Goal 1 – Improve Educational Access and Student Success

Metric 1

Unduplicated number of graduates (distinct by award level) [1]	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2024 Benchmark	FY 2028 Benchmark
Undergraduate Certificate	360	413	515	629	727	1,012
Associate	131	109	132	127	150	150
Baccalaureate	3,289	3,525	3,754	3,947	4,074	4,933
Graduate Certificate	219	184	166	174	175	200
Master’s	862	954	1,075	1,063	1,198	1,426
Education Specialist	19	24	23	16	25	30
Doctoral	45	53	50	58	60	75
Total Distinct Graduates	4,455	4,760	5,126	5,313	5,600	7,500

Metric 2

First year retention rate [2]	Fall 2018 Cohort	Fall 2019 Cohort	Fall 2020 Cohort	Fall 2021 Cohort	Fall 2022 Cohort (N/A)	Fall 2023 Cohort Benchmark	Fall 2027 Cohort Benchmark
Percent of first-time, full-time freshmen retained	79.5%	77.8%	76.0%	79.2%		79.4%	80.6%
Percent full-time transfers retained or graduated	74.7%	78.4%	77.8%	78.4%		79.0%	83.0%

Metric 3

4-Year Graduation Rate [3]	Fall 2015 Cohort	Fall 2016 Cohort	Fall 2017 Cohort	Fall 2018 Cohort	Fall 2019 Cohort (N/A)	Fall 2020 Cohort Benchmark	Fall 2024 Cohort Benchmark
% of first-time, full-time freshmen who graduated	30.7%	38.2%	39.7%	41.4%		43.0%	45.5%
% of full-time transfers who graduated	50.4%	54.2%	57.7%	57.6%		59.0%	63.0%

Metric 4

6-Year Graduation Rate [4]	Fall 2013 Cohort	Fall 2014 Cohort	Fall 2015 Cohort	Fall 2016 Cohort	Fall 2017 Cohort (N/A)	Fall 2018 Cohort Benchmark	Fall 2022 Cohort Benchmark
% of first-time, full-time freshmen who graduated	50.4%	54.1%	53.0%	59.1%		62.0%	65.1%
% of full-time transfers who graduated	58.5%	56.9%	59.7%	60.4%		62.0%	65.0%

Metric 5

Gateway math success of new degree-seeking freshmen [5]	FY19 (FA17 Cohort)	FY20 (FA18 Cohort)	FY21 (FA19 Cohort)	FY22 (FA20 Cohort)	FY23 (FA21 Cohort)	Fall 2022 Cohort Benchmark	Fall 2026 Cohort Benchmark
% completed within two years	86.6%	86.8%	85.9%	85.7%	N/A	85.0%	87.0%

Metric 6

Progress indicated by credits per year [6]	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024 Benchmark	FY 2028 Benchmark
% of undergraduate degree seeking students with 30 or more credits per year	26.5%	28.7%	28.3%	27.9%	29.6%	29.0%	31.0%

Metric 7

Success in credit-bearing course (gateway) after remedial course [7]	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024 Benchmark	FY 2028 Benchmark
English	88.5%	87.1%	84.8%	78.9%	80.8%	83.0%	88.0%
Mathematics	55.8%	56.7%	59.6%	65.1%	63.5%	65.0%	67.0%

Metric 8

Degrees and certificates awarded [8]	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2024 Benchmark	FY 2028 Benchmark
Undergraduate Certificate	360	411	515	629	727	1,012
Associate	133	111	132	127	150	150
Baccalaureate	3,472	3,680	3,929	4,080	4,211	5,099
Graduate Certificate	221	189	170	185	185	200
Master's	861	954	1,074	1,063	1,198	1,426
Education Specialist	19	24	23	16	25	30
Doctoral	45	53	50	58	60	75

Metric 9

Enrollment in programs delivered online [9]	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024 Benchmark	FY 2028 Benchmark
Undergraduate	1,574	1,911	2,294	2,282	2,271	2,320	2,800
Graduate	1,198	1,310	1,418	1,511	1,476	1,480	1,715
Total	2,772	3,221	3,712	3,793	3,747	3,800	4,515

