The Aspen Prize Community College Benchmarking Tool

Every two years, the Aspen Institute's College Excellence Program collects student outcomes data to assess community colleges nationally and inform the process through which the finalists and winner of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence are selected. The Aspen Prize Benchmarking tool utilizes data sets from the Prize process that allow for comparison.

The tool can be used by community colleges to measure progress on student outcomes data compared to all institutions across the nation; the 150 institutions eligible to apply for the Aspen Prize; and custom peer groups. Alongside these data, we encourage users to gather and analyze a more comprehensive list of measures of student success, which can be found at this link.

For guides and assessment tools reflecting the practices of exceptional colleges — and for more information on the Aspen Prize and the methodology used to select the eligible institutions — please follow the links along the top right of the screen.

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