College Remediation

Highlights of the Fall 2010 Remediation Data:

• 46.2% of NM’s recent public high school graduates who enrolled in public higher education in the state have taken at least one developmental or remedial course within two years after graduation.
• Most students take only one remedial course. 25% percent of the nearly 10,101 recent high school graduates taking developmental courses needed only one course. 21.8% took two or three courses, and less than 1% of the students took four or more such courses.
• Math is the weakest area. Of all the development credits taken by the Fall 2010 First Time Freshman, 37.3 % were in mathematics were as 29.2% were in writing or reading courses.  Developmental mathematics range from basic arithmetic to the equivalent of high school intermediate algebra.
• Students who take developmental courses are increasingly concentrated in the two-year colleges

• Remediation Rates Fall 2010
• Ready for College 2010
• Ready for College 2009
• Ready for College 2008
• 2009 Developmental Education Report