The Student Achievement Measure is supported by six sponsoring associations, working together to provide a more comprehensive and accurate picture of student progress and completion as students move across institutions and state boundaries.
Bismarck State College
Bismarck State College, the third largest college in North Dakota, is an innovative community college, offering high quality education, workforce training, and enrichment programs reaching local and global communities. Serving over 4,000 students each semester, BSC offers over 40 programs leading to a certificate, diploma, or an associate degree, as well as liberal arts courses that transfer to 4-year colleges and universities. BSC offers 18 online degree programs and one bachelor’s degree in energy management, and in cooperation with other North Dakota University System institutions, offers several additional bachelor’s degrees and graduate programs on campus. Students enrolling in BSC’s energy management bachelor’s degree program are admitted with junior standing after having completed an associate degree, certificate, or diploma in an approved energy related program of study from BSC or another regionally accredited institution. Despite the bachelor’s degree offering, BSC is primarily an associate degree and certificate granting institution and completes the associate degree and certificate program model of the Student Achievement Measure. To account for the students in the cohort who earned a bachelor’s degree, these students are included in the associate degree or certificate award outcome measures if they earned that respective degree/award from BSC as well. If students only earned a bachelor’s degree from BSC, they cannot be included in any of the outcome categories within the associate degree and certificate model. The cohort sizes are adjusted to reflect the exclusion of these students.Fall 2018 First-time Full-time Cohort
6-year outcomes for undergraduate associates-seeking students as of 2024
First-time-at-Institution, All Students Starting Fall 2018
Number of students: 863
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WITHIN 6 YEARS
Graduated: Reporting institution
Enrolled: Reporting institution
Transferred: Other Institution
Current Status Unknown
The SAM Associate's Degree / Certificate model tracks a group of students who started an associate degree program or certificate program at Bismarck State College in the Fall of 2018. The students’ progress toward a degree or certificate is reported within 6 years.
The sections of the SAM chart represent the proportion of students in the original group with the following five outcomes.
- Students who started at and graduated from Bismarck State College are represented by the purple bar with the solid black bar underneath ().
- Students who started at and are still enrolled at Bismarck State College are represented by the aqua bar with two white stripes underneath ().
- Students who started at Bismarck State College and transferred to another institution prior to earning a degree or certificate are represented by the orange bar with the large white stripe underneath (). These students may have graduated or still be enrolled at another institution.
- Students from the original group whose status is unknown are represented by the green bar with the top white stripe (). These students may have graduated or still be enrolled somewhere, but their status could not be determined conclusively.
Bismarck State College | Associate / Certificate Seeking Model - All Students
| OUTCOMES FOR STUDENT STARTING AT BISMARCK STATE COLLEGE IN FALL 2018 BY SUMMER 2024 | |||||||
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| = | Total Graduated from Bismarck State College | 75% | |||||
| Enrolled at Bismarck State College | 2% | ||||||
| Transferred with no degree or certificate from Bismarck State College* | 15% | ||||||
| Current Status Unknown | 8% | ||||||
* Students who transferred may have subsequently earned a degree or award or be still enrolled; their status is not tracked after their transfer from Bismarck State College.
First-time-at-Institution, Full-Time Students Starting Fall 2018
Number of students: 796
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WITHIN 6 YEARS
Graduated: Reporting institution
Enrolled: Reporting institution
Transferred: Other Institution
Current Status Unknown
The SAM Associate's Degree / Certificate model tracks a group of students who started an associate degree program or certificate program at Bismarck State College in the Fall of 2018. The students’ progress toward a degree or certificate is reported within 6 years.
The sections of the SAM chart represent the proportion of students in the original group with the following five outcomes.
- Students who started at and graduated from Bismarck State College are represented by the purple bar with the solid black bar underneath ().
- Students who started at and are still enrolled at Bismarck State College are represented by the aqua bar with two white stripes underneath ().
- Students who started at Bismarck State College and transferred to another institution prior to earning a degree or certificate are represented by the orange bar with the large white stripe underneath (). These students may have graduated or still be enrolled at another institution.
- Students from the original group whose status is unknown are represented by the green bar with the top white stripe (). These students may have graduated or still be enrolled somewhere, but their status could not be determined conclusively.
Bismarck State College | Associate / Certificate Seeking Model - Full-Time
| OUTCOMES FOR STUDENT STARTING AT BISMARCK STATE COLLEGE IN FALL 2018 BY SUMMER 2024 | |||||||
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| = | Total Graduated from Bismarck State College | 78% | |||||
| Enrolled at Bismarck State College | 2% | ||||||
| Transferred with no degree or certificate from Bismarck State College* | 15% | ||||||
| Current Status Unknown | 5% | ||||||
* Students who transferred may have subsequently earned a degree or award or be still enrolled; their status is not tracked after their transfer from Bismarck State College.
First-time-at-Institution, Part-Time Students Starting Fall 2018
Number of students: 67
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WITHIN 6 YEARS
Graduated: Reporting institution
Enrolled: Reporting institution
Transferred: Other Institution
Current Status Unknown
The SAM Associate's Degree / Certificate model tracks a group of students who started an associate degree program or certificate program at Bismarck State College in the Fall of 2018. The students’ progress toward a degree or certificate is reported within 6 years.
The sections of the SAM chart represent the proportion of students in the original group with the following five outcomes.
- Students who started at and graduated from Bismarck State College are represented by the purple bar with the solid black bar underneath ().
- Students who started at and are still enrolled at Bismarck State College are represented by the aqua bar with two white stripes underneath ().
- Students who started at Bismarck State College and transferred to another institution prior to earning a degree or certificate are represented by the orange bar with the large white stripe underneath (). These students may have graduated or still be enrolled at another institution.
- Students from the original group whose status is unknown are represented by the green bar with the top white stripe (). These students may have graduated or still be enrolled somewhere, but their status could not be determined conclusively.
Bismarck State College | Associate / Certificate Seeking Model - Part-Time
| OUTCOMES FOR STUDENT STARTING AT BISMARCK STATE COLLEGE IN FALL 2018 BY SUMMER 2024 | |||||||
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| = | Total Graduated from Bismarck State College | 36% | |||||
| Enrolled at Bismarck State College | 3% | ||||||
| Transferred with no degree or certificate from Bismarck State College* | 15% | ||||||
| Current Status Unknown | 46% | ||||||
* Students who transferred may have subsequently earned a degree or award or be still enrolled; their status is not tracked after their transfer from Bismarck State College.