A study was conducted by Prince George's Community College, in Maryland, to determine outcomes after 4 years for the 2,643 first-time students who entered the college in fall 1990. The analysis was based on an outcomes typology developed at the college which defines outcomes as award and transfer; transfer without an award; award without transfer; sophomore status with at least a 2.0 grade point average (GPA); achievers (i.e., a summary of the preceding four categories); still enrolled; dropouts; or other special motive students. Outcomes for the fall 1990 cohort were then determined by ethnicity, gender, attendance patterns, the need for developmental education, and academic characteristics. Study results included the following: (1) for the 2,387 of fall 1990 degree-seeking students, 28% were categorized as achievers after 4 years, with 137 earning a degree, 214 transferring, and 314 achieving sophomores status; (2) Asian-Americans, White-Americans, and international students reached achiever status at higher rates than African-American and Hispanic-American students; (3) 54% of the students who attended their first 3 terms attained achiever status, compared to 22% of those who attended 3 or more terms but did not enroll in all of the first three major terms and 4% of those who attended 1 or 2 terms; (4) only 11% of the students who needed remediation in mathematics and at least one other area were classified as achievers, compared to 44% of students who needed no remediation; and (5) two important factors related to attaining achiever status were enrolling in any summer session and any change of major. (KP)