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Consistent with its mission, the nature of the students it serves and the kinds of programs offered, AUD has established the following measures and goals to track student achievement:
GRADUATION RATE
AUD has selected the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) metric to track its Graduation Rate data, which is the percentage of undergraduate students who graduated within a time period equal to one and a half times (150%) the normal period of graduation. The normal graduation period for undergraduate programs at AUD is four years, except for the Bachelor of Architecture degree which is five years. The University set a goal of increasing the graduation rate from 58% to 66% within six to eight years after the baseline year of 2014. Table 1 lists AUD graduation rates for cohorts since Fall 2010.
Cohort (Joining Semester) |
Graduation Rate |
||
Male |
Female |
Average |
|
Fall 2010 |
56% |
76% |
66% |
Fall 2011 |
55% |
73% |
64% |
Fall 2012 |
48% |
67% |
58% |
Fall 2013 |
41% |
74% |
58% |
Fall 2014 |
46% |
66% |
56% |
Fall 2015 |
52% |
69% |
60% |
Fall 2016 |
30% |
59% |
44% |
Fall 2017 |
24% |
56% |
40% |
Fall 2018 |
28% |
50% |
39% |
Fall 2019 |
26% |
44% |
35% |
Fall 2020 |
65% |
99% |
82% |
Fall 2021 |
31% |
49% |
40% |
Fall 2022 |
38% |
50% |
44% |
Fall 2023 |
62% |
38% |
50% |
*Graduation rate also includes transfer students
RETENTION RATE
AUD measures the retention rate by the number of students returning to AUD the following Fall after their initial enrollment
Cohort (Joining Semester) |
Retention Rate |
||
Male |
Female |
Average |
|
Fall 2010 |
72% |
78% |
75% |
Fall 2011 |
66% |
75% |
71% |
Fall 2012 |
70% |
74% |
72% |
Fall 2013 |
62% |
80% |
71% |
Fall 2014 |
69% |
75% |
72% |
Fall 2015 |
68% |
77% |
72% |
Fall 2016 |
63% |
78% |
70% |
Fall 2017 |
66% |
78% |
72% |
Fall 2018 |
69% |
81% |
75% |
Fall 2019 |
74% |
81% |
78% |
Fall 2020 |
72% |
82% |
77% |
Fall 2021 |
80% |
88% |
84% |
Fall 2022 |
77% |
86% |
82% |
Fall 2023 |
84% |
92% |
89% |
UNDERGRADUATE COURSE COMPLETION
AUD measures the undergraduate course completion data as the percentage of hours completed in relation to hours attempted. The level of AUD student achievement as measured by average course completion rates remained steady for the period spanning Fall 2010 till Fall 2016, with a gradual increase observed since Fall 2017 and exceeding the goal of 85%
Cohort (Joining Semester) |
Course Completion Rate |
||
Male |
Female |
Average |
|
Fall 2010 |
84% |
89% |
87% |
Fall 2011 |
85% |
93% |
89% |
Fall 2012 |
86% |
93% |
89% |
Fall 2013 |
86% |
94% |
90% |
Fall 2014 |
86% |
92% |
89% |
Fall 2015 |
84% |
93% |
89% |
Fall 2016 |
88% |
93% |
90% |
Fall 2017 |
87% |
94% |
91% |
Fall 2018 |
88% |
94% |
91% |
Fall 2019 |
90% |
95% |
93% |
Fall 2020 |
90% |
95% |
93% |
Fall 2021 |
84% |
93% |
90% |
Fall 2022 |
83% |
92% |
88% |
Fall 2023 |
87% |
94% |
91% |
JOB PLACEMENT
This data represents the percentage of graduates who reported securing a job placement within 12 months after graduation based on data from the AUD Career Services Office
Base-line (2014): 75%
Goal: Increase
Academic Year |
Total Graduates |
Job Placement Survey |
|||
Surveyed Graduates |
Total Respondents Employed or Seeking Employment |
Total Respondents Employed |
Employability Rate |
||
2014-2015 |
484 |
412 |
333 |
295 |
89% |
2015-2016 |
454 |
418 |
288 |
244 |
85% |
2016-2017 |
466 |
394 |
265 |
239 |
90% |
2017-2018 |
434 |
393 |
224 |
203 |
91% |
2018-2019 |
457 |
378 |
182 |
175 |
96% |
2019-2020 |
490 |
411 |
214 |
196 |
92% |
2020-2021 |
437 |
437 |
282 |
267 |
95% |
2021-2022 |
375 |
375 |
184 |
171 |
93% |
2022-2023 |
313 |
313 |
155 |
143 |
92% |
DEGREES AWARDED – BACHELORS
Total degrees awarded at bachelor level
Academic Year |
Degrees Awarded |
||
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
2010-2011 |
340 |
310 |
650 |
2011-2012 |
354 |
368 |
722 |
2012-2013 |
248 |
274 |
522 |
2013-2014 |
247 |
303 |
550 |
2014-2015 |
226 |
296 |
522 |
2016-2017 |
210 |
243 |
453 |
2017-2018 |
178 |
241 |
419 |
2018-2019 |
169 |
234 |
403 |
2019-2020 |
174 |
212 |
386 |
2020-2021 |
154 |
190 |
344 |
2021-2022 |
118 |
167 |
287 |
2022-2023 |
97 |
129 |
226 |
2023-2024 |
63 |
112 |
175 |
DEGREES AWARDED – MASTERS
Total degrees awarded at graduate level
Academic Year |
Degrees Awarded |
||
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
2010-2011 |
32 |
19 |
51 |
2011-2012 |
38 |
20 |
58 |
2012-2013 |
21 |
25 |
46 |
2013-2014 |
20 |
26 |
46 |
2014-2015 |
19 |
19 |
38 |
2016-2017 |
14 |
22 |
36 |
2017-2018 |
25 |
37 |
62 |
2018-2019 |
28 |
50 |
78 |
2019-2020 |
21 |
55 |
76 |
2020-2021 |
40 |
53 |
93 |
2021-2022 |
34 |
60 |
94 |
2022-2023 |
31 |
56 |
87 |
2023-2024 |
21 |
45 |
66 |