National Student Clearinghouse incident
Fewer than One in Five Students Who Began at Community Colleges Earned a Bachelor’s Degree Within Six Years
National Student Clearinghouse is currently experiencing a minor incident, which began 91d ago. The vendor's full update timeline is below.
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- monitoring Mar 19, 2026, 01:00 PM UTC
Community colleges serve as a key entry point to higher education, yet fewer than one in five students who start at community colleges earn a bachelor’s degree within six years. The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s Tracking Transfer report provides detailed insights into the transfer pathways and degree completion outcomes of community college students from the 2018 cohort.