Six Year Graduation Rates Fall 2004 Cohort of First Time, Full Time, Bachelor's Degree Seeking Students at Ohio's 4 Year Public and Private Universities Prepared by October 2011
Table of Contents Six Year Graduation and Retention Rates at Ohio s Public Universities by Average ACT Score of Incoming Class Page 1 Six Year Graduation Rates at Ohio s Private Baccalaureate Page 2 Definitions..... Page 5
Six Year Graduation and Retention Rates at Baccalaureate s by Average ACT Score of Incoming Class Fall 2004 Cohort of Full Time, First Time, Bachelor s Degree Seeking Students Average ACT Score of Incoming Class Over 24 Between 22.5 and 24 Between 21 and 22.49 Less than 21 Statewide Total 2004 Cohort Bachelor's Degree Rate Same Different Ohio Public Miami University 3,475 80% 4% 84% 0% 3% 87% Ohio State University 6,037 78% 2% 80% 1% 6% 87% University of Cincinnati 3,005 55% 4% 59% 3% 11% 73% Ohio University 3,685 65% 7% 72% 2% 8% 82% Bowling Green State University 3,869 60% 5% 65% 2% 9% 76% Kent State University 3,835 49% 6% 55% 3% 12% 70% University of Toledo 2,950 43% 6% 49% 4% 14% 67% University of Akron 2,671 35% 3% 39% 5% 17% 61% Cleveland State University 922 30% 3% 33% 3% 18% 54% Central State University 580 19% 1% 20% 1% 11% 32% Shawnee State University 570 21% 3% 23% 8% 14% 45% Wright State University 2,266 44% 3% 47% 3% 16% 66% Youngstown State University 1,818 35% 2% 37% 3% 18% 58% Total Earned Associate Degree from an Ohio Public Still Enrolled in an Ohio Public Total Graduation or Retention Rate 35,683 56% 4% 61% 3% 11% 75% Ohio Board of Regents 1 October 2011
Six-Year Graduation Rates at Private Baccalaureate s First Time, Full Time, Bachelor s Degree Seeking Undergraduates who Began College in Fall 2004 Name Private, not for profit Number in Cohort Earning a Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent in Six Years or Less Number Percent Allegheny Wesleyan College 17 2 12% Art Academy of Cincinnati 52 19 37% Ashland University 566 336 59% Ashland University Dwight Schar College of Nursing 93 30 32% Baldwin Wallace College 711 503 71% Bluffton University 266 153 58% Capital University 517 304 59% Case Western Reserve University 782 642 82% Cedarville University 762 510 67% Cincinnati Christian University 168 62 37% Cleveland Institute of Art 96 47 49% Cleveland Institute of Music 48 29 60% College of Mount St. Joseph 321 180 56% Columbus College of Art and Design 325 198 61% Defiance College 234 106 45% Denison University 616 511 83% Franciscan University of Steubenville 374 254 68% Franklin University 41 8 20% Gods Bible School and College 52 20 38% Heidelberg University 354 183 52% Hiram College 220 150 68% John Carroll University 734 534 73% Kenyon College 467 403 86% Lake Erie College 141 66 47% Lourdes College 57 20 35% Malone University 400 232 58% Marietta College 439 259 59% Mercy College of Northwest Ohio 25 9 36% Mount Carmel College of Nursing 48 35 73% Mount Vernon Nazarene University 303 182 60% Ohio Board of Regents 2 October 2011
Six-Year Graduation Rates at Private Baccalaureate s First Time, Full Time, Bachelor s Degree Seeking Undergraduates who Began College in Fall 2004 Earning a Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent in Six Years or Less Muskingum University 468 245 52% Notre Dame College 164 71 43% Oberlin College 724 634 88% Ohio Christian University 58 18 31% Ohio Dominican University 415 185 45% Ohio Northern University 562 373 66% Ohio Wesleyan University 563 354 63% Otterbein University 675 399 59% Pontifical College Josephinum 8 5 63% Rabbinical College Telshe 19 0 0% Temple Baptist College 23 6 26% The College of Wooster 478 368 77% The University of Findlay 576 332 58% Tiffin University 281 109 39% Union Institute & University 20 5 25% University of Dayton 1,805 1,377 76% University of Mount Union 547 344 63% University of Northwestern Ohio 59 17 29% University of Rio Grande 243 57 23% Urbana University 177 51 29% Ursuline College 123 53 43% Walsh University 340 189 56% Wilberforce University 116 31 27% Wilmington College 315 141 45% Wittenberg University 577 378 66% Xavier University 875 691 79% Private, not for profit Total 19,440 12,420 64% Ohio Board of Regents 3 October 2011
Six-Year Graduation Rates at Private Baccalaureate s First Time, Full Time, Bachelor s Degree Seeking Undergraduates who Began College in Fall 2004 Private, for profit Earning a Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent in Six Years or Less Bryant & Stratton College Cleveland 11 4 36% Bryant and Stratton College Parma 13 8 62% Chancellor University 71 7 10% DeVry University Ohio 331 98 30% University of Phoenix Cincinnati Campus 58 9 16% University of Phoenix Cleveland Campus 72 6 8% University of Phoenix Columbus Ohio Campus 79 8 10% Private, for profit Total 635 140 22% Private Baccalaureate Total 20,075 12,560 63% NC = Not calculated for cell sizes smaller than 6 Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Ohio Board of Regents 4 October 2011
Definitions GROUPS First time, Full time Bachelor's Degree seeking Cohort OUTCOMES Bachelor's Degree Rate: Same (Public s) Bachelor's Degree Rate: Same (Private s) Bachelor's Degree Rate: Different Ohio Public Earned an Associate's Degree from Ohio Public Still Enrolled in Ohio Public The students in this cohort must fulfill three criteria: the students must be first time ever in college in the fall 2004 term, enrolled in 12 or more hours in the fall 2004 term, and must be seeking a bachelor's degree. The cohort may include students whose first term of enrollment is summer 2004, if they continue their enrollment in fall 2004. For public institutions, the cohort data are taken from the Cohort Tracking (CT) files submitted to the Ohio Board of Regents. For private institutions, the cohort data are taken from Graduation Rate Surveys as submitted to IPEDS. Student has earned a bachelor's degree within 6 years or less at the same institution as reported in the CT (Cohort Tracking) file. This will match the graduation rate as reported in the IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey. This "same institution" rate is comparable to the rates reported for private institutions. Student has earned a bachelor's degree within 6 years or less at the same institution as reported in the IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey. This "IPEDS rate" rate is comparable to the "same institution" rates reported for public institutions. Reported for public institutions. Student has earned a bachelor's degree within 6 years or less at another Ohio public institution. The additional "transfer graduate" data is obtained from Degree Completion (DC) files submitted to the Ohio Board of Regents. Students that have transferred from a public school to a private school will not be captured in this field. Reported for public institutions. Originally bachelor's degree seeking, the student has earned an associate degree from any Ohio public institution within six years. Reported for public institutions. A student who has not graduated and is still enrolled in an Ohio public institution in any term of the sixth year. These students are included in the calculation of Total Graduation or Retention Rate. Ohio Board of Regents 5 October 2011