Metric 10

Post-graduation outcomes [10]	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2024 Benchmark	FY 2028 Benchmark
Percent of graduates with a primary activity after graduation of working full- or part-time for a business/organization or themselves, furthering their education, or serving the military or service organization
Undergraduate degree completers	76%	84%	82%	79%	82%	85%
Graduate degree completers	85%	90%	89%	86%	88%	90%
Percent of graduates whose full-time work is related to the degree received
Undergraduate degree completers	83%	78%	82%	83%	83%	85%
Graduate degree completers	95%	94%	94%	95%	95%	97%
Percent of graduates whose full-time work is related to their career goals
Undergraduate degree comleters	84%	83%	84%	86%	85%	87%
Graduate degree completers	97%	95%	97%	96%	97%	98%

[1] SBOE required metric: timely degree completion. Distinct graduates by award level per year (summer, fall, and spring terms) as reported to IPEDS. Note that these totals cannot be summed to get the overall distinct graduate count due to some students earning more than one award (e.g., graduate certificate and a master’s) in the same year.

[2] SBOE required metric: Retention measured as the percent of a cohort returning to enroll the subsequent year. Transfer retention reflect the percent of the full-time baccalaureate-seeking transfer cohort that returned to enroll the following year or graduated. Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) 2020 Standard 1.D.2 asks student achievement data to be disaggregated to measure and close equity gaps.

[3] SBOE required metric: guided pathways. % of first-time, full-time freshman graduating within 100% of time. NWCCU 2020 Standard 1.D.2 asks student achievement data to be disaggregated to measure and close equity gaps.

[4] SBOE required metric: timely degree completion. % of first-time, full-time freshman graduating within 150% of time. NWCCU 2020 Standard 1.D.2 asks student achievement data to be disaggregated to measure and close equity gaps.

[5] SBOE required metric: math pathways. Based on cohorts of incoming first-time bachelor degree seeking students (full- plus part-time) who complete a gateway course or higher within two years (e.g., students who entered in fall 2017 and completed a gateway math or higher by the end of summer 2019 are reported for FY19, etc.).

[6] SBOE required metric: timely degree completion. Percent of undergraduate, degree-seeking students completing 30 or more credits across one year (defined as summer, fall, and spring terms). Based on end-of-term data. Degree-seeking status is determined as of fall semester unless the student was not enrolled in fall, in which case summer is used; spring term is used for those students enrolled only for the spring term. Excludes students who earned degrees during the reported year and who did not reach the 30-credit threshold. Includes students meeting the criteria regardless of full- or part-time status or the number of terms enrolled in that year. Students enrolled part-time or for a partial year, especially for only one term, would not be expected to complete 30 credits; thus, the denominator may be inflated resulting in a lower percentage reported.

[7] SBOE required metric: reform remediation. Percent of undergraduate, degree-seeking students who took a remedial course and completed with a C- or above a subsequent credit-bearing gateway course (Math 123 or above, English 101P or above) within one year of taking the remedial course (e.g., students who took remedial course in fall 2018 and completed a subsequent course by the end of fall 2019).

[8] SBOE required metric: degree completion. Reflects the number of awards by level (first plus second major as reported to IPEDS). This is greater than the number of graduating students because some graduating students received multiple awards.

[9] Indicates the number of officially enrolled students in a major or certificate that is delivered online.

[10] Post-graduation outcomes are from our annual Graduating Student Survey (GSS) plus the Follow-up Survey of non-respondents six months after graduation. The overall knowledge rates across the two surveys were as follows: 36% (+/-2% MoE) in FY19; 27% (+/- 2.3% MoE) in FY20; 37% (+/-1.8% MoE) in FY21; and 35% (+/-1.9% MoE). Note that only the Follow-up Survey was conducted with FY20 graduates due to disruptions of the global pandemic in spring 2020.