ACC’s top priority is to provide students with the tools they need to meet their goals – whether it’s to transfer to a university, directly enter the workforce, get a promotion, become college-ready, or just have fun and grow personally.
ACC is committed to enhancing learning and success for all students regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, race, or socio-economic status. That means focusing on growing graduation and transfer rates, continuing to excel on licensure pass rates, and preserving the pipeline that produces students who are well-equipped for the workforce.
Transfer Performance
ACC is the primary source of transfer students to area universities.
| ACC Combined Transfer and Graduation Rates | |
| Austin Community College District | 43% |
| Houston Community College | 36% |
| Lone Star College | 32% |
| Tarrant County College | 27% |
Source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System)
Other transfer performance measures
- ACC feeds into area four-year colleges and universities such as the University of Texas at Austin, Texas State University-San Marcos, St. Edward's University, Concordia University, Huston-Tillotson University, and Southwestern University, as well as Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, UT-San Antonio, and UT-Arlington, among others.
- Data shows ACC students perform as well as or better than native four-year university students.
- According to numbers from the University of Texas at Austin, ACC transfer students entering UT-Austin in fall 2009 earned an average 3.1 GPA after one year, compared with 3.02 for UT freshmen (and 2.9 for other Texas community college transfer students).
- More ACC students go on to obtain a bachelor's degree than students from most Texas community colleges
Workforce Performance
ACC is the primary trainer of the local workforce. The total number of ACC degrees & certificates increased 44% between AY2003-2008, from 1,836 to 2,648 (most recent data).Other performance measures
Overall, workforce licensure pass rates for ACC programs are among the highest in the state:| ACC State Licensure Pass Rates (AY2009) | |
| ACC District Program | Pass Rate |
| Dental Hygiene | 100% |
| Emergency Medical Services | 100% |
| Firefighter | 100% |
| Massage Therapy | 100% |
| Medical Lab Technician | 86% |
| Nursing (R.N.) | 99% |
| Nursing (vocational) | 100% |
| Occupational Therapy Asst. | 100% |
| Pharmacy Technician | 100% |
| Radiology | 100% |
| Sonography | 100% |
| Surgical Technician | 69% |
Registered Nursing
The ACC District has a high number of nursing graduates compared with the majority of Texas 2-year and 4-year colleges and universities
| ACC District Registered Nursing Pass Rate (2009) | |
| Austin Community College District | 99% |
| Texas Average | 91% |
| National Average | 88% |
Accounting
The ACC District has one of the highest CPA exam pass rates among major Texas colleges and universities; ACC is the top-ranked community college:
| ACC District Ranks in Top 10 in CPA Exam (Spring 2011) | |
| 1. The University of Texas-Austin | 75.37% |
| 2. Texas A&M University | 70.4% |
| 3. Texas Christian University | 68.26% |
| 4. Baylor University | 62.74% |
| 5. Southern Methodist University | 59.55% |
| 6. Abilene Christian University | 57.62% |
| 7. Trinity University | 56.02% |
| 8. Texas Tech University | 55.72% |
| 9. Midwestern University | 54.12% |
| 10. Austin Community College | 52.88% |
Source: Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
Adult/Developmental Education Performance
A growing number of students graduate from high school not ready for college. ACC provides programs that help students to bridge the gap into college and workforce training. The ACC District also helps a high percentage of GED earners go on to college:
| GED Graduates Transition to College | |
| ACC District Adult Education | 48% |
| State average | 20% |
| National average | 30% |
Sources: ACC, National Commission on Adult Literacy, and National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy