Students at graduation walking, holding deplomas.

Goal 1: Increase Graduation Rates

Graduation Report by First-Time, Full-time Cohort across 6 years (IPEDS GRS 150%)

Outcome: Students at UAH graduate within 150% of their time to degree.

Benchmark: Increase by 4% annually through 2018.

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    Graduated in
    4 Years 6 Years
Cohort Students # % # %
2000 581 85 15% 255 44%
2001 590 82 14% 260 44%
2002 610 102 17% 290 48%
2003 774 132 17% 368 48%
2004 652 84 13% 285 44%
2005 626 87 14% 284 45%
2006 801 128 16% 379 47%
2007 759 125 16% 367 48%
2008 766 116 15% 354 46%
2009 774 143 18% 382 49%
2010 600 92 15% 292 49%
2011 651 148 23% 343 53%
2012 615 135 22% 319 52%
2013 638 172 27% 370 58%
2014 714 222 31% 408 57%
2015 1,026 362 35% 623 61%
2016 1,193 465 39% 751  63% 
2017 1,339 549 41%    
2018 1,428 633 44%    

National Student Clearinghouse (Graduation Metric for SACSCOC)

Outcome: Students at UAH graduate within 150% of their time to degree.

Benchmark: Increase by 4% annually through 2018.

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See also, Student Achievement Measure (SAM) Data Report for 2014 Cohort

Completed in 6 Years
Year Cohort Size Total Completed Completed at Same Institution Completed at Different 4 Year Completed at Different 2 Year Still Enrolled Within Year 6 No 2 or 4 Year Degree and not Enrolled
2007 759 477 365 77 35 145 137
2008 766 461 352 76 33 154 151
2009 774 505 381 72 52 129 140
2010 600 373 291 52 30 91 136
2011 651 447 342 66 39 86 118
2012 615 412 320 62 30 83 120
2013 638 456 369 50 37 73 109
2014 714 482 407 37 38 112 120
2015 1026 736 619 77 40 121 169
2016 1193 881 749 78 54 117 195

Completed in 6 Years

Year Cohort Size Total Completed Completed at Same Institution Completed at Different 4 Year Completed at Different 2 Year Still Enrolled Within Year 6 No 2 or 4 Year Degree and not Enrolled
2007 759 62.85% 48.09% 10.14% 4.61% 19.10% 18.05%
2008 766 60.18% 45.95% 9.92% 4.31% 20.10% 19.71%
2009 774 65.25% 49.22% 9.30% 6.72% 16.67% 18.09%
2010 600 62.17% 48.50% 8.67% 5.00% 15.17% 22.67%
2011 651 68.66% 52.53% 10.14% 5.99% 13.21% 18.13%
2012 615 66.99% 52.03% 10.08% 4.88% 13.50% 19.51%
2013 638 71.47% 57.84% 7.84% 5.80% 11.44% 17.08%
2014 714 67.51% 57.00% 5.18% 5.32% 15.69% 16.81%
2015 1,026 71.73% 60.33% 7.50% 3.90% 11.79% 16.47%
2016 1,193 73.85% 62.78% 6.54% 4.53% 9.81% 16.35%

Breakouts for 2016 Cohort 6 Years:

Completed in 6 Years 2016 Cohort
Category Cohort Size Total Completed Completed at Same Institution Completed at Different 4 Year Completed at Different 2 Year Still Enrolled Within Year 6 No 2 or 4 Year Degree and not Enrolled
Men 726 69.97% 58.54% 7.71% 3.72% 11.98% 18.04%
Women 467 79.87% 69.38% 4.71% 5.78% 6.42% 13.70%
               
American Indian/Alaskan Native 12 41.67% 33.33% 8.33% 0.00%  16.67% 41.67%
Asian 49 81.63% 71.43% 8.16% 2.04% 6.12% 12.24%
Black 81 55.56% 48.15% 3.70% 3.70% 18.52% 25.93%
Hispanic 49 63.27% 55.10% 6.12% 2.04% 12.24% 24.49%
Pacific Islander 0 0.00%  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0.00%  0.00% 
White 929 76.32% 64.16% 7.10% 5.06% 9.36% 14.32%
Two or More Races 22 68.18% 59.09% 4.55% 4.55% 13.64% 18.18%
Unknown 23 78.26% 73.91% 0.00%  4.35% 4.35% 17.39%
Nonresident 28 64.29% 64.29% 0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   35.71%
               
Pell 242 60.33% 50.41% 5.37% 4.55% 6.20% 33.47%
Sub Fed Aid 163 66.87% 49.08% 8.59% 9.20% 17.18% 15.95%
No Fed Aid 788 79.44% 69.42% 6.47% 3.55% 9.39% 11.17%

Goal 2: Increase Retention Rates

Outcome: Students at UAH are retained to show progress towards degree completion.

