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Student Achievement

As an institution accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), Maysville Community and Technical College (MCTC) is obligated to provide to its students, constituents, and the public information about its goals for student achievement and the success of students in achieving those goals. The institution identifies, evaluates, and publishes goals and outcomes for student achievement appropriate to the institution’s mission, the nature of the students it serves, and the kinds of programs offered. The institution uses multiple measures to document student success. MCTC identifies the measures below for student achievement.

Click on a title below to view detailed information about each measure of success.

Graduation Rate: Overall

  • Definition: Cohort of first-time, full-time degree/certificate-seeking students who complete their program within 150% of normal time.
  • Target: Set by Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) beginning 2021-2022 
    (.5% points higher than low income graduation rate target)
  • Minimum Threshold of Acceptability: To Meet or Exceed the KCTCS Average
Graduation Rate: Overall
Academic Year MCTC Target % MCTC Actual % Threshold of Acceptability % KCTCS Average
2017-2018 35.0 41.9 31.0
2018-2019 36.0 41.6 33.9
2019-2020 37.0 45.3 36.3
2020-2021 38.0 46.8 40.2
2021-2022 45.9 49.4 41.5
2022-2023 47.2 51.3 44.2
2023-2024 48.5    

Graduation Rate: Low Income

  • Definition: Cohort of first-time, full-time degree/certificate-seeking students who complete their program within 150% of normal time.
  • Target: Meet or Exceed Target set by the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) beginning 2021-2022
  • Minimum Threshold of Acceptability: To Meet or Exceed the KCTCS Average
Graduation Rate: Low Income
Academic Year MCTC Low Income Target MCTC Actual %

Threshold of Acceptability % KCTCS Average

2018-2019 32.1 37.3 31.5
2019-2020 32.6 41.9 32.7
2020-2021 33.1 44.1 37.6
2021-2022 45.4 46.5 38.2
2022-2023 46.7 47.4 43.1
2023-2024 48.0 52.1 (unofficial) 40.9 (KCTCS target)

Retention Rate: Overall

Definition: Fall-to-fall retention rates of first-time, credential-seeking students as reported to IPEDS who re-enroll in the following fall or earn a credential by the following summer.

Target: Increase the Retention Rate by 1% point each year based upon the past three-year actual average beginning 2022-2023

Minimum Threshold of Acceptability: To Meet or Exceed the KCTCS Average

NOTE: MCTC baseline target is 58.2
Baseline: 3-year average

Retention Rate: Overall
Academic Year MCTC Target % MCTC Actual %

Threshold of Acceptability % KCTCS Average

2018-2019 51.8 56.9 55.5
2019-2020 52.8 60.9 57.1
2020-2021 53.8 55.8 55.5
2021-2022 54.8 57.8 57.3
2022-2023 58.2 61.6 60.8
2023-2024 59.2   58.5 (KCTCS target)

Retention Rate: Low Income

  • Definition: Fall-to-fall retention rates of first-time, credential-seeking students as reported to IPEDS who re-enroll in the following fall or earn a credential by the following summer.
  • Target: Increase the Retention Rate by 1% point each year based upon the past three-year actual average beginning 2022-2023
  • Minimum Threshold of Acceptability: To Meet or Exceed the KCTCS Average

NOTE: MCTC baseline target is 56.8
Baseline: 3-year average

Retention Rate: Low Income
Academic Year MCTC Target % MCTC Actual % Threshold of Acceptability % KCTCS Average
2018-2019 51.8 55.9 54.5
2019-2020 52.8 61.1 55.8
2020-2021 53.8 51.4 55.3
2021-2022 54.8 58.0 55.7
2022-2023 56.8 57.8 58.4
2023-2024 57.8   58.5 (KCTCS target)

Post-KCTCS Outcomes: Overall

  • Definition: Percentage of non-returning credential earners (degree, diploma, certificate) in one academic year that enroll at a four-year institution or are employed in Kentucky and earn a wage greater than or equal to the federal poverty level in the following academic year.
  • Target: Set by the KCTCS
  • Minimum Threshold of Acceptability: To Meet or Exceed the past three-year actual average
Post-KCTCS Outcomes: Overall
Academic Year MCTC Target % MCTC Actual %

Threshold of Acceptability % MCTC Actual Average

2018-2019   73.4 72.0
2019-2020   73.1 72.0
2020-2021   72.3 72.0
2021-2022   70.7 72.0
2022-2023 71.7   72.0
2023-2024 72.8   72.0
2024-2025 73.8   72.0
2025-2026 74.9   72.0

Post-KCTCS Outcomes: Low Income

  • Definition: Percentage of non-returning credential earners (degree, diploma, certificate) in one academic year that enroll at a four-year institution or are employed in Kentucky and earn a wage greater than or equal to the federal poverty level in the following academic year.
  • Target: Utilize the KCTCS target set for Post-KCTCS Outcomes Overall
  • Minimum Threshold of Acceptability: To Meet or Exceed the past 3-year actual average
Post-KCTCS Outcomes: Low Income
Academic Year MCTC Target % MCTC Actual % Threshold of Acceptability % MCTC Actual Average
2018-2019   70.4 71.1
2019-2020   70.8 71.1
2020-2021   71.7 71.1
2021-2022   70.9 71.1
2022-2023 71.7   71.1
2023-2024 72.8   71.1
2024-2025 73.8   71.1
2025-2026 74.9   71.1
  • Definition: Unduplicated percentage of students entering in the fall semester who earn a credential at the initial institution by the end of the following academic year, transfer by the end of the following academic year, or are still enrolled at the initial institution at any time during the following academic year.
  • Target: Set by the KCTCS
  • Minimum Threshold of Acceptability: To Meet or Exceed the past three-year actual average
Two-Year Persistence
Academic Year MCTC Target % MCTC Actual % Threshold of Acceptability % MCTC Actual Average
2018-2019   58.9 63.2
2019-2020   63.4 63.2
2020-2021   62.6 63.2
2021-2022   63.6 63.2
2022-2023 63.8   63.2
2023-2024 64.5   63.2
2024-2025 65.1   63.2
2025-2026 65.8   63.2

Target: Based on data provided by the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to the National Center for Education Statistics through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Statistics Database (IPEDS), student retention, graduation, and transfer-out rates will meet or exceed the comparison median group provided in Maysville Community and Technical College’s Data Feedback Reports.

*Data Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Statistics Database (IPEDS) Data Feedback Reports for Maysville Community and Technical College.

Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates
Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates 2018 Cohort 2019 Cohort
Graduation Rates (Student Right to Know)

MCTC: 47%

IPEDS Comparison Group: 37%

MCTC: 49%

IPEDS Comparison Group: 36%

Transfer-Out Rates (Student Right to Know)

MCTC: 7%

IPEDS Comparison Group: 13%

 MCTC: 5%

IPEDS Comparison Group: 12%

Retention Rate
Retention Rate Fall 2020 Cohort Fall 2021 Cohort
Full-time Retention

MCTC: 60%

IPEDS Comparison Group: 62%

MCTC: 66%

IPEDS Comparison Group: 61%

Part-time Retention

MCTC: 43%

IPEDS Comparison Group: 45%

MCTC: 42%

IPEDS Comparison Group: 45%

View the most current MCTC information available on IPEDS.