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 annually through 2035.

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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% 829  62% 
2018 1,428 633 44% 918  64% 
2019 1,489 652 44%    
2020 1,327 543 41%    

National Student Clearinghouse (Graduation Metric for SACSCOC)

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

Benchmark: Increase annually through 2035.

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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
2017 1339 945 828 63 54 122 272
2018 1428 1058 913 91 54 140 230

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%
2017 1339 70.58% 61.84% 4.71% 4.03% 9.11% 20.31%
2018 1428 74.09% 63.94% 6.37% 3.78% 9.80% 16.11%

Breakouts for 2018 Cohort 6 Years:

Completed in 6 Years 2018 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 905 72.38% 62.98% 5.86% 3.54% 10.72% 16.91%
Women 523 77.06% 65.58% 7.27% 4.21% 8.22% 14.72%
               
American Indian/Alaskan Native  5  100.00%  80.00% 20.00% 0.00%  0.00% 0.00%
Asian  48 89.58%  85.42%  2.08%  2.08% 8.33% 2.08%
Black  98  50.00%  39.80%  10.20% 0.00% 17.35% 32.65%
Hispanic  83 71.08%  56.63% 10.84% 3.61%  8.43%  20.48%
Pacific Islander  0  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%   0.00%  0.00%  100.00%
White  1038  75.63%  65.51%  6.07%  4.05% 9.63%  14.74%
Two or More Races  59  72.88%  62.71%  3.39% 6.78% 5.08%  22.03%
Unknown  62 79.03% 66.13% 6.45% 6.45% 14.52% 6.5%
Nonresident  35  71.43% 68.57% 2.86% 0.00%   0.00% 28.57%
               
Pell 337 62.02% 52.23% 5.34% 4.45% 11.28% 26.71%
Sub Fed Aid 180 70.00% 56.11% 8.33% 5.56% 12.22% 17.78%
No Fed Aid 911 79.36% 69.81% 6.37% 3.18% 8.78% 11.86%

Goal 2: Increase Retention Rates

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

Benchmark: Increase annually through 2035.

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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 1,154 929 81%
2023 1,162  979 84% 
2024 1,200    

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

 Fall 2022 Fall 2023

 College

Percent of Sections with Pass Rate 75% or Higher

Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

86%

89%

88%

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

Business

83%

77%

87%

 83% 86% 89% 89% 95% 90% 88% 89%

Education

 -

-

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

94%

 96% 97%
Engineering 88% 87% 90% 89% 88% 87% 89% 88% 78% 85% 88%
General College 88% 87% 94% 94% 90% 87% 90% 98% 100% 93% 100%

Honors

 -

-

100%

100%

100%

 97% 94% 100% 94% 100% 97%

Nursing

99%

99%

97%

98%

99%

 95% 97% 88% 95% 95% 92%
Professional Studies (College disbanded as of fall 2023) - - - - 75% 43% 80% 76% 83% 96% -

Science

 81% 81% 87% 86%

86%

 87% 87% 85% 81% 88% 87%

Total

 86% 86% 90% 90%

89%

 89% 89% 88% 85% 88% 89%

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

Exam

#

#

%
2022
Early Childhood Education 7 7 100.00%
Elementary Education-Math 18 14 77.78%
Elementary Education-Science 18 14 77.78%
Elementary Education-Social Studies 18 13 72.22%
Mathematics 7 7 100.00%
Special Ed- Core Knowledge and Applications 11 11 100.00%
World and US History-Content Knowledge 6 5 83.33%
Totals 85 71 83.53%
2021
Elementary Education-Multiple Subjects: Reading 11 11 100.00%
Elementary Education-Teaching of Reading 11 11 100.00%
Totals 11 11 100.00%

2020

Elementary Education-Multiple Subjects: Reading

8

8

100.00%

Elementary Education-Teaching of Reading

8

8

100.00%

Elementary Education-Elementary Education

7

7

100.00%

Totals

23

23

100.00%

2019

Elementary Education-Elementary Education

27

27

100.00%

Elementary Education-Multiple Subjects: Reading

27

27

100.00%

Elementary Education-Teaching of Reading

27

27

100.00%

Special Education-Core Knowledge/Application

9

9

100.00%

Special Education-Multiple Subjects: Reading

9

9

100.00%

Special Education-Special Education

9

9

100.00%

Totals

108

108

100.00%

2018

Early Childhood Education-Early Childhood Education

31

31

100.00%

Early Childhood Education-Teaching of Reading

31

31

100.00%

Elementary Education-Elementary Education

31

31

100.00%

English Language Arts-English Language Arts

5

5

100.00%

Social Studies-Social Studies

7

7

100.00%

Social Studies-Social Studies

6

6

100.00%

Special Education-Special Education

12

12

100.00%

Special Education-Core Knowledge/Application

12

12

100.00%

Special Education-Multiple Subjects: Reading

11

11

100.00%

Totals

146

146

100.00%

College of Nursing NCLEX-RN Pass Rates:

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NCLEX-RN Exam

 Test Takers Passed
Year # # %
2023 116 116 100.0%
2022 127 126 99.21%
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. You can also see the University of Alabama System employment outcomes data here.

  2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024
Degrees Awarded 2,270 2,284 2,310 2,339  2,180

Data Source: Office of Institutional Research, Effectiveness, & Assessment
Steppingblocks Student Outcomes 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
  Graduates Employed Data 1,774 1,714 1,689 1,525  1,000
  Avg Age 30 29 28 27  26
  Avg Salary $76,210 $71,756 $70,190 $67,689  $58,954
  % Male 58% 60% 62% 64%  65%
  % Female 42% 40% 398% 36%  35%

  Top Ten States Employed

  
  Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama  Alabama
  69.4% 72.1% 75.7% 78.8%  83.7%
  Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee  Tennessee
  5.4% 5.4% 5.3% 4.2%  4.4%
  Florida Georgia Texas Georgia  Texas
  2.4% 2.6% 1.8% 1.1%  1.4%
  Texas Texas Georgia Texas  Georgia
  2.2% 1.8% 1.5% 1.1%  1.0%
  Georgia California North Carolina Florida  Kentucky
  1.9% 1.3% 1.1% .0.9% 0.8%
  California Virginia Florida Washington Ohio
  1.8% 1.3% 1.0% 0.9%  0.6%
  Colorado Colorado California California  Illinois
  1.3% 1.1% 0.8% 0.9%  0.5%
  North Carolina North Carolina Virginia Colorado  Virginia
  1.1% 1.1% 0.8% 0.8%  0.5%
  New York Washington Colorado North Carolina  California
  0.9% 0.9% 0.7% 0.8%  0.4%
  Washington Florida Illinois Kentucky  Colorado
  0.8% 0.9% 0.7% 0.5%  0.3%
Data Source: https://www.steppingblocks.com/