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Higher Education Opportunity Act Required Disclosures

Ogeechee Technical College: Higher Education Act Required Disclosure

The Higher Education Act includes several items of information that institutions are required to make available to current and prospective students. New disclosure requirements in the HEOA include:

(1) Any plans by the institution for improving the academic program: Strategic Plan

(2) Student body diversity, including the percentage of full-time students who:

(a) are male:

Additional Information about Fall Enrollment 2009
Student Level	Number	Percentage
Undergraduates	501	40.34%

(b) are female:

Additional Information about Fall Enrollment 2009
Student Level	Number	Percentage
Undergraduates	741	59.66%

(c) receive a Federal Pell Grant:

Additional Information about Fall Enrollment 2009
	Total Students	Receiving Pell	Percentage
Full-time	1,242	819	65.94%
Part-time	1,177	570	48.43%
Total	2,419	1,389	57.42%

(d) who are self-identified members of a major racial or ethnic group:

Total Students: 1,242	Undergraduates
	N	%
Hispanics of Any Race	7	0.56%
American Indian or Alaska Native	2	0.16%
Asian	5	0.40%
Black or African American	395	31.80%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0.00%
White	763	61.43%
Additional Information
Two or More Races	1	0.08%
Race and Ethnicity Unknown	68	5.48%
Nonresident alien	1	0.08%

(3) Information on the placement in employment of, and types of employment obtained by,
graduates of the institution’s degree or certificate programs:

Year of Graduation (2009)
	Number of Graduates	Seeking FT Employment		Using Placement Services
	N	N	%	N	%
Placement in-field	756

(4) The retention rate of certificate - or degree-seeking, first-time, full-time,
undergraduate students entering the institution:

Additional Information: (2009)
	Total Students	Number Returning Second-Year	Percentage
Full-time	194	108	56%
Part-time	128	61	48%
Total	322	169	52%

(6) Data on completion and graduation rates for students who:

(a) receive a Federal Pell Grant
(includes IPEDS cohort of students in all TCSG award levels):

Additional Information: (Cohort Year-2005)
			Graduation
	Initial Cohort	First year retention	Within 2 years	Within 3 Year	Within 4 Years
Number	114	54	35	13	6
Percentage		47.37%	30.70%	11.40%	5.26%

(b) do not receive either a subsidized Federal loan or a Pell Grant
(includes IPEDS cohort of students in all TCSG award levels):

Additional Information: (Cohort Year-2005)
			Graduation
	Initial Cohort	First year retention	Within 2 years	Within 3 Year	Within 4 Years
Number	162	80	61	82	89
Percentage		49.38%	37.65%	50.62%	54.94%

(7) Graduation Rate (Student Right to Know)

Disclosure of Institutional Graduation/Completion and Transfer-out Rates

Ogeechee Technical College is pleased to provide the following information regarding our institution's graduation/completion and transfer-out rates. The information is provided in compliance with the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. The rates reflect the graduation, completion and transfer-out status of students who enrolled during the (2006-07) school year and for whom 150% of the normal time-to-completion has elapsed.

During the fall quarter of 2006,224 first-time, full-time, certificate or degree-seeking Undergraduate students entered Ogeechee Technical College. After 3 years, (37%) of these students had graduated from our institution or completed their programs.

Questions related to this report should be directed to:

Brandy Taylor
Director for Institutional Research and Planning
Phone: 912.871.1616 | Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

While reviewing this information, please bear in mind:

Graduation and transfer-out rates are based on 3 years of attendance that equates to 150% of our longest program.
Graduation (and transfer-out) rates do not include students who left the school to serve in the armed forces, on official church missions, or in the foreign service of the federal government. Students who died or were totally and permanently disabled are also excluded.