Benchmark: Increase by 4% annually through 2018.

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    Retention Year 2
Cohort Students # %
2000 581 409 70%
2001 590 435 74%
2002 610 462 76%
2003 774 590 76%
2004 652 492 75%
2005 626 480 77%
2006 801 616 77%
2007 759 588 77%
2008 766 579 76%
2009 774 584 75%
2010 600 473 79%
2011 651 516 79%
2012 615 498 81%
2013 638 491 77%
2014 714 573 80%
2015 1,026 847 83%
2016 1,193 984 82%
2017 1,339 1,108 83%
2018 1,428 1,184 83%
2019 1,489 1,218 82%
2020 1,328 1,049 79%
2021 1,191 955 80%
2022 1,154    

Goal 3: Improve Course Completion Rates

Outcome: Students at UAH earn passing (or better) grades in their courses.

Benchmark: 90% of sections have a pass rate of 75% or higher

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Percentage of Courses with Pass Rate Above 75%

 

Fall 2013

Fall 2014

Fall 2015

Fall 2016

Fall 2017

Fall 2018

Fall 2019

Fall 2020

Fall 2021

 College

Percent of Sections with Pass Rate 75% or Higher

Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

86%

89%

88%

91% 88% 90% 89% 86% 88%

Business

83%

77%

87%

83% 86% 89% 89% 95% 90%

Education

 -

-

98% 99% 92% 95% 95% 95%

94%

Engineering 88% 87% 90% 89% 88% 87% 89% 88% 78%
General College 88% 87% 94% 94% 90% 87% 90% 98% 100%

Honors

 -

-

100%

100%

100%

97% 94% 100% 94%

Nursing

99%

99%

97%

98%

99%

95% 97% 88% 95%
Professional Studies - - - - 75% 43% 80% 76% 83%

Science

81% 81% 87% 86%

86%

87% 87% 85% 81%

Total

86% 86% 90% 90%

89%

89% 89% 88% 85%

Goal 4: Pass Rates

Outcome: Students in programs with licensing exams will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to pass those exams.

Benchmark: Students in Education and Nursing will have an 80% passage rate per cohort examined per year in licensing exams.

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College of Education Praxis II Pass Rates:

 

Test Takers

Passed after 1 Attempt

Passed after 2+ Attempts

Exam

#

#

%

#

%

2021
Elementary Education-Multiple Subjects: Reading 11 10 91% 1 100%
Elementary Education-Teaching of Reading 11 11 100% 0 100%

2020

Elementary Education-Multiple Subjects: Reading

8

8

100%

0

100%

Elementary Education-Teaching of Reading

8

8

100%

0

100%

Elementary Education-Elementary Education

7

7

100%

0

100%

Totals

23

23

100%

0

100%

2019

Elementary Education-Elementary Education

27

27

100%

0

100%

Elementary Education-Multiple Subjects: Reading

27

24

89%

3

100%

Elementary Education-Teaching of Reading

27

25

93%

2

100%

Special Education-Core Knowledge/Application

9

9

100%

0

100%

Special Education-Multiple Subjects: Reading

9

9

100%

0

100%

Special Education-Special Education

9

7

78%

2

100%

Totals

108

101

94%

7

100%

2018

Early Childhood Education-Early Childhood Education

31

26

84%

5

100%

Early Childhood Education-Teaching of Reading

31

29

94%

2

100%

Elementary Education-Elementary Education

31

31

100%

0

100%

English Language Arts-English Language Arts

5

5

100%

0

100%

Social Studies-Social Studies

7

7

100%

0

100%

Social Studies-Social Studies

6

6

100%

0

100%

Special Education-Special Education

12

12

100%

0

100%

Special Education-Core Knowledge/Application

12

12

100%

0

100%

Special Education-Multiple Subjects: Reading

11

9

82%

2

100%

Totals

146

137

94%

9

100%

College of Nursing NCLEX-RN Pass Rates:

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NCLEX-RN Exam

Test Takers Passed
Year # # %
2021 171 167 97.6%

2020

149 137

91.9%

2019

143 130

91.0%

2018

149 131

87.92%

Goal 5: Job Placement

Outcome: Students will have the knowledge and skills necessary from their degree to achieve full-time employment or graduate school within one year of degree completion.

Benchmark: At least 85% of students will be placed in full-time employment within one year of completing a degree at UAH.

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For further information on outcomes after graduation, please View National PSEO Report and View Institutional Graduate Outcomes Report

  2019-2020 Outcomes 2018-2019 Outcomes
Degrees Awarded 2,270 1,682
Employed 78.9% 78.9%
Continued Education 11.9% 9.2%
Military Service <1% <1%
Not Seeking Employment >1% >1%
Seeking Employment 9.9% 6.40%
Average Salary Reported $58,700 $58,234

 

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