Student Achievement & Institutional Performance Indicators

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Undergraduate Student Retention Rate

AUE defines the undergraduate student retention rate as the percentage of first-year, full-time, degree-seeking undergraduate students enrolling in the Fall semester and returning in the following Fall semester. AUE has set a target Retention Rate of 80%.

Reporting Year Cohort Fall Retained to Next Fall Retention
2019 – 2020
171
140
82%
2020 – 2021
104
86
83%
2021 – 2022
89
73
82%
2022 – 2023
72
54
75%
2023 – 2024
80
67
84%

Undergraduate Persistence Rate

AUE’s definition of Undergraduate Persistence Rate as the percentage of students who enroll in consecutive Fall and Spring semesters, excluding graduating students on Fall from this calculation. The designated target for AUE’s Undergraduate Persistence Rate is set at 85%.

Year Enrolled in Fall Continued to Spring Graduated in Fall Persistence
2019 – 2020
2204
1749
141
85%
2020 – 2021
1978
1568
129
85%
2021 – 2022
1973
1502
204
85%
2022 – 2023
1891
1487
166
86%
2023 – 2024
2045
1629
135
85%

Course Completion Rate

The percentage of earned credits out of all attempted credits receiving a course grade, excluding course withdrawal. Students who drop a course during the drop/add period are excluded from the course completion rate.

Undergraduate

AUE has set the goal for undergraduate completion rate at 85%.

Year Credits Attempted Credits Completed Course Completion Rate
Fall 2019 – 2020
24690
20613
83%
Fall 2020 – 2021
22430
19670
88%
Fall 2021 – 2022
20106
17279
86%
Fall 2022 – 2023
18831
17016
90%
Fall 2023 – 2024
21533
19805
92%

Graduate

AUE has set the goal for graduate completion rate at 90%.

Year Credits Attempted Credits Completed Course Completion Rate
Fall 2019 – 2020
1550
1403
91%
Fall 2020 -2021
1970
1801
91%
Fall 2021 – 2022
2363
2261
96%
Fall 2022 – 2023
1640
1561
95%
Fall 2023 – 2024
1264
1183
94%

Graduation Rate

AUE defines the graduation rate for both undergraduate and graduate programs as the ratio of the total number of completers within 150% of the normal time required for the program (6 years for undergraduate, 3 years for graduate programs), divided by the number of students in the entering cohort.

150% Undergraduate Graduation Rate

AUE has set a targeted undergraduate graduation rate of 55%.

Cohort Year Graduated Cohort Total Graduation %
2013 – 2014
86
164
52%
2014 – 2015
104
191
54%
2015 – 2016
115
186
62%
2016 – 2017
115
183
63%
2017 – 2018
108
177
61%

150% Graduate Graduation Rate

AUE's objective for the graduate graduation rate is 60%.

Cohort Year Graduated Cohort Total Graduation %
2016 – 2017
49
65
75%
2017 – 2018
42
63
67%
2018 – 2019
34
51
67%
2019 – 2020
16
27
59%
2020 – 2021
19
58
33%

200% Graduate Graduation Rate

Headcount Graduation Rate
The overall graduation rate for Graduate Programs is based on the weighted averages of the full-time and part-time graduation rates

Academic Year Number of FT Students Number of PT Students Total Number of Students (FT + PT) Overall Graduation Rate
Fall 2016 – 2017
66
33
99
67%
Fall 2017 – 2018
64
27
91
70%
Fall 2018 – 2019
52
10
62
75%
Fall 2019 – 2020
27
9
36
64%
Fall 2020 – 2021
58
24
82
56%

Overall Graduation Rate = [(Graduation Rate of Full-Time Cohort × Number of Full-Time Students) + (Graduation Rate of Part-Time Cohort × Number of Part-Time Students)] / Total Number of Students (Full-Time + Part-Time)

Employment Rate

Employed graduates are defined by the AUE as business owners, full-time / part-time employees of private and public organizations, as well as full-time students seeking higher education within 12 months of graduation. The employment rate is calculated by dividing the total number of employed by the number of reachable graduates.

Undergraduate Employment Rate

AUE has set a target employment rate of 75% for its undergraduate students.

Graduating Year Total Graduates Reachable Employed Unemployed Employment Rate %
2018 – 2019
328
225
176
79
69%
2019 – 2020
321
204
152
52
75%
2020 – 2021
375
229
175
54
76%
2021 – 2022
375
340
217
123
64%
2022 – 2023
367
270
188
82
70%

Graduate Employment Rate

AUE has established a targeted employment rate of 85% for its graduate students.

Graduating Year Total Graduates Reachable Employed Unemployed Employment Rate %
2018 – 2019
91
78
68
10
87%
2019 – 2020
110
81
73
8
90%
2020 – 2021
85
58
54
4
93%
2021 – 2022
98
89
75
14
84%
2022 – 2023
76
58
49
9
84%