Student Achievement

Undergraduate Retention Rates

FALL COHORT
FOUR-YEAR RATEGOAL20162017201820192020
First-Time, Full-Time, All Students60.5%54.8%56.2%56.6%58.1%59.5%
Black or African American Students60.5%35.3%38.2%36.4%35.2%36.0%
Other URM Students*60.5%49.0%50.2%50.0%47.4%51.2%
SIX-YEAR RATEGOAL20142015201620172018
First-Time, Full-Time, All Students75%72.2%72.2%72.8%73.7%73.4%
Black or African American Students75%61.7%56.6%60.2%62.4%60.1%
Other URM Students*75%65.1%66.0%66.4%67.6%65.6%

*The category ‘Other URM Students’ includes the ethnic category Hispanic and the race categories of American Indian/Alaskan Native and Hawaiian/Pacific Islander as well as more-than-one-race individuals who identify as being from one of the aforementioned race categories.


Undergraduate Graduation Rates

FALL COHORT
FOUR-YEAR RATEGOAL20162017201820192020
First-Time, Full-Time, All Students60.5%54.8%56.2%56.6%58.1%59.5%
Black or African American Students60.5%35.3%38.2%36.4%35.2%36.0%
Other URM Students*60.5%49.0%50.2%50.0%47.4%51.2%
SIX-YEAR RATEGOAL20142015201620172018
First-Time, Full-Time, All Students75%72.2%72.2%72.8%73.7%73.4%
Black or African American Students75%61.7%56.6%60.2%62.4%60.1%
Other URM Students*75%65.1%66.0%66.4%67.6%65.6%

*The category ‘Other URM Students’ includes the ethnic category Hispanic and the race categories of American Indian/Alaskan Native and Hawaiian/Pacific Islander as well as more-than-one-race individuals who identify as being from one of the aforementioned race categories.


Graduate Student Achievement

Two-Year Time to Degree Rate Full-Time Master’s Students

ENTERING COHORT
TWO-YEAR RATEGOAL2017-182018-192019-202020-212021-22
Full-Time, All Master’s Students80%74.5%74.2%78.0%76.8%75.1%
Black or African American Students80%73.9%70.1%74.8%66.8%69.5%
Other URM Students*80%70.0%64.3%73.1%77.0%67.2%

Four-Year Time to Degree Rate Full-Time Master’s Students

ENTERING COHORT
FOUR-YEAR RATEGOAL2015-162016-172017-182018-192019-20
Part-Time, All Master’s Students80%73.9%75.3%70.6%71.8%74.6%
Black or African American Students80%69.2%67.9%57.7%66.7%62.0%
Other URM Students*80%56.0%50.0%71.4%69.1%70.0%

NOTE

Completion rates are calculated on a calendar year basis as the actual time (in average years) between entrance (the first term a student is enrolled at the master’s level as a first-time graduate student) and graduation in that program. An entering cohort is defined by academic year of entry (for example, the 2019-20 cohort includes students who entered in summer 2018, fall 2018, and spring 2019). 

Six-Year Time to Degree Rate Part-Time Doctoral Students

ENTERING COHORT
SIX-YEAR RATEGOAL2013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18
All PhD StudentsMaintain/Increase58.0%55.9%48.6%56.3%52.7%
Black or African American StudentsMaintain/Increase52.4%45.0%29.2%41.4%50.0%
Other URM Students*Maintain/Increase40.0%60.0%42.9%68.4%46.2%
SIX-YEAR RATEGOAL2013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18
All Other Doctoral Students**Maintain/Increase67.2%57.7%62.3%60.9%60.6%
Black or African American StudentsMaintain/Increase60.0%58.3%58.8%67.7%59.5%
Other URM Students*Maintain/Increase85.7%85.7%90.9%44.4%85.7%

*The category ‘Other URM Students’ includes the ethnic category Hispanic and the race categories of American Indian/Alaskan Native and Hawaiian/Pacific Islander as well as more-than-one-race individuals who identify as being from one of the aforementioned race categories.

**The category ‘All Other Doctoral Students’ includes the following degrees for this time period: DMA, DNP, EDD, and JSD. There were no students enrolled in the DSW program in these cohorts.

NOTE

Completion rates are calculated on a calendar year basis as the actual time (in average elapsed years) between first term enrolled in a given doctoral program and graduation. Thus, any lapses in enrollment (e.g., leave of absence, etc.) count toward the time-to-completion. An entering cohort is defined by academic year of entry (for example, the 2017-18 cohort includes students who entered in Summer 2017, Fall 2017, and Spring 2018). These data include part-time students as well as students who stopped out. Completion rates are cumulative: for example, a 6-Yr completion rate indicates the percent of students who graduated in 6 years or less. The goal for these metrics is to maintain or increase the observed rates year over year.


Licensing Exam Pass Rates

First-Time Test Takers

GRADUATING COHORT
LICENSING EXAMGOAL20202021202220232024
Bar Exam (Law)95%92.9%88.1%91.3%91.3%tbd
NCLEX (Nursing)95%96.8%97.0%95.4%99.6%100%
edTPA (Education)95%94.7%94.2%96.1%95.0%tbd