Some College, No Degree — Stopout Scale
432,319 Utah residents appear in SCNC with some college and no credential — Census estimates 24% of adults 25+ in a similar category.
Before families weigh two-year vs. four-year tradeoffs, scale matters: 432,319 Utah residents appear in National Student Clearinghouse records with some college credit and no credential. Census estimates 24.1% of Utah adults 25+ in a similar household-survey category — roughly one in four.
- SCNC counts people with college credit on file who have not earned a credential.
- ACS surveys adults 25+ — different definition, similar scale signal.
- Full brief: Stopout & re-engagement.
- Assumption
- Most adults who start college finish with a credential.
- Question
- How large is Utah's some-college-no-credential population?
- Evidence
- NSC SCNC 2025 · ACS 2019–2023 5-year
- Finding
- SCNC reports 432,319 Utah residents with some college, no credential; ACS estimates 24.1% of adults 25+ (481,839 people).
- Limits
- Neither source identifies individuals; definitions differ.
Source: Pathways & Outcomes analysis · NSC SCNC 2025 Data Appendix
Utah SCNC total (all ages): 432,319.
2019–2023 ACS 5-Year · 481,839 people.
What this means for you
Updated 2026-06-29. Sources: NSC SCNC · ACS. Backlog F-6 · families.
Pathways & Outcomes original analysis; cite the report and link to the primary URL. Data vintage: NSC SCNC 2025 · ACS 2019–2023.
APA: Pathways and Outcomes. (2026). Some College, No Degree — Stopout Scale. https://pathwaysandoutcomes.org/utah/research/some-college-no-degree-stopout-scale/
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