Successful Course Completion

The overall course success rate displayed is defined as the count of earned grades of A, B, C, or S divided by the count of all grades for a fall semester. The goal for credit-bearing courses is to reach 75% by 2027. The goal for clock hour courses is to reach 90% by 2027.

 

Overall Course Success Rate - Credit Hour
Success Rate
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
2027 Goal - 75%
70%

Fall Credit Term 2015

71%

Fall Credit Term 2016

73%

Fall Credit Term 2017

71%

Fall Credit Term 2018

74%

Fall Credit Term 2019

69%

Fall Credit Term 2020

75%

Fall Credit Term 2021

78%

Fall Credit Term 2022

78%

Fall Credit Term 2023

80%

Fall Credit Term 2024

80%

Fall Credit Term 2025

Term
Overall Course Success Rate - Clock Hour
Success Rate
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
2027 Goal - 90%
88%

Fall TCAT Term 2020

91%

Fall TCAT Term 2021

90%

Fall TCAT Term 2022

91%

Fall TCAT Term 2023

89%

Fall TCAT Term 2024

90%

Fall TCAT Term 2025

Term

Progression is defined as the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) count of credit-bearing and degree-seeking students progressing to the accumulated credit hour marks of 12, 24, and 36 credit hours during the reported academic year. The baseline for each credit hour mark is 2019-2020. The annual target is to meet or exceed the count from the previous academic year. Sources for the data include the annual THEC Fact Book, TBR Enrollment and Funding Formula Dashboards and the ChattState student success data warehouse.

Tennessee Higher Education Commission
2025-26 Funding Formula Data
Community Colleges
Institution / Metric 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
CHSCC 12 CH 1,924 1,450 1,622 1,736 1,866
24 CH 1,564 1,216 1,257 1,320 1,328
36 CH 1,331 1,219 1,106 1,164 1,146