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President’s Special Commission to Improve Graduation Rates Retention & Graduation Presentation to PAC 1
Retention & Graduation Presentation to PAC
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President’s Special Commission to Improve Graduation Rates
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UWG Numbers
4 year Graduation Rate—13%6 year Graduation Rate—36%2nd Year Retention Rate—73%3rd year Retention Rate—57%Average 1st term GPA—2.30Average CRH Load—13.11 (13.7 F10 est.)
Retention & Graduation Presentation to PAC
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UWG & Comparator Institutions: Second Year Retention Rates (Fall 2006)
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UWG & Comparator Institutions: Six-Year Graduation Rates (Fall 2002 Cohort)
Southeastern Louisiana UniversityNortheastern State University
University of West GeorgiaJacksonville State University
University of Central OklahomaSaginaw Valley State University
Salem State CollegeEdinboro University of PennsylvaniaCalifornia University of Pennsylvania
Bridgewater State CollegeMinnesota State University-MankatoSoutheast Missouri State University
University of Central MissouriKutztown University of Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaCentral Washington University
University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterSUNY College at Oswego
Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaAspirationals (Median)
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
28%30%32%33%36%38%
43%44%
50%51%51%51%51%53%54%55%56%57%59%
63%
Fall 2001Fall 2002
Fall 2003Fall 2004
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
27.4% 30.6%28.2%
29.3%
19.4% 19.3%
18.5% 19.0%
6.9% 7.5%
6.3% 7.5%
1.2%2.6%
3.4% 1.7%
1.9%
2.4%
1.2% 1.2%
Fifth Year
Fourth Year
Third Year
Second Year
First Year
Attrition at the End of Each Year – As a Percentage of Entering Cohort
UWG & Comparator Institutions: Median SAT Scores, 2007
850 900 950 1000 1050 1100
Jacksonville State UniversitySalem State College
Southeastern Louisiana UniversityCalifornia University of PennsylvaniaEdinboro University of Pennsylvania
Northeastern State UniversitySlippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaSaginaw Valley State UniversityUniversity of Central Oklahoma
Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaMinnesota State University-Mankato
University of West GeorgiaBridgewater State College
University of Central MissouriSoutheast Missouri State University
Central Washington UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin-Whitewater
SUNY College at Oswego
930945950950955
970975
985990990995
1,0101,0201,020
10251,0251,0281,030
1,090
Median Score7
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Percent of First-Time Freshmen with First-Term GPA<2.00
UWG Georgia Southern
Kennesaw Valdosta0
5
10
15
20
25
30
3532
25
14 13
2002 Cohort
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Summary Grades Distribution in Core Courses (Fall 2005-2009)
Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 20090
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
8068 69 69
72 72
32 31 3128 28
Percent ABC
Percent DFW+
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How has UWG performed since 2005 in the 5 Core Courses Identified (DFW Rates)?
COMM 1110 ENGL 1101 MATH 1111 POLS 1101 PSYC 11010
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
25
35
42
32
38
22
32
41
3033
21
36
41
2731
18
35
45
22
36
19
35
42
23
29
Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009
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UWG Freshmen Success Rate
AY 2006 AY 2007 AY 2008 AY 20090
10
20
30
40
50
60
42.7 43.3
50.4 51.7
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Average Time-to-Degree of UWG Students (# Semesters)
AY 2006 AY 2007 AY 2008 AY 20090
2
4
6
8
10
12
14 12.4 12.2 12.2 12.3
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Fall Cohort FYP Retention Rate
FY Program Fall 08 Cohort Retention Rate
No FYP Selection 67%
Selected but Dropped 63%
UWG 1101 75%
Learning Communities 80%
Residential Peer Mentoring 74%
MAP Mentoring 76%
Honors 86%
FY Mentoring/iServe 71%
Commuter FYP Previously Commuter Retention <60% 65%
Overall Retention Rate 73%
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Semester Fresh-men
Sopho-more
Jnr. Snr. Total Avg.
Semester Fresh-men
Sopho-more
Jnr. Snr. Total Avg.
Fall 2006 12.59 12.49 12.93 12.37 12.59 Spring 07 12.70 12.42 12.89 12.24
Fall 2007 12.71 12.59 13.02 12.56 12.71 Spring 08 12.89 12.70 13.10 12.51 12.80
Fall 2008 12.92 12.95 13.26 12.35 12.87 Spring 09 13.03 12.91 13.25 12.26 12.87
Fall 2009 13.11 12.90 13.06 12.33 12.89 Spring 10 12.81 12.81 13.10 12.28 12.75
Average Credit Hours by Student Classification and Semester from Fall 2006 to Spring 2010
