Fact-check: “Most students at Manchester Community College in CT go on to attend other colleges.”
Verdict: False (72% confidence)
The best available data from the Student Achievement Measure (SAM) shows that only 33% of MCC-CT students in the Fall 2016 cohort had transferred to another institution by Summer 2022, with 42% having unknown status — well short of a majority. IPEDS-sourced data from a 2019 Data Feedback Report shows a combined graduation and transfer-out rate of just 33%, and third-party aggregators pulling IPEDS data confirm graduation rates in the 14–22% range with no evidence that a majority of enrolled stu…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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