Consumer Information

Cochise College shall not permit the disclosure of information from educational records or personally identifiable information contained therein other than directory information of students without the written consent of the student to any individual, agency, or organization other than in specific situations as outlined by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, its amendments and the final rule of the U.S. Department of Education. Students may withhold disclosure of any directory information by submitting written notification to the Admissions Office prior to the first day of classes each semester. Failure on the part of any student to specifically request the withholding of directory information indicates individual approval for disclosure. One exception which permits disclosure without consent is disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school official is a person employed by Cochise College in an administrative, supervisory, academic or research, or support staff position (including law enforcement unit personnel and health staff); or a person or company with whom Cochise College has contracted (such as an attorney, auditor, collection agent, or official of the National Student Clearinghouse).

Cochise College designates the following items as directory information: student name, major field of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received and most recent previous school attended. The college may disclose any of those items without prior written consent unless notified in writing to the contrary by the student in advance of any request.

Online access is available to students and confidentiality is provided through secure username/password access by logging into the MyCochise Portal. Class schedules, grades, transcripts, accounts and more are available 24/7.

Questions about your student records? Contact the Registrar by email at reg@cochise.edu or call 800-966-7943.

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Criminal penalties, including imprisonment of up to five years and fines of up to $250,000 per offense for “willful” copyright infringement.

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  • CNA Licensure Pass Rate 2021: 83%
  • EMT Pass Rate 2021: 80%
  • Home Health Aide Licensure Pass Rate
  • 2021: 100%
  • Fire Science Pass Rate 2021: 88%
  • Law Enforcement Pass Rate: 100%
  • Paramedic Pass Rate 2021: 100%
  • Pilot Flight Technology Overall Combined Pass Rate: 89%

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The Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act requires co-educational institutions of postsecondary education that participate in a Title IV, federal student financial assistance program, and have an intercollegiate athletic program, to prepare an annual report to the Department of Education on athletic participation, staffing, and revenues and expenses, by men’s and women’s teams.

The data submitted to the Department of Education can be accessed here.
To locate the data for Cochise College, select “Get Data for One School” and enter “Cochise County Community College District”. 

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As a Perkins V Grant subrecipient, Cochise College is required by federal and state law to report its performance in CTE programs annually. The College’s performance is measured with three distinct State Determined Levels of Performance (SDLP), which are established by the Arizona Department of Education (ADE). Cochise College submits its annual performance to ADE via the Consolidated Annual Report (CAR).

Perkins V recipients must meet at least 90% of the state-established goals each year. Failure to achieve at least 90% of the SDLPs will result in the institution being placed in a Performance Improvement Plan for the next grant year for the failed measure.

Cochise College has met the required performance levels for FY 2023.

Below are the definitions for the performance levels:

Sourced from ADE: Performance Measures for Postsecondary Schools (PDF)

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1P1 — Retention & Placement

• Numerator: The number of CTE concentrators who, in the second quarter after program completion, remain enrolled in postsecondary education or advanced training, enter military service, volunteer in a national service program that receives assistance through the National and Community Service Ace of 1990 or the Peace Corps, or were employed.
• Denominator: Number of CTE concentrators who completed their CTE program in the reporting year.

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2P1 — Credentials, Certificate, or Degree

• Numerator: Number of CTE concentrators who attained a recognized postsecondary certificate, degree, or credential during participation in a CTE program or within one year of program completion.
• Denominator: Number of CTE concentrators who left their postsecondary education CTE program in the reporting year.

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3P1 — Nontraditional Enrollment

• Numerator: Number of nontraditional CTE concentrators in a nontraditional CTE program in the reporting year.
• Denominator: Number of CTE concentrators in a nontraditional CTE program in the reporting year.

Cochise College's most recent CAR Performance Levels can be found below.

