Fire Science Management - Programmatic Outcomes Data

• Enrollment:  The number of students that enrolled in the program for the first time in the Spring, Summer, or Fall semester of the fiscal year.
• Retention: The percent of the total students in the enrollment cohortsᵻ that were retained until the end of their respective third year of the program. 
• Completion: The percent of the total students in the enrollment cohortsᵻ that completed the degree within the 150% timeframe (six years) of the program. 
• Job Placement Rate:  The percent of graduatesᶤ that are promoted as a Fire Fighter within the first six months after program completion. ​
• ᵻ Enrollment Cohort:  Students that enrolled in the program for the first time in the Spring, Summer or Fall semester of the specified fiscal year are designated as an enrollment cohort for that semester in the fiscal year. There is one enrollment cohort for this program per fiscal year.
• ᶤ Graduates: Students that completed the program in the same fiscal year. 

Notes/Sources

• N/A: Not yet available for this fiscal year. 
• Job Placement Data Source: Job placement data is collected by Malcolm X College’s Office of Institutional Effectiveness through a Fiscal Year Graduate and Certificate Completer Survey for all career and technical education (CTE) programs. This survey is administered through Qualtrics, between 12 or 18 months post-completion. The Program Director collects job placement data at the time of completion (0 months) up until 6 months from completion.    

This program is designed for Fire Fighters (FF).  FF are taking this program part-time, and on average, will complete this program between a 4 to 6 year time period.  On-time completion for this program is 4 years..