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Check out this page for the following resources and information:
Check out this page for the following resources and information:
National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Data Dashboards
Breakthrough College Student Connections Resource
Breakthrough National Student Clearinghouse Webinar: 2/17/26
Postsecondary Dashboards
Dashboard Guide
These dashboards show Breakthrough students' college access, persistence, and success data. It is typically updated in late winter-early spring depending on when National Student Clearinghouse data becomes available. Check out our guide for a breakdown of the different sections and national comparison data.
The dashboards include key information such as current college enrollment, persistence into years 2, 3, and 4, and college graduation rates.
Dashboards:
Collab. Wide: College Access, Persistence, Success: shows Breakthrough's aggregate college data.
My Site: College Access, Persistence, Success: shows the affiliate specific college data.
Affiliates can use this "Breakthrough College Student Connections Sheet" to see all of the different colleges and universities where Breakthrough students attend, and to see how many student enrollment records/affiliates are at each school.
We also have a “College Student Connections User Guide” that provides information on the data used in the sheet as well as programmatic considerations and best-practices.
If you’d like to see a video walkthrough of the sheet and user guide, you can check out our National Student Clearinghouse Webinar recording (Passcode: v=tp36zS), starting at 31:35.
Breakthrough National Student Clearinghouse Webinar: 2/17/26
Breakthrough National Student Clearinghouse Webinar: 2/17/26
We held a National Student Clearinghouse Webinar on 2/17/2026 for all affiliate staff. You can access all of the resources mentioned in the webinar below:
Resources for Accessing National Student Clearinghouse (Postsecondary) data in the Affiliate Portal:
Breakthrough Affiliate Portal Login Page
Your username is your email.bthq
Ex. jsong@breakthroughcollaborative.org.bthq
The College Access, Persistence, Success Dashboards (NSC dashboards) in the Affiliate Portal
Dashboard Guide (also linked in the Affiliate Portal)
Additional Breakthrough Resources:
Breakthrough National Office Staff Office Hours:
Salesforce: (Tuesdays, 12 PM ET/ 9 AM PT)
College Access and Success: (Wednesdays, 1:30 PM ET/ 10:30 AM PT)
Research and Evaluation: (Wednesdays, 2:30 PM ET/ 11:30 AM PT)
External Resources:
National Student Clearinghouse:
NSC Research Center: “Publishes relevant, objective data on postsecondary metrics to serve the community”
NSC News: Posts press releases and information on new reports/findings.
National Center for Education Statistics: houses education data/reports from the Department of Ed.
National College Attainment Network (NCAN) Homepage
NCAN’s Benchmarking Project Data Hub
SCRA Website- can be used to confirm military status of postsecondary students
Recommended Next Steps:
Attend our NSC Data Party next Wednesday, 2/25!
Join Office Hours to dig more into your data:
Check out the College Student Connections sheet to start connecting your students
Consult other resources like the National Student Clearinghouse, NCAN, NCES to see your data in context
Plan for upcoming student rostering to make sure that you are correcting incorrect birthdays and names
Don’t hesitate to reach out to us (Sam, Tori or Jenny) via email with any questions, or to join our office hours to chat more.
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