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Concurrent Enrollment
COVID 19 and Concurrent Enrollment
As local education providers (LEPs) consider Concurrent Enrollment and higher education admissions for students in these exceptional times, the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) and Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) provide this resource to support the local decision-making process.
Overview
Comparison Chart: Concurrent Enrollment/ASCENT/Dual Enrollment (updated July 2018)
Fact Sheet
Annual Report on Concurrent Enrollment for 2018-19
CDE collaborated with the Department of Higher Education to release the 2018-19 Annual Report on Concurrent Enrollment in Colorado with new data highlighting the enrollment and outcomes of Concurrent Enrollment students in the 2018-2019 school year.
Highlights include:
- Concurrent Enrollment continues to see sustained increases in participation, with an annual growth rate of 11% percent statewide with 34,519 students participating in 2018-19.
- Statewide, 97 percent of school districts and 86 percent of high schools offer Concurrent Enrollment programs.
- Compared to the previous year, participation in Concurrent Enrollment increased 11.3 percent among Asian students, 15 percent among African American students, 12.1 percent among Hispanic students, 10.1 percent among White, non-Hispanic students and 10.5 percent among students identifying as more than one race.
- High school students attempted a total of 293,820 Concurrent Enrollment credit hours. The average number of credit hours attempted per student was 8.5 with an average of 8 hours passed.
- 55 percent of Concurrent Enrollment students were enrolled in a credential-seeking program.
- Through Concurrent Enrollment or ASCENT programs, 3,116 students earned some type of postsecondary credential in 2018-19 while still in high school. This is a 13 percent increase over the 2017-18 total credential-completion number of 2,758.
Annual Concurrent Enrollment Reports Archives
Contact
Michelle Romero
Phone: 303-866-6609
E-mail: romero_m@cde.state.co.us
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