Graduate Data

Graduate Completion & Competency Data

As part of NSCC's Early Childhood Education program receiving NAEYC accreditation the following outcome measures are reported and updated annually.

Percentage of students who completed the program

Academic Year	Number of program completers	% of completers who were full-time	% of completers who were part-time
2021	17	18% (3)	82% (14)
2020	27	19% (5)	81% (22)
2019	19	26% (5)	74% (14)

Percentage of full-time candidates completing the program within the program's published timeframe (two years)

Academic Year	% of students that completed within 150% of two years	% of students that completed within 200% of two years
Fall 2017	17%	17%
Fall 2016	11%	14%
Fall 2015	15%	16%

Fall-to-fall retention rate in the program

Academic Year	% of enrolled students that are part-time	Retention rate among part-time	% of enrolled students that are full-time	Retention rate among full-time
Fall 2020	97/135 (72%)	51/97 (53%)	38/135 (28%)	22/38 (58%)
Fall 2019	105/143 (73%)	59/105 (56%)	38/143 (27%)	20/38 (53%)
Fall 2018	120/165 (73%)	59/120 (49%)	45/165 (27%)	25/45 (56%)

2021-2022

Standard (2010)	Did Not Meet Competency	Meet Competency
Average Standard 1: Promoting Child Development and Learning	20%	80%
Average Standard 2: Building Family and Community Relationships		100%
Average Standard 3: Observing, Documenting, and Assessing to Support Young Children and Families	26%	74%
Average Standard 4: Using Developmentally Effective Approaches to Connect with Children and Families	22%	78%
Average Standard 5: Using Content Knowledge to Build Meaningful Curriculum	25%	56%
Average Standard 6: Becoming a Professional	20%	80%

Accreditation

North Shore Community College is an accredited public institute of higher education where all are welcome and each is challenged. NSCC is accredited by NECHE, the New England Commission of Higher Education.

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Early learning programs accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) are evaluated on a comprehensive set of indicators in quality in the classroom and beyond. NAEYC Accreditation of Early Childhood Higher Education Programs uses related standards of excellence, ensuring that college program graduates have all of the key competencies to support young children's development and learning.

The A.S. Early Childhood Education degrees at North Shore Community College are accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Early Childhood Higher Education Programs of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

In Spring of 2023, the Early Childhood Education Department at NSCC was placed on probation by the Commission on the Accreditation of Early Childhood Higher Education Programs of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. A program on probation is accredited but is not in full compliance with the accreditation standards and/or other requirements for maintaining its accreditation status. A program has up to two yearly reporting cycles to demonstrate full compliance with the standards and/or other requirements for maintaining its accreditation status. The current accreditation term runs from Accreditation March, 2023-August, 31, 2025.