Advancing Texas’ higher education goals, lifting students and building our state’s workforce.
Houston Guided Pathways to Success (GPS) has grown to 13 institutions representing nearly 300,000 students in the Texas Gulf Coast Region. Since the consortium was formed in 2013, our collaborative efforts have resulted in consistent progress in key metrics that drive graduation rates and efficiency, speeding the time to completion and lowering cost to students.
Key Performance Metrics, 2013-2019
First-Year Performance
2-Year Institutions
+5.7%
FTIC (First Time In College) one-year retention rates have risen to 65.3%
+88.1%
FTIC students completing 30 semester credit hours has nearly doubled, to 23.7%
4-Year Institutions
+2.7%
FTIC one-year retention rates has risen to 83%
+1.6%
Transfer student retention has risen to 82.7%
+11.9%
FTIC students completing at least 30 semester credit hours their first year has risen to 47.1%
Graduation Rates
2-Year Institutions
+155%
FTIC students graduating within two years have more than doubled to 9.7%
+85%
FTIC students graduating within three years have nearly doubled to 19.2%
+49%
Transfer students graduating within two years increased to 15.2%
+59%
Transfer students graduating within three years has increased to 23.5%
4-Year Institutions
+8.1%
FTIC students graduating within four years have risen to 33.2%
+26%
FTIC students graduating within six years have risen to 53.7%
+4.7%
Transfer students graduating within four years have risen to 35.3%
+18.3%
Transfer students graduating within six years have risen to 69.3%
Total Credits to Degree
2-Year Institutions
-2.9 hrs
The number of credit hours FTIC students take to graduate dropped to 74.6
-3.6 hrs
The number of credit hours Transfer students take to graduate dropped to 102.7
4-Year Institutions
-3.7 hrs
The number of credit hours FTIC students take to graduate dropped to 138.4
-3.7 hrs
The number of credit hours Transfer students take to graduate dropped to 145.6