colleges 62 Distance Learning 63 Academic, Vocational, Basic Skills, and Developmental Enrollments 64 Continuing Education Programs 65 Running Start Students 65 X. STUDENT OUTCOMES 67 Associate Degrees and Other Awards 67 BCC Student Performance After Transfer 67 Student Length of Stay (Progress) 69 Program Completions 69 Professional/Technical Program Outcomes 71 Appendix 1 73 Ethnicity by Zipcode, Fall 1999, Sorted in Zip Code Order Ascending 73 Ethnicity by Zipcode, Fall 1999, Sorted by Decreasing Number of Students of Color 79 i 4 Zipcode of Residence of Students of Color Attending BCC, Fall 1995 to Fall 1999 85 Appendix 2 89 Ethnicity by High School Attended, Fall 1999, In Order of Number of Students Sent to BCC, Descending 89 Ethnicity by School Attended, Fall 1999, In High School Alphabetical Order 95 Appendix 3 101 Definition of BCC Service Area by Zip Code 101 Map of BCC Service Area Zip Codes 102 Expanded List of Zip Codes and Community Names 103 Appendix 4 105 High School Attended, State and Contract Students, Fall 1995 to Fall 1999 105 Recent High School Graduates, State and Contract Students, Fall 1995 to Fall 1999 113 ii 5 LIST OF TABLES Table 1-1: Number of BCC Students, Fall 1995 to Fall 1999 1 Table 11-1: Age Distribution of BCC Students, Total College Enrollments, Fall, 1993-1997 3 Table 11-2: Age Distribution of BCC Students, College Credit Only, Fall, 1993-1997 4 Table 11-3: Student Enrollments by Major Age Groups, Total and Credit Enrollments, Fall Quarters, 1995 and 1997 5 Table 11-4: Comparison of BCC and National Age Distribution, All Community College Students 6 Table 11-5: BCC College Credit Students, Attendance Status by Age, Fall, 1997 7 Table 111-1: Gender by Age, Total Enrollments, Fall Quarters, 1995 and 1997 9 Table 111-2: Gender by Age, Credit Enrollments, Fall Quarters, 1995 and 1997 10 Table 111-3: Gender and Attendance Status, Fall, 1997 10 Table 111-4: Employment Status of Students While Enrolled at BCC, State and Contract Students, Fall 1995 to Fall 1999 11 Table 111-5: Students Enrolled in Developmental or Basic Skills Classes by Gender, State and Contract Students, Fall 1995 to Fall 1999 12 Table 111-6: Student Intent by Gender, State and Contract Students, Fall 1995 to Fall 1999 12 Table 111-7: Recent High School Graduates by Gender, State and Contract Students, Fall 1995 to Fall 1999 13 Table 111-8: Education Prior to Attendance At BCC 13 Table IV-1: Ethnic/Racial Characteristics of BCC Students, Fall Quarters, 1995 and 1997 15 Table IV-2: Detailed Race and Hispanic Origin of BCC Students, Fall, 1997 17 Table 1V-3: Ethnicity and Age, Total Enrollments, Fall, 1997 20 Table IV-4: Ethnicity by Age, College Credit, Fall, 1997 22 Table IV -5: Residence by Zip Code, Students of Color, College Credit, Fall, 1997 23 Table IV-6: Residence by Zip Code, Students of Color, Total Enrollments, Fall, 1997 24 Table IV-7: Zip Code Residence of Students of Color, Total Enrollments, Fall Quarters 1997 and 1995 25 Table IV-8: Zip Code Residence of Students of Color, College Credit Only, Fall Quarters, 1997 and 1995 26 Table IV-9: Students of Color and High School Attended, College Credit Enrollments Only, Fall, 1997 27 Table IV-10 Students of Color and High School Attended, Total College Enrollments, Fall, 1997 27 Table IV-11: Prior Education by Ethnicity, State and Contract Students, Fall 1995 to Fall 1999 29 Table V-1: New And Returning Students, State-Supported Enrollments at BCC and PeerColleges, Fall, 1997 31 Table V-2: New and Returning Students, State-Supported Enrollments at BCC and Peer Colleges, Fall Quarters, 1993-97 32 Table V-3: Transfers from BCC to Other Washington Institutions, Fall 1996 33 Table V-4: Number of Transfers to Public Four-Year Institutions, BCC, Peer Colleges, and System, 1992-93 through 1996-97 34 Table V-5:Transfers to BCC from other Washington Colleges & Universities, Fall, 1996 35 Table V-6: Zip Code of Residence of All BCC Students, Fall Quarters, 1993-97 36 Table V-7: Zip Code of Residence of College Credit Students, Fall Quarters, 1993-97 36 Table V-8: BCC Students Who Reside in Another Community College District, State & Contract Students, Fall Quarters, 1993-97 37 Table V-9: High School Origins, BCC College Credit Students, Fall, 1997 38 Table V-10:Students Who Were Recent High School Graduates, State and Contract Students, Fall, 1997 39 Table V-11: Recent High School Graduates, BCC Service Area School Districts, State and Contract Students 40 Table V-12: Recent High School Graduates, Fall 1995 to Fall 1999, Top Twenty High Schools, State and Contract Students 41 Table V-13: International Students Attending BCC, Fall 1999 42 Table VI-1: Characteristics of Financial Aid Recipients, Fall, 1997 45 Table VI-2: Educational Attainment of BCC Students at Entry, State and Contract Students, Fall, 1997 45 Table VI-3:Educational Background of Students New to College, State Supported Students Only, Fall, 1997 46 Table VI-4: Family Status of BCC Students, State and Contract Students, Fall Quarters, 1993-1997 48 Table VI-5: Work Status of Students