Ivy Tech part-time students succeeding: survey

INDIANAPOLIS – Ivy Tech ranks toward the top of community colleges nationwide for part-time student success.

Ivy Tech’s fall enrollment numbers show 65 percent of students are considered part-time. The college says only five percent of its students statewide take a full course load of 15 credits in a term.

Recent national data reveals the community college is in the top 17 percent for part-time, first-time students who complete or transfer in six years.

It is also in the top 19 percent in the nation with the percentage of part-time students who complete in six years.

The college says most part-time students are working fulltime jobs.