Highest Enrolling Spring Courses – Success Rates
Spring Term
Because most students enroll in more than one “high enrolling course” during their time at PCC, improvements in these course success rates have the potential to impact a large number of students. The ten highest enrolling courses are summarized in this report.
Course success rate is calculated as the total number of grades including withdraws divided by the number of A, B, C, and P grades in that course.
- Success rates for the highest-enrolling courses in spring 2025 range from 62.9% (MTH 95) to 86.2% (PSY 215).
- Compared to the previous two spring terms, the success rates of nine out of ten spring 2025 courses are higher than the prior terms.
- As in previous reports, seven to eight of the ten highest-enrolling courses remain consistent.? This spring, PSY 215 and BI 112 have joined the list, replacing WR 227 and BA 101.
| Course | Spr 2023 | Spr 2024 | Spr 2025 | Spring 2025 relative to prior two Spring terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR 121 | 61.6% | 62.4% | 67.5% | Higher |
| WR 122 | 74.2% | 76.5% | 76.9% | Higher |
| COMM 111 | 80.0% | 84.1% | 86.1% | Higher |
| MTH 95 | 56.4% | 56.6% | 62.2% | Higher |
| STAT 243 | 79.8% | 76.6% | 82.3% | Higher |
| PSY 201A | 75.4% | 75.6% | 81.5% | Higher |
| MTH 111 | 61.1% | 62.3% | 62.9% | Higher |
| PSY 215 | 85.1% | 86.5% | 86.2% | Within range |
| BI 112 | 65.0% | 68.0% | 74.0% | Higher |
| SOC 204 | 69.4% | 73.1% | 78.2% | Higher |
Success rates for all other spring term credit courses are available in the Argos YESS Success Rates of Highest Enrolling Courses Course – OLAP.? ?Success rates with equity gap data for previously completed academic years are available for all courses in the program/discipline review profiles.
Data Source:? Argos, YESS Success Rates of Highest Enrolling Courses, June 26, 2025