The academic success of students is Northcentral Technical College's highest priority. The Student Success Framework for the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) defines and measures student achievement.
Student Achievement Information
The WTCS Student Success Scorecard provides student achievement measures for all WTCS colleges in the areas of course completion, retention/persistence, credential completion/graduation, transition/transfer, job placement, and graduate salary and wages.
Listed below are NTC's key retention/persistence outcomes as well as credential completion/graduation outcomes from the WTCS Student Success Scorecard. To view NTC’s job placement results for each academic program, please see our Graduate Outcomes Report, located on our Current Publications page.
Northcentral Technical College Student Achievement Key Metrics with WTCS Benchmarks 2017–2020 1
WTCS Indicator 2: Retention/Persistence
| Description | 2017 NTC |
2017 WTCS |
2018 NTC |
2018 WTCS |
2019 NTC |
2019 WTCS |
2020 NTC | 2020 WTCS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-time program students retained from fall to spring term 2 | 84% | 82% | 83% | 82% | 82% | 82% | 82% | 81% |
| First-time program students retained from year to year | 65% | 64% | 65% | 65% | 64% | 65% | 66% | 62% |
WTCS Indicator 3: Credential Completion and Graduation
| Description | 2017 NTC |
2017 WTCS |
2018 NTC |
2018 WTCS |
2019 NTC |
2019 WTCS |
2020 NTC | 2020 WTCS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-time program students graduating from the same program within three years | 48% | 34% | 42% | 36% | 44% | 38% | 45% | 34% |
| First-time program students graduating from the same program within six years | 46% | 40% | 47% | 40% | 44% | 42% | 52% | 39% |
WTCS Indicator 5 - Job Placement and Salary
| Description | 2017 NTC |
2017 WTCS |
2018 NTC |
2018 WTCS |
2019 NTC |
2019 WTCS |
2020 NTC | 2020 WTCS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program graduates attaining employment within 1 year of graduation | 95% | 94% | 94% | 93% | 94% | 93% | 90% | 91% |
1 To allow for accurate benchmarking, all data was derived from WTCS data sources: Retention, Graduation, and Job Placement metrics were derived from the WTCS OLAP Data Cubes.
2 First-time program student definition: Student who has not been enrolled in the program during the four years previous to the cohort year, and is enrolled in at least one FTE-generating course at the College during the cohort year.
NTC External Assessment Pass Rates
| Program Name/Assessment | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADN Nursing National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX) |
95% | 88% | 97% | 97% | 95% |
| Criminal Justice Academy Simulation Testing |
96% | 88% | 81% | 100% | 100% |
| Dental Hygiene National Board Dental Hygiene Exam |
100% | 96% | 92% | 96% | 96% |
| Dental Hygiene (clinical) Central Regional Dental Testing Service (CRDTS) |
83% | 89% | 92% | 100% | 88% |
| Emergency Medical Technician NREMT Registry Exam* |
80% | 84% | 74% | 78% | 59%* |
| Medical Lab Tech ASPC Board of Registry |
100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Medical Assistant CMA (AAMA) Exam |
100% | 96% | 100% | 100% | 83%** |
| Nursing Assistant (CNA) Skills Test |
82% | 79% | 81% | 82% | 88% |
| Nursing Assistant (CNA) Pearson Vue CNA Written Exam |
97% | 98% | 99% | 98% | 78% |
| Paramedic NREMT Registry Exam* |
81% | 87% | 60% | 60% | 76% |
| Radiography ARRT National Registry |
100% | 92% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Surgical Technician National Certification Exam for Surgical Technologists |
100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Source: Results from various national registry examination boards
*Cumulative pass rate within 6 attempts – students have until December 2021 to complete their attempts; rate subject to change
**Results not yet confirmed by AAMA