Several years ago, the New Mexico Legislature passed the Accountability in Government Act, requiring all state agencies to develop measures of accountability to be presented annually to the Legislative Finance Committee. They later added quarterly reports. With the help of the then New Mexico Association of Community Colleges’ Institutional Researches, a set of Accountability Measures were adopted by all New Mexico community colleges and have been reported since then. They appear in the accompanying links.
https://www.nmlegis.gov/entity/lfc/Accountability_In_Government_Act
The purpose of the instruction and general program at New Mexico’s community colleges is to provide credit and noncredit postsecondary education and training opportunities to New Mexicans so they have the skills to be competitive in the new economy and are able to participate in lifelong learning activities.
Santa Fe Community College – Performance Measures Summary
* recommended for General Appropriation Act
| Purpose/Measure | FY19 Actual | FY20 Actual | FY21 Budget | FY22 Request | FY22 Recomm | |
| Outcome | Total number of associate’s degrees with CIP code 51.38 for nurses, conferred to those students concurrently receiving a bachelor’s degree of science in nursing | 24 | 24 | |||
| Outcome | Percent of a cohort of first-time, full-time, degree-seeking freshmen who complete an associate’s program within one hundred fifty percent of standard graduation time | 22% | 25% | 10% | ||
| * Outcome | Percent of a cohort of first-time, full-time, degree- or certificate- seeking community college students who complete an academic program within one hundred fifty percent of standard graduation time | 19% | 42.5% | |||
| Outcome | Percent of a cohort of first-time, full-time, degree-seeking freshmen who complete an associate’s program within one hundred percent of standard graduation time | 3% | ||||
| Outcome | Percent of a cohort of first-time, full-time, degree- or certificate- seeking community college students who complete an academic program within one hundred percent of standard graduation time | 10% | 40% | |||
| Outcome | Percent of a cohort of first-time, part-time, degree-seeking freshmen who completed an associate’s degree within three hundred percent of standard graduation time | 15% | ||||
| Outcome | Percent of a cohort of first-time, part-time, degree- or certificate- seeking community college students who complete an academic program within three hundred percent of standard graduation time | 15% | 30% | |||
| * Outcome | Percent of first-time, full-time freshmen retained to the third semester | 65% | 68% | 60% | 50% | 50% |
| Outcome | External dollars supporting all programs from federal or non- governmental sources, for the most recent fiscal year, excluding state governmental funding sources, in millions | $7.5 | $4.5 | $4 | $4 | $4 |
| * Output | Number of students enrolled, by headcount | 7,240 | 5,381 | 5,381 | ||
| Output | Number of degree-seeking undergraduate students enrolled, by headcount | 2,959 | 3,255 | |||
| Output | Number of first-time degree-seeking freshmen enrolled, by headcount | 169 | 226 | |||
| * Output | Number of first-time freshmen enrolled who graduated from a New Mexico high school, by headcount | 186 | 186 | |||
| Output | Number of transfers enrolled, by headcount | 504 | 504 | |||
| Output | Number of dual credit students enrolled, by headcount | 765 | 765 | |||
| Output | Number of at-risk students enrolled, by headcount | 628 | 628 | |||
| Output | Percent of undergraduate students, enrolled in at least fifteen credit hours, by headcount | 4.8% | 4.8% | 4.8% | ||
| * Output | Number of credit hours delivered | 59,900 | 46,985 | 46,985 | ||
| Output | Number of lower-level unrestricted, end-of-course student credit hours completed by undergraduate students | 51,712 | 40,717 | 40,717 | ||
| Output | Number of unrestricted, end-of-course student credit hours completed by dual credit students | 7,188 | 6,268 | 6,268 | ||
| * Output | Total number of certificates and associate degrees awarded within the most recent academic year | 908 | 677 | 750 | 574 | 574 |
| Output | Number of unduplicated certificates under one year in length awarded | 126 | 125 | 125 | ||
| Output | Number of unduplicated certificates one year in length or more awarded | 361 | 240 | 240 | ||
| Output | Number of unduplicated associate’s degrees awarded | 263 | 208 | 208 | ||
| Output | Number of awards conferred to students in high-demand fields in the most recent academic year | 184 | 134 | 134 | ||
| Output | Total number of certificates with CIP code 13.12 for elementary and secondary school educators, conferred to students that completed an alternative teacher licensure program | 76 | 49 | 49 | ||
| Output | Number of associate’s degrees with classification and instructional program codes 13.1209 and 13.1210 awarded for preschool educators | 10 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Output | Number of unduplicated awards conferred to financially at-risk students in the most recent academic year | 220 | 164 | 164 | ||
| Output | Number of unduplicated certificates under one year in length awarded to financially at-risk students | 32 | 19 | 19 | ||
| Output | Number of unduplicated certificates one year in length or more awarded to financially at-risk students | 72 | 43 | 43 | ||
| Output | Number of unduplicated associate’s degrees awarded to financially at-risk students | 116 | 101 | 101 | ||
| Output | Average number of years taken by degree-seeking first-time, full- time students to earn an associate’s degree | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5 | 5 |
| Output | Average number of credits taken by degree-seeking undergraduate students to complete an associate’s degree | 95 | 95 | 95 | ||
| Output | Cost per job created or saved at small business development centers | $2,841 | $1,827 | <$5,000 | <$5,000 | <$5,000 |
| Output | Number of nursing degrees awarded | 53 | 53 | |||
| Output | Degrees awarded per one hundred full-time equivalent students | 15.2 | 12.6 | |||
| Efficiency | Amount of education and related expenditures in the most recent fiscal year per full-time-equivalent student | $16,603 | $20,152 | $20,152 | ||
| Efficiency | Amount of education and related expenditures in the most recent fiscal year per associate’s degree recipient | $124,638 | $187,195 | $187,195 | ||
| Explanatory | Average institutional net price submitted to integrated postsecondary education data system in the student financial aid survey in February | |||||
| Explanatory | Amount of tuition and fees for the upcoming academic year for a full-time, resident, undergraduate student as a percent of the average tuition and fees for peer colleges in the western interstate commission for higher education region |
