By Rachael Marcus and Charla Bear, KQED News Fix
Fewer than half of students in California’s community colleges are completing their degrees, and Bay Area community colleges are no exception, according to new data released by the California Community Colleges on April 9.
De Anza College in Cupertino had the highest graduation/certificate completion rate, at 66.6 percent, and Merritt College in Oakland had the lowest rate, at 40.4 percent.
Statewide, the average is 49.2 percent, down more than three points from four years ago. Hispanic and African American students’ completion rates were below 40 percent.
Completion rates for Bay Area schools slid at about two-thirds of colleges, the Oakland Tribune reported.
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