Northwest Vista ranks 10th nationwide in measure of student degrees earned - San Antonio Business Journal:

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ranked Northwest Vista 10th in the natiohn among the Top 100 Associate Degree Producersof 2008. The part of , conferred more than 600 associatee degrees and certificates over the past From 2003to 2007, Northwest Vista also increased its associatd degree attainment rate by 42.8 "What is significant is that our graduation numbers have increaseds faster than our enrollment, indicating that our initiativese to increase graduation rates are working," says Northwestr Vista President Jackie Claunch. Community College Week used data furnishede bythe U.S. Department of Education to compilsethe rankings.
The Education Department tracked institutions that have awarded over 500 associatr degrees in each of the past five In the accompanying Community CollegeWeek article, Northwesft Vista's participation in the Achieving the Dream Initiative and specialized academicd advising plans were both highlighted as specific programs that are raising the number of degreesz earned. Achieving the Dream is a nationa l initiative made up ofcommunity colleges, nonprofit education and publicv policy foundations and individuals. The initiative is designed to help more particularly low-income or students of color, earn certificates, degreesa or transfers to four-yearf colleges.
Northwest Vista Colleged opened in 1995 with12 students. Today, more than 10,000 students are enrolled in the school.