Pacific Islander Students at Chabot College: Success and Persistence
These tables show the latest course success and persistence rates of Pacific Islander students at Chabot by gender, age, student type, and educational goal. Pacific Islander students have lower success rates than all Chabot students. Among Pacific Islander students, success rates are highest among older students and those with AA/AS degree goals. Pacific Islander women and new students have lower persistence rates and Pacific Islander men and continuing students have higher persistence rates than all Chabot students.
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Pacific Islander Students at Chabot   
Year Number Percent 
1994 169 1% 
1995 215 2% 
1996 226 2% 
1997 225 2% 
1998 275 2% 
1999 265 2% 
2000 309 2% 

SOURCES: Student Characteristics Report,   2000-2001, Fall 2000 Final Census  
NOTE:   Pacific Islander students were   counted with Asian students  before Fall 1994.  
 Course Success Rates of Pacific Islander Students: Fall 2000 
 Course Grades BY GENDER BY AGE All Pac. Isl.Students
Female Male 19 or younger 20-21 22-24 25-29 30-39 40 or older
Successful 55% 56% 48% 62% 51% 53% 73% 81% 56%
Unsuccessful 21% 18% 24% 15% 21% 23% 11% 12% 20%
Withdrawal 23% 26% 28% 23% 27% 24% 16% 8% 25%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
 Course Grades BY STUDENT TYPE BY EDUCATIONAL GOAL All Chabot Students
New New Trsfr. Returning Continuing Transfer AA/AS Job Training Other/Und.
Successful 49% 65% 41% 57% 55% 62% 64% 52% 62%
Unsuccessful 27% 13% 24% 19% 22% 10% 13% 22% 16%
Withdrawal 24% 21% 35% 24% 23% 27% 24% 26% 22%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

 Persistence Rates of Pacific Islander Students: Fall 2000 to Spring 2001 
  19 or younger 20+21 22-24 25-29 30-39 40 or older   All Pac. Isl. All Chabot
Female 68% 81% 48% 65% 43% 70%   66% 61%
Male 70% 76% 63% 37% 56% 50%   64% 61%
  New New Trsfr. Returning Continuing Transfer AA/AS Job Training Other/Und.  
Female 66% 60% 53% 70% 69% 67% 65% 34%  
Male 58% 44% 38% 75% 79% 75% 50% 24%  
  19 or younger 20+21 22-24 25-29 30-39 40 or older   All Pac. Isl. All Chabot
New 61% 83% 50% 100% 33% 50%   61% 64%
Continuing 85% 79% 61% 68% 60% 67%   73% 69%
New Transfer 69% 100% 33% 20% 20% 80%   52% 46%
Returning 56% 0% 56% 36% 0% ---   44% 47%
  Transfer AA/AS Certificate Other/Und.
New 74% 63% 67% 58%
Continuing 78% 69% 62% 74%
New Transfer 65% 57% 25% 0%
Returning  40%  100%  100%  33% 
 DEFINITIONS & SOURCES  
Course grades:

Successful: A,B,C,CR; Unsuccessful: D,F,NC  
Persistence rate:  Percentage of students enrolled in the Fall  who also enrolled the following Spring 
SOURCES:  Institutional Research Dataset: Spring 2001 census  Fall 2000 Final Census  


Last Updated on 7/12/01
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