CAR IV - Performance Levels

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1P1 – Retention & Placement

	State Determined Level of Performance (%)	Actual Level of Performance (%)	State Determined vs. Actual Level of Performance (%)	Met 90% of Level of Performance (Y, N)
FY 2023	33.75	32.56	−1.19	Y
FY 2022	35.50	32.76	−2.74	Y
FY 2021	35.25	34.80	−0.45	Y

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2P1 – Credentials, Certificate, or Degree

	State Determined Level of Performance (%)	Actual Level of Performance (%)	State Determined vs. Actual Level of Performance (%)	Met 90% of Level of Performance (Y, N)
FY 2023	45.75	58.76	13.01	Y
FY 2022	45.50	52.33	6.83	Y
FY 2021	45.25	53.25	8.00	Y

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3P1 – Nontraditional Enrollment

	State Determined Level of Performance (%)	Actual Level of Performance (%)	State Determined vs. Actual Level of Performance (%)	Met 90% of Level of Performance (Y, N)
FY 2023	22.75	27.00	4.25	Y
FY 2022	22.50	24.65	2.15	Y
FY 2021	22.25	29.02	6.77	Y

Cochise County Annual Full-Time Student Equivalent (FTSE): 5,244

Annual Unduplicated Headcount: 9,422
Certificates Awarded: 528
Associate Degrees Awarded: 1,459

Fall 2022
Student Headcount (for credit): 3,797
Full-Time Instructors: 107
Part-Time Instructors: 128
Full-Time Non-Instructional Staff: 239
Part-Time Non-Instructional Staff: 63

Average age: 26

Full-Time: 37%
Part-Time: 63%

Female: 55%
Male: 44%
Not Reported: 1%

Non-Resident Alien: 2%

Hispanic/Latino: 47.4%
White: 38.2%
Black or African American: 4.8%
Asian: 1.6%
Race and Ethnicity Unkown: 1.1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native: 0.8%
Two or More Races: 4.2%

Cochise County Resident: 78%
Out-of-County Resident: 7%
Out-of-State Resident: 15%

General Fund: $45,761,687
Restricted Fund: $18,704,162
Auxiliary Fund: $1,625,056
Unexpended Plant Fund: $5,823,675
Retirement of Indebtedness: $1,885,000

Total: $73,799,579

Six years of data are provided at the program level for an understanding of students’ continuation and graduation behaviors. Calculations are based on first-time degree-seeking students who began in the fall.

Retention and Persistence Rates
Completion Rates

Student Enrollment

Student enrollment is a duplicated headcount. It may also be referred to as a seat count because it refers to the number of occupied seats. Student enrollment counts the number of students enrolled in the number of courses and not the actual number of individual students. Students are usually enrolled in more than one course in a term and would therefore be counted in each course (i.e., counted twice or more) for the term.

Student Headcount

Student headcount refers to the number of individual students enrolled or a count of individual heads. So, if a single student takes three classes, he or she is counted as one headcount. This is often referred to as an unduplicated headcount because each student is counted only once. Student headcount is often unduplicated by term or location. In these cases, the subcategories cannot be added together to obtain an overall unduplicated count since students may attend at multiple locations and over several terms.

Full-Time Student Equivalent (FTSE)

FTSE (which you may hear affectionately referred to as “footsie”) is a standardized measure of student enrollment used within a department or college-wide. FTSE is calculated by counting the total number of student credit hours in a semester and dividing by 15, which is considered to be a full-time load by state and federal agencies.

Keep in mind that FTSE represents neither student headcount nor student enrollment, but it is a conceptual measure of student enrollment. For example, a FTSE of 10 could equate to 10 full-time students, but it also could refer to 20 half-time students, or five full-time students plus 10 half-time students.

FTSE counts are reported to the state three times per year: Fall 45th day, Spring 45th day, and end of year. The end of year FTSE counts also include summer terms, 2nd 8-week Fall and Spring terms and other parts of term that do not cross the 45th day count dates. Also included is FTSE from Adult Basic Education calculated as number instructional clock hours divided by 640.