JCC at a glance 2019-2020
Student body characteristics
Enrollment by student type:
- Continuing students: 1177 (47.4%)
- First time students: 838 (33.7%)
- Returning students: 278 (11.2%)
- Transfer students: 173 (7.0%)
- Visiting students: 18 (0.7%)
- Total students: 2484 (100.0%)
Enrollment by student status:
- Full-time students: 1838 (74.0%)
- Part-time students: 646 (26.0%)
- Total students: 2484 (100.0%)
Enrollment by gender:
- Female students: 1509 (60.7%)
- Male students: 975 (39.3%)
- Total students: 2484 (100.0%)
Ethnicity/race statistics:
- American Indian/Alaskan Native students: 1.6%
- Asian students: 1.2%
- Black (non Hispanic) students: 4.3%
- Hispanic (any race) students: 7.3%
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander students: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 2.8%
- White (non Hispanic) students: 80.2%
- Race/ethnicity unknown: 2.5%
- Total: 100.0%
Age statistics:
- Students under 23: 63.9%
- Students 23 and older: 36.1%
- Mean age, all students: 24
- Mean age, first time, full-time freshmen: 19
Academics
Program offerings:
- Total degree programs: 39
- Total certificate programs: 19
Type of course instruction:
- In-person (fully or partially): 39.64%
- Online: 60.36%
- Total courses offered: 100.00%
Enrollment by location:
- Jamestown Campus students: 1476 (59.4%)
- Cattaraugus County Campus students: 570 (22.9%)
- North County Center students: 161 (6.5%)
- Online students: 277 (11.2%)
- Total students: 2484 (100.0%)
Enrollment by program type:
- A.A. students: 129 (5.2%)
- A.S. students: 1084 (43.6%)
- A.A.S. students: 1047 (42.1%)
- Certificate students: 109 (4.4%)
- Non-degree seeking students: 115 (4.6%)
- Total students: 2484 (100.0%)
Top three programs for degree-seeking students:
- Individual Studies A.A.S.: 12.9%
- Individual Studies A.S.: 11.2%
- Nursing A.A.S.: 9.3%
Faculty statistics:
- Total faculty: 243
- Student to faculty ratio: 16 to 1
Graduate statistics for graduating class of 2017-18
Degrees awarded:
- A.A.: 48 (6.8%)
- A.S.: 314 (44.5%)
- A.A.S.: 279 (39.6%)
- Certificate: 64 (9.1%)
- Total: 705 (100.0%)
Student outcomes:
84% of graduates who completed the graduate follow-up survey were employed full-time or pursuing further education within six months of graduation.
Top transfer schools:
- SUNY Fredonia
- SUNY University at Buffalo
- Daemen College
- SUNY Brockport
- St. Bonaventure University
Student retention rate: fall to fall retention rate for first time, full time students for the fall 2018 cohort was 55%.
Student success & completion
Three-year graduation, transfer, and persistence rates: first time, full-time students: a study of the 754 students who enrolled as first time, full time students at JCC in fall 2016 indicated, 36.2% had graduated by the start of the fall 2019 semester. An additional 14.3% transferred to other colleges prior to graduation, and 5.4% were still enrolled in fall 2019. (Source: State University of New York Jamestown Community College Office of Institutional Research & National Student Clearinghouse)
Three-year graduation, transfer, and persistence rates of student athletes: the number of students in this disaggregated group is too small to be meaningful. (N<5)
Graduate job placement: a total of 71% of 2017-2018 JCC graduates with Associate in Applied Science degrees responding to a survey indicated they were employed full-time. Of those responding, 73% said their current occupation is highly related to their JCC degree area and 100% said JCC prepared them for their positions in the workforce (64% indicated “very well,” 36% noted “adequately”). In the same survey, 93% of full-time transfer students responded that JCC prepared them for continuing their education. Of the respondents, 51% indicated JCC had prepared them “very well” and 42% said “adequately.” Also, 73% of the full-time transfer students are studying in a program that is highly related to their JCC program.
NOTES: Fall numbers are used to reflect the entire academic year unless otherwise noted. Student data exclude College Connections students. Degrees awarded data come from official graduation records; all other graduate statistics are based on results of the annual Graduate Follow-up Survey unless otherwise noted.
Facts & Figures are updated annually by the Office of Institutional Research, or as new data become available.