Student Achievement Data

In accordance with federal regulations and policy from the Higher Learning Commission, the following Student Achievement information is reported annually for students and the general public.

Enrollment

Enrollment	Fall 2016	Fall 2017	Fall 2018	Fall 2019	Fall 2020	Fall 2021
Total	2,163	2,145	2,121	2,102	2,099	2,051
Women	1,178	1,179	1,186	1,177	1,185	1,186
Men	985	966	935	925	914	865
Race / Ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	2	3	2	3	1	2
Asian	534	523	517	536	518	550
Black or African American	111	119	137	121	136	150
Hispanic	114	131	134	132	152	160
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	3	1	2	2	2
White	1,207	1,088	1,070	1,056	1,056	975
Two or more races	52	47	57	56	54	59
Race/ethnicity unknown	72	158	146	153	137	115
Nonresident alien	66	73	57	43	43	38

Source: IPEDS Fall Enrollment Survey

Degrees Conferred

Completers	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
Total	724	660	697	638	642	629
Women	400	365	381	373	396	352
Men	324	295	316	265	246	277
Race / Ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	3	-	1	-	1	1
Asian	177	149	165	142	173	152
Black or African American	24	21	27	35	22	27
Hispanic	22	28	45	35	31	43
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	3	4	-	1	-
White	394	388	372	350	325	335
Two or more races	20	14	13	25	24	16
Race/ethnicity unknown	52	40	42	32	51	45
Nonresident alien	26	17	28	19	14	10

Note: The numbers reported by gender and race and ethnicity of students earning an award between July 1, YEAR and June 30, YEAR+1. Each student is only counted once, regardless of how many awards they earned. The intent of this report is to collect an unduplicated count of total numbers of completers.

Source: IPEDS Completions Surveys.

Graduation Rate

Degree Program	Years to Complete	2013 Cohort	2014 Cohort	2015 Cohort	2016 Cohort	2017 Cohort	2018 Cohort	2019 Cohort	2020 Cohort
Allopathic Medicine	4	85%	87%	83%	85%	80%
Biomedical Sciences	3	78%	77%	80%	76%	83%	84%	70%	81%
Psychology: Clinical Counseling	2	73%	90%	63%	80%	75%	86%	80%
Nursing Practice: Nurse Anesthesia Entry	3				82%	94%	88%
Pathologists' Assistant	2	86%	89%	97%	91%	88%	97%	98%
Pharmacy	4	79%	82%	82%	76%	78%
Physical Therapy	3	95%	92%	96%	84%	94%	94%
Physician Assistant	2	100%	99%	99%	99%	98%	99%	94%
Podiatric Medicine	4	86%	73%	76%	81%	84%

Graduation Rate (Normal Time): Measures the percentage of first-time, degree-seeking students in a cohort who graduated in the normal time it would take to complete the degree, as outlined in the Catalog.

Note: Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Decision Support calculates graduation rates according to IPEDS definition of completion using the date range from July 1 of one calendar year through June 30 of the following year. Doctoral degrees in research and degree programs delivered in the online format are excluded.

Source: Graduation rates are calculated by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Decision Support using data obtained from the Registrar’s Office.

1^ST-Year Retention Rate

Degree Program (1-YR Retention Rate)	2013 Cohort	2014 Cohort	2015 Cohort	2016 Cohort	2017 Cohort	2018 Cohort	2019 Cohort	2020 Cohort
Allopathic Medicine	98%	95%	96%	97%	97%	100%	99%	99%
Psychology: Clinical Counseling	93%	100%	88%	80%	75%	86%	100%	90%
Nursing Practice: Nurse Anesthesia Entry				79%	94%	94%	94%	97%
Pathologists' Assistant	89%	92%	100%	94%	91%	100%	97%	99%
Pharmacy	97%	96%	92%	87%	84%	95%	92%	94%
Physical Therapy	98%	96%	100%	90%	100%	100%	100%	98%
Physician Assistant	100%	99%	99%	99%	98%	99%	100%	99%
Podiatric Medicine	94%	88%	95%	94%	91%	91%	91%	95%

1st year Retention rate is the percentage of students remaining with their original cohort or class. Retention rate is captured during the Fall Census date (20th day of the quarter).

Source: Retention rates are calculated by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Decision Science using data obtained from the Registrar’s Office.

Board Exam Pass Rates

Degree Program	RFU First-Time Test Taker	National First-Time Test Taker	Exam	Time
Allopathic Medicine	96%	97%	United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) - Step 1	End of 2nd year
Nursing Practice: Nurse Anesthesia Entry	81%	84%	National Certification Exam (NCE)	After graduation
Pathologists' Assistant *	100%	97%	American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Board of Certification (BOC)	After graduation
Physical Therapy	93%	91%	National Physical Therapy Exam (NPTE)	After graduation
Physician Assistant	98%	95%	Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE)	After graduation
Podiatric Medicine	94%	92%	American Podiatric Medical Licensing Examination (APMLE) - Part 2	End of 3rd year
Pharmacy	86%	89%	North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX)	After graduation

Students take profession-specific board/licensure exams during or after their pursuit of the degree. The data obtained for board exam scores is the most current available for 2018, 2019 and 2020. For questions, please contact the Vice President for Academic and Faculty Affairs at 847-578-8787.

* The national pass rates for the Pathologists’ Assistant program are not based on first-time test takers, but based on all attempts (first time and repeaters) for the cycle.