AfricanMustang wrote:tristatecoog wrote:AM, that’s a troubling drop from 90% to 72% in six year graduation rates in two years. Not having course availability can push someone back a year but I’d expect SMU students are able to graduate in six years. Public urban universities like UH, UTD, UCF, etc. are going to have lots of people working PT jobs. SMU?
I noticed that Tulane had a one year jump in ranking from 54 to 41 in 2016. In the five years since then, their average has been 41.
I also note that TX Tech has fallen precipitously over the last decade to #217 while UH has moved from the 200s to 170s. Maybe a urban phenomenon? Baylor in Waco isn’t vastly different than Lubbock but much closer proximity to urban areas.
Here are the full figures;
Cohort 4 Yr Grad Rate 6 Yr Grad RateFall 2010 56% 90%
Fall 2011 55% 83%
Fall 2012 50% 72%
Fall 2013 58% 80%
Fall 2014 59%
It's worth noting that the Fall 2012 cohort is when the new Curriculum (UC) was introduced and the Fall 2014 cohort is when a revised one to address the graduation rates were approved. The 6 Yr rate for the Fall 2014 cohort is not yet available.
Sorry, the above numbers were for "Rotunda Scholars" - a program for under represented minorities.
Here are the over all SMU Numbers...
Cohort 4 Yr Grad Rate 6 Yr Grad RateFall 2016 75%
Fall 2015 74.7%
Fall 2014 73.1% 80.9
Fall 2013 71.6% 81.1%
Fall 2012 67.6% 78%
Fall 2011 71% 80.5%
Fall 2010 68.3% 78.8%
For Fall 2019, 2nd term retention was 97.3%, 1st Yr retention was 90.3% and 2nd Year retention was N/A
For Fall 2018, 2nd term retention was 97.6%, 1st Yr retention was 91.5% and 2nd Year retention was 86.2%
For Fall 2017, 2nd term retention was 97.5%, 1st Yr retention was 90.6% and 2nd Year retention was 85.3%
For Fall 2016, 2nd term retention was 97.4%, 1st Yr retention was 90.9% and 2nd Year retention was 85.7%
For Fall 2015, 2nd term retention was 97.5%, 1st Yr retention was 90.5% and 2nd Year retention was 86.2%
For Fall 2014, 2nd term retention was 97.4%, 1st Yr retention was 90.3% and 2nd Year retention was 84.5%
For Fall 2013, 2nd term retention was 96.7%, 1st Yr retention was 89.3% and 2nd Year retention was 84.8%
For Fall 2012, 2nd term retention was 96.9%, 1st Yr retention was 88.9% and 2nd Year retention was 82.8%
For Fall 2011, 2nd term retention was 97%, 1st Yr retention was 90.8% and 2nd Year retention was 84.5%
For Fall 2010, 2nd term retention was 97.2%, 1st Yr retention was 89.2% and 2nd Year retention was 82.7%
https://sites.smu.edu/ir/reporting/doc/ ... uation.pdf