Facts and Statistics

American River College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC). As part of that accreditation, ACCJC Accreditation Standard I.B.3 states that "the institution establishes institution-set standards for student achievement, appropriate to its mission, assesses how well it is achieving them in pursuit of continuous improvement, and publishes this information". The Student Achievement Data provided below serve to meet this standard.

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Course completion rates include excused withdrawals (EW grades) in the denominator.

In 2016, American River College adopted a consistent college-wide methodology for computing Institution Set Standards. Institution Set Standards are computed by first taking the average of the preceding 3 years (not including the current year). Then a 95% Confidence Interval is constructed around the preceding 3-year average. The lower limit of this 95% Confidence Interval serves as the Institution Set Standard.

In 2017, American River College utilized the upper limit of the 95% Confidence Interval to serve as the Stretch Goal.

In 2019, the procedure for setting Stretch Goals for certificates, degrees, and transfers was modified to align with the California Community College Chancellor’s Office Vision for Success Goals and American River College’s Strategic Planning Goals. This alignment resulted in a stretch goal of a 20% increase for certificates and degrees, and a 35% increase for transfers by 2021-2022 using the 2016-17 year as a baseline. In 2023, following reaffirmation of American River College’s Strategic Planning Goals by the college, the same percentage increase Vision for Success Goals were also reaffirmed, but targets were reset using 2020-2021 as the new baseline.