Metro College Success Program

The Metro College Success Program (Metro), a partnership between San Francisco State University and City College of San Francisco, increases college completion among low-income, under-represented, and first-generation students. Students are placed in a small community of peers who take two or three general education (GE) courses together each semester for their first two years of college. Metro speeds progress to transfer and to a bachelor's degree by providing a course pathway that reduces the likelihood of students taking excess units. Metro helps underprepared students rapidly build foundational academic skills through carefully designed courses that progressively build these skills over four semesters while engaging students early in their chosen fields. Metro students also receive additional one-on-one support from faculty and have individual education plans worked out with an academic counselor who follows the students over time.