Student Achievement & Institutional Performance Indicators
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% |