ACE Program Level Facts and Figures
Enrollment, Completion, and Retention Metrics
American College of Education is a college committed to helping as many students as possible achieve their career goals by providing high-quality education at an affordable cost. American College of Education is committed to not only starting students in a program, but to retaining those students and getting them to their ultimate goal of earning the credential they desire. The statistics below provide information regarding ACE’s enrollment, completion, and retention metrics.
Fall Enrollment by Program
August 1, 2024 – October 31, 2024
This section shows total enrollment by program level.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2024, Fall Enrollment
Certificates and Degrees Conferred By Program
July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024
This section shows the number of conferred certificates and degrees granted by program.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2024, Completions Note: B.S. in Nursing degrees are awarded during students’ enrollment during the RN to MSN program.
Fall Demographics By Program
August 1, 2024 – October 31, 2024
All student demographic data is self-reported.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2024, Fall Enrollment
Annual Retention Rate by Program
January 2024 Census Date – January 2025 Census Date
ACE calculates an annual retention rate for all certificate and degree-seekers actively enrolled at some point during the previous year, beginning with the January Census, (less graduates) who remain in an active status as of the January term census date of the reporting year.
Graduation Rate by Program
Graduations between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024
American College of Education calculates an annual graduation rate, which establishes rates of completion based on a student’s initial enrollment in a cohort, using expected time-to-completion for their program and the most current start cohort for reporting (e.g., 2020 start cohort for the master’s level). Students are only reported once at the degree level, even if enrolled in more than one program at that level.
Data reflect students who completed a program of study by December 31, 2024.
Source: ACE college systems, Department of Institutional Analytics
Note 1: Doctoral programs were launched at ACE in 2013. This cohort is the first to reach the 10 year threshold for expected time-to-completion for reporting.
Note 2: The Specialist programs at ACE are designed to offer transfer pathways to and from the doctorate programs. Meaning, the College expects to see a higher percentage of transfers in and out of the program.
Click here for the IDOE EPP Comparative Data Matrix.
Click here for annual reporting measures required by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).
Information provided by the Department of Institutional Analytics: 2025