1. About TCC

Institutional Research, Reporting & Analytics

The Office of Institutional Research provides data analysis, reporting, and support for informed decision-making, surveys, and compliance reporting at TCC.

About TCC
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The Office of Institutional Research, Reporting & Analytics promotes a culture of informed decision-making by providing accurate, timely, and official institutional data and research; and fosters data use by managing and providing user support for the College’s reporting tools. We advance this culture through quality analysis and reporting, effective communication of institutional data and its potential uses, and engaged collaboration with the College’s diverse stakeholders.

Data & Research Services

  • Institutional data retrieval, analysis, and reporting
  • Survey design, administration, and analysis
  • Research assistance
  • Compliance reporting and assistance
  • Training for the TCC community (Cognos, Qualtrics, Tableau)

If you have a data request or need additional resources beyond what is provided on our website, please submit a service request. See our most recent KPI Scorecard.

If you want to conduct a survey of TCC students, faculty, and/or staff, you must follow our Survey Administration Guidelines and submit a service request.

Service Request

Questions?

For questions regarding these guidelines, contact the Institutional Research office at 918‐595‐7925, ir@tulsacc.edu, or contact a team member.

Enrollment Fast Facts

This collection of enrollment facts serves as a quick reference tool for the community. It is updated once a semester.

Unless otherwise noted, this data is based on official, end-of-term data for Fall 2024.

Enrollment Fast FactsHeadcount
Annual Enrollment (credit students, 2024-25)21,157
Fall Enrollment (credit students, Fall 2024)15,655
Full-time Status (12 or more hours)4,999 (32%)
Age 24 and Under11,192 (72%)
Average Age23
Female9,680 (62%)
Racial/Ethnic Minority7,723 (49%)
First-time Students3,384 (22%)
First Generation to College23%
Full-time Pell Recipients (Fall 2024)43%
Developmental Placement (Fall 2024)47%
Tulsa Achieves 2024 Cohort1,840
Tulsa Achieves All Cohorts (2007-2024)30,594
Concurrent Enrollment3,188
Retention Rate (full-time)61%
Three-year Graduation Rate1 (full-time for Fall 2021 cohort)28%
Three-year Transfer Rate1 (full-time for Fall 2021 cohort)13%
Degrees Awarded (2024-25)3,829 (94%)
Certificates Awarded (2024-25)249 (6%)
Student/Faculty Ratio20:1
Full-time Faculty286 (45%)
Part-time Faculty357 (55%)
Full-time Staff (non-faculty)573 (58%)
Part-time Staff (non-faculty)419 (42%)
Associate Degree Programs (2024–25)71
Credit-bearing Certificate Programs (2024–25)29

1 Based on first-time, full-time degree-seeking, and certificate-seeking students who entered in Fall 2021.

Institutional Data

The TCC Campus Profiles are based on fall student enrollment and faculty data by TCC campuses.

Preliminary Enrollment

Preliminary Enrollment is tracked from the first day of classes after the Add/Drop period ends.

Fall Preliminary Enrollment
Spring Preliminary Enrollment
Summer Preliminary Enrollment

End-of-Term Enrollment Reports

End-of-Term Enrollment Reports are based on official enrollment files submitted to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

Comparison Report
Fall Term Report
Spring Term Report
Summer Term Report

Course Enrollment & Grade Reports

Course Enrollment and Grade Reports summarize the enrollment and grade distribution of credit courses by discipline and course for the semester.

Fall Course Enrollment and Grade Reports
Spring Course Enrollment and Grade Reports
Summer Course Enrollment and Grade Reports

Enrollment by Major

Enrollment by Major is an unduplicated headcount by major for each term in the state–defined academic year (Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters.)

Outcomes Data reports demonstrate and/or evaluate the success of students and TCC programs through graduation and licensing examination information as required for accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission.

Graduates by Major

Transfer

First–Time Entering Student Cohorts: Historical Three-Year Transfer Rates and Oklahoma Transfer Destinations

Licensure Rates by Program

Common Data Set (CDS)

The Common Data Set (CDS) is a set of clearly defined items developed through collaboration in higher education. This large compilation of institutional data is based on preliminary enrollment for the Fall of each year and is used for official institutional reporting.

Demographic Data

The TCC Demographic Ledger reports on student data for race and gender by academic year headcount, fall headcount, retention, graduation, and transfer rate and includes faculty and staff data for race and gender.

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Data Feedback Reports

Each year, all institutions that receive Title IV financial aid funds are required to complete a number of surveys for the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), which is part of the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

The following Data Feedback Reports are sent to the institution each fall and highlight our statistics as compared to a group of peer institutions:

Program Reports

This report provides data for developmental placement levels for TCC first-time degree-seeking and certificate-seeking students.

This report summarizes the success outcomes of students who enrolled in a course designed to orient students to TCC campuses and college services, emphasizing personal and social strategies with the goal of increasing student involvement in college and community activities.

This data summarizes Tulsa Achieves cohorts in many areas with comparison data to non-Tulsa Achieves cohorts for the same years.

Tulsa Achieves Annual Report for 2024-2025

Surveys

Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)

The Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) is a well-established tool that helps institutions focus on good educational practices and identify areas in which they can improve their programs and services for students. Administered every two years during the spring to mostly returning students, the Community College Survey of Student Engagement asks about institutional practices and student behaviors that are highly correlated with student learning and retention.

