Student Success
What Do We Know About
Retention at UMKC?
UMKC Retention Rates
85.0%
80.0%
75.0%
70.0%
65.0%
60.0%
55.0%
2000
2001
2002
2003
First-time, Full-time Students
2004
2005
Transfer Students
2006
2007
Demographics of Students Who Leave Gender
35%
30%
30%
25%
26%
25%
20%
19%
15%
10%
5%
0%
First-time, Full-time
Transfer
Female
Male
Demographics of Students Who Leave Ethnicity
50%
40%
36%
34%
30%
Asian
29%
28%
27%
25%
20%
Black
Hispanic
White
21%
Non-Res
10%
12%
12%
6%
0%
First-time, Full-time
Transfer
Demographics of Students Who Leave Gender by Ethnicity (Females)
50%
45%
40%
35%
36%
36%
30%
Asian
30%
28%
27%
25%
26%
25%
22%
20%
Black
Hispanic
White
Non-Res
15%
16%
17%
10%
5%
0%
First-time, Full-time
Transfer
Demographics of Students Who Leave Gender by Ethnicity (Males)
50%
45%
40%
35%
35%
32%
30%
30%
29%
25%
Asian
Black
Hispanic
20%
22%
21%
White
Non-Res
17%
15%
10%
5%
7%
0%
0%
0%
First-time, Full-time
Transfer
Demographics of Students Who Leave First Generation
35%
30%
31%
30%
25%
24%
22%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
2006
First Generation
2007
Not First Generation
Demographics of Students Who Leave First Generation by Ethnicity
40%
35%
30%
30%
30%
25%
24%
24%
25%
20%
19%
15%
10%
10%
8%
5%
0%
0%
Asian
Black
First Generation
Hispanic
0%
White
Not First Generation
Non-Res
Academic Preparation – ACT Scores
30.00
25.00
24.28
22.29
22.24
20.00
20.41
15.00
10.00
5.00
0.00
2006
2007
Retained
Not Retained
Academic Preparation – ACT Scores
by Ethnicity
30.00
25.00
24.73
24.23
22.25
22.15
20.00
22.28
21.71
20.48
17.11
15.00
17.00
14.95
10.00
5.00
0.00
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Retained
Not Retained
White
Non-Res
Academic Preparation – High School GPA
4.00
3.50
3.00
3.43
3.30
3.12
2.92
2.50
2.00
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.00
2006
2007
Retained
Not Retained
Academic Preparation – High School GPA
by Ethnicity
4.00
3.50
3.65
3.49
3.00
3.23
3.20
3.11
3.41
3.24
3.12
2.78
2.50
2.64
2.00
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.00
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Retained
Not Retained
White
Non-Res
Retention of Freshmen Students
Admitted by Exception
90%
80%
83%
70%
66%
60%
50%
64%
53%
47%
40%
30%
36%
34%
20%
10%
18%
0%
Admitted Without
Exception
Admitted to APP
Retained
Admitted to Coaching
Trial Admit
Not Retained
UMKC Institutional Research, Assessment & Planning
Academic Performance – GPA
4.00
3.50
3.00
3.29
3.27
2.50
2.16
2.00
2.13
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.00
2006
2007
Retained
Not Retained
GPAs of First-time, Full-time
Freshmen Who Left UMKC in 2008
45
42
40
37
34
35
30
28
25
20
23
20
16
18
15
10
5
0
0.00 - 0.49 0.50 - 0.99 1.00 - 1.49 1.50 - 1.99 2.00 - 2.49 2.50 - 2.99 3.00 - 3.49 3.50 - 4.00
Academic Performance –
GPA by Ethnicity
4.00
3.50
3.45
3.35
3.00
3.18
3.09
2.89
2.50
2.47
2.00
1.99
1.50
1.50
1.28
1.00
0.50
0.00
0.00
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Retained
Not Retained
White
Non-Res
To reach our goal of 80%
persistence for first-time,
full-time students, we
would have only needed to
retain 36 more students
from the Fall 2007
freshman cohort.
It IS achievable!