Key Program Indicators

• Population: entering cohorts by fall term (F15 = Fall 2015), defined from the official show-file Cohort Year. Admission = first-time freshman (F) or transfer (T); enrollment status, plan, gender and ethnicity are taken at the entering term. The default view includes all degree programs; official CUNY/Hostos sources count associate-degree, full-time, first-time freshmen only — filter accordingly to compare.
• In-progress cohorts (marked *): students are still re-registering, so their rates will keep rising. They are shown but excluded from the comparison's accuracy averages. Each metric also only appears for cohorts whose outcome window has closed (· / ⋯ = not measurable yet), capped by the actual data currency.
• Retention (1-term/1-/2-/3-year = entering term +3/+10/+20/+30) is measured as census presence in the show file, matching official methodology (reconciles within ~0.1–0.6pp).
• ENG/MAT pass: one flag per student — a passing grade (A/B/C/D) in an ENG/MAT course within the first three terms (fall+spring+summer). ESL/ELL students ARE included, as in the official gateway figures.
• Credit attainment (≥20 / ≥30 college-level credits in year 1) uses a DIFFERENT denominator: it EXCLUDES ESL/ELL students (identified by an ESL course in year 1), matching official credit-momentum methodology. Credit rates and gateway/retention rates therefore do not share the same base.
• Graduation (2-/3-/4-year) comes from the official graduation file; full-/part-time is derived from enrolled progress units (≥12 = full-time); department is mapped from program code; ethnicity uses the official imputed grouping.
• Validation vs official (associate FT first-time freshmen): overall mean absolute difference ~0.8pp. Retention, graduation (3-/4-yr), credits and ENG pass reconcile within ~1.5pp; 2-year graduation and MAT pass remain ~1.6pp off (definitional, under review).

Dashboard vs Official Sources ↗ — full cell-by-cell reconciliation.