2024 CCSSE
2022 CCSSE
2021 CCSSE
2019 CCSSE
2017 CCSSE

Revealing Institutional Strengths and Challenges (RISC) Survey

The Revealing Institutional Strengths and Challenges (RISC) Survey provides detailed, actionable data about student success, using the latest advances in survey research and technology. Survey results pinpoint where students are experiencing obstacles and identify campus offices that excel in helping students succeed in college.

Fall 2022 RISC Student Survey Summary Report

Healthy Minds Study - Student Survey

The Healthy Minds Study provides a detailed picture of mental health and related issues in college student populations. Schools typically use their data for some combination of the following purposes: to identify needs and priorities; benchmark against peer institutions; evaluate programs and policies; plan for services and programs; and advocate for resources.

American College Health Association Well-Being Assessment 

Exit Surveys of TCC Graduates

Each academic year an Exit Survey is offered to all students applying to receive a certificate or degree from Tulsa Community College.

PACE Climate Survey for Community Colleges

The PACE Climate Survey allows community college leaders to better understand their institution’s culture and overall capacity to promote student success by hearing directly from employees about how they perceive and experience their work. In doing so, the survey promotes open and honest communication to inform priorities for change.

2025 PACE Climate Survey
2023 PACE Climate Survey
2021 PACE Climate Survey
2019 PACE Climate Survey

Survey Guidelines and the Institutional Research Team

These guidelines apply to any person or office proposing to administer a survey to TCC students, faculty, or staff. For these guidelines, a survey is defined as any set of questions administered to gather self‐reported information not available through a standard data request, regardless of whether the survey is verbal, written, or electronic. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide a centralized process to promote privacy, minimize survey fatigue, improve survey quality, and ensure college processes related to the protection of human subjects are followed.

Guidelines

Scope and Applicability

Any person or office proposing to administer a survey must obtain approval from the appropriate administrator(s) and collaborate with the Institutional Research office to schedule the survey on the official survey calendar (TCC Survey Administration Calendar in Outlook). 

These guidelines do not apply to:

  • Offices surveying faculty or staff within their own area.
  • Faculty surveying students within their own current course section(s) for instructional purposes or classroom-based action research.
  • Surveys administered immediately after events (e.g., New Student Orientation, Paint the Zoo Blue) or services (e.g., after an advising session) to evaluate those events and services.

These guidelines do apply to surveys that:

  • Target individuals or groups outside the initiator’s instructional or administration purview.
  • Target the entire faculty, staff, or student body.
  • Are a part of a research project, thesis, dissertation, fellowship, etc.
    o    Faculty members surveying students within their own current course sections, for instructional purposes or classroom-based action research are exempt. 

In addition to following these guidelines, any survey that constitutes human subject research must also be reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board. Requestors may wish to discuss survey administration guidelines, best practices, or policies prior to submitting a service request for the survey or applying for IRB approval.

Process for Survey Administration Approval

Anyone interested in administering a survey that falls under these guidelines must complete the following steps.

  1. Complete the online Survey Administration Approval Form. If the survey is not fully developed prior to submitting any forms, the requester should work with Institutional Research or the Office of Assessment to finalize the survey. 
  2. In the submission, upload an email or other document from the appropriate administrator to confirm approval of the survey (see list below). If you are unsure of the appropriate administrator(s) to approve the survey, consult with IRRA.
  3. Schedule the survey with the Institutional Research office so the survey can appear on the official TCC Survey Administration Calendar in Outlook.
  4. External researchers (e.g., not employees or students of TCC): if your survey requires Institutional Review Board approval, the application will be forwarded for review and approval, on your behalf. 

Requests will be approved based on factors including, but not limited to, the content and quality of the survey, the number of requests to survey the same population, and the dates of survey administration. The following will give final approval for survey requests:

  • All students: Vice President of Student Affairs or their designee
  • All faculty members (full time and/or adjuncts): Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer or designee
  • All employees and/or staff: Chief Human Resources Officer or designee
  • Subset of students or employees: Administrator with most applicable purview

Surveys Administration Format

Surveys administered online will use Qualtrics, the survey platform licensed by TCC, and be coordinated with the Institutional Research Office or Office of Assessment. In some cases, an experienced, reputable outside entity may be approved to use their own system or Qualtrics account. 

Information Security Requirements

Any individual requesting survey participant contact information, or other sensitive or personally identifiable information, must adhere to all applicable information security policies and FERPA guidelines and laws. When survey data that will be stored on computers, servers, or other devices is considered confidential, per the Information Security Policy, the device must be password protected and encrypted.

Survey respondent information must not be shared with or provided to other offices or to other individuals (either internal or external to the college) beyond the scope of the survey. Additionally, contact information obtained may not be shared or reused to administer other surveys without written permission. 
 

Questions?

For questions regarding these guidelines, contact TCC’s Institutional Research office at 918‐595‐7925 or ir@tulsacc.edu.

Institutional Research Team

Institutional Research Office
Metro Campus - MC 306

918‐595‐7925
​ir@tulsacc.edu

Kirstin Krug

Director

Patrick Simmons

Business Intelligence Administrator

Dillon Myrick

Business Intelligence Manager

DJ Naha

Business Intelligence Analyst II

Matthew Pelnik

Business Intelligence Analyst II

Sam Abolail

IR Project Coordinator