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
2017 - 2018
159
129
81%
2018 - 2019
171
140
82%
2019 - 2020
104
86
83%
2020 - 2021
89
73
82%
2021 - 2022
72
54
75%

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
2018 - 2019
2253
1724
171
83%
2019 - 2020
2204
1749
141
85%
2020 - 2021
1978
1567
129
85%
2021 - 2022
1973
1502
204
85%
2022 - 2023
1891
1487
166
86%

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 2018 - 2019
20500
18233
89%
Fall 2019 - 2020
24690
20613
83%
Fall 2020 - 2021
22430
19670
88%
Fall 2021 - 2022
20106
17279
86%
Fall 2022 - 2023
18831
17016
90%

Graduate

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

Year Credits Attempted Credits Completed Course Completion Rate
Fall 2018 - 2019
1979
1791
91%
Fall 2019 - 2020
1550
1403
91%
Fall 2020 -2021
1970
1801
91%
Fall 2021 - 2022
2363
2261
96%
Fall 2022 - 2023
1640
1561
95%

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 %
2012 - 2013
119
233
51%
2013 - 2014
86
164
52%
2014 - 2015
104
191
54%
2015 - 2016
115
186
62%
2016 - 2017
115
183
63%

150% Graduate Graduation Rate

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

Cohort Year Graduated Cohort Total Graduation %
2015 - 2016
17
29
59%
2016 - 2017
49
65
75%
2017 - 2018
42
63
67%
2018 - 2019
34
51
67%
2019 - 2020
16
27
59%

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 %
2015 - 2016
357
241
174
67
72%
2016 - 2017
328
255
176
79
69%
2017 - 2018
321
204
152
52
75%
2018 - 2019
375
229
172
54
76%
2019 - 2020
375
340
264
76
78%

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 %
2015 - 2016
124
93
81
12
87%
2016 - 2017
91
78
68
10
87%
2017 - 2018
110
81
73
8
90%
2018 - 2019
85
58
54
4
93%
2019 - 2020
98
91
87
4
96%