College success rates
A core component of the Oakland Early College experience is integrated dual enrollment in college coursework at Oakland Community College. During the 2009-2010 academic year, OEC students enrolled in approximately 650 college courses, earning approximately 1850 credits. For the most recently completed term, Summer I 2010, students passed over 98% of their college coursework, and carried an average course GPA in college of about 3.3 GPA. The transferability rate for college coursework—meaning grades of C− or higher—was approximately 97%. During the previous full, 15-week semester, Winter 2010, students passed approximately 94% of their college courses—again, a higher pass rate than traditional college students—with a transfer rate of about 85%. In doing so, they carried about a B average in their college coursework.
College success rates have remained fairly consistent throughout the school's history, but have trended upwards since its inception.
OEC students are represented within the college's Phi Theta Kappa Alpha Omicron Xi Chapter Honor Society and have the opportunity to participate in the numerous student life options that Oakland Community College has to offer.
Pace of study
Oakland Early College students have full access to the over 160 degree pathways at Oakland Community College. In general, students at OEC graduate with both their high school diploma and their associate degree, and/or two years of transferable college credit.
Students at Oakland Early College matriculate from grade 9 through grade 13, with entry available through 12th grade.
By grade 11, each student is enrolled in a blend of college and high school courses.
By grade 12, OEC students take the majority of their courses at the college level. By grade 13, students can be full-time college students taking just one high school seminar or support class.
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