De Anza Tops Success Rankings
The Campaign for College Opportunity has selected De Anza as a 2025 Pathway Champion, recognizing its leadership in advancing equitable student success in transfer-level coursework and strengthening California’s transfer pathway.
The statewide research and advocacy group awarded De Anza top rankings among California community colleges for student success in completing transfer-level math and English in academic year 2023-24.
Based on figures compiled by the Campaign for College Opportunity, De Anza ranked:
- Second in the state for Black students completing transfer-level English within one year of enrolling in their courses (82.6%), indicating the campus is closing equity gaps for Black students
- Third in the state for students completing transfer-level math (78.8%) within one year. That figure is up more than 5 percentage points from De Anza’s previous ranking.
De Anza earned similar recognition from the Campaign for College Opportunity in 2024, when the group said De Anza ranked second statewide in two categories for the 2022-23 academic year – students completing transfer-level math within one year (81.4%) and students completing transfer-level English within one year (81.2%).
The nonprofit compiles the rankings to recognize community colleges that are helping students reach their goals through “equitable course placement practices,” following the passage of state legislation in 2018 requiring community colleges to move away from traditional placement methods that led many students to spend time in remedial courses before they could take transfer-level math and English.
In response to that legislation, De Anza developed new assessment practices, curriculum and other services that support students in completing those college-level courses.
(Posted on Oct. 9, 2025)