Student-Right-To-Know
Methodist Universtiy has graduation rate* of 37 percent for full-time new freshmen who entered
in Fall 2005 in pursuit of a baccalaureate degree as of Fall 2011. This information is provided
pursuant to requirements of the Student-Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act of 1990.
So what does our 37 percent graduation rate mean? This rate means that 37 percent of all
freshmen who began their collegiate career at Methodist University (MU) in Fall 2005 graduated
from MU in six years. MU’s graduation rate over the last twelve cohorts has improved by 37
percent with the Fall 1994 Freshmen cohort having a graduation rate of 27 percent and the Fall
2005 Freshmen cohort having a graduation rate of 37 percent. International students (67 percent)
and Presidential Scholars (54 percent) graduated at a higher rate. African American and male
graduation rates are not at the level we would like them to be. We have implemented several
programs over the last four to five years targeted at assisting these two student populations in
their pursuit of a degree here at Methodist. Roughly 20 percent of our entering freshmen transfer
and graduate in six years at another institution. For a more a detailed break-down of persistence
and graduation rate by ethnicity, gender, program, and by aid, click on the following link:
Persistence and Graduation Rate 2005 *Graduation rates are a measure of the success of students in attaining their educational
goals. A graduation rate is the percentage of students in a given entering cohort (group)
who graduated within a specified period of time. The number of students in the entering
cohort is the denominator of the rate; the number of students graduating is the numerator
of the rate. The entering cohort of an institution includes all full-time, first-time degree or
certificate-seeking undergraduate students who began in the stated cohort year. The
time period is 150% of normal time to program completion (for example, for a four-year
program, the graduation rate would include students who had graduated within six years
of the beginning of the program).
PERSISTENCE AND GRADUATION RATE
2005 COHORT OF FULL-TIME, FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN
2005 Cohort
International
N
%
15
3.88%
African
American
N
%
70 18.09%
American
Indian
N
%
5
1.29%
Asian
N
%
5
1.29%
Pacific
Islander
N
%
0
0.00%
Hispanic
N
%
14 3.62%
Graduated in 4 years
Graduated in 5 years
Graduated in 6 years
Graduated
Still Enrolled
7
2
1
10
0
46.67%
13.33%
6.67%
66.67%
0.00%
4
5
1
10
0
5.71%
7.14%
1.43%
14.29%
0.00%
3
0
0
3
0
60.00%
0.00%
0.00%
60.00%
0.00%
1
1
0
2
0
20.00%
20.00%
0.00%
40.00%
0.00%
0
0
0
0
0
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0
2
0
2
0
0.00% 43
14.29% 65
0.00%
5
14.29% 113
0.00%
2
Non-Completers
Transfer Out
Graduated at another
Institution
Unknown
5
1
33.33%
6.67%
60
42
85.71%
60.00%
2
0
40.00%
0.00%
3
3
60.00%
60.00%
0
0
0.00%
0.00%
12
5
0
4
0.00%
26.67%
13
5
18.57%
7.14%
1
1
20.00%
20.00%
0
0
0.00%
0.00%
0
0
0.00%
0.00%
4
3
2005 Cohort
N
244
Male
%
63.05%
N
143
Female
%
36.95%
Overall
N
%
387 100.00%
Graduated in 4 years
Graduated in 5 years
Graduated in 6 years
Graduated
Still Enrolled
22
57
3
82
1
9.02%
23.36%
1.23%
33.61%
0.41%
37
20
4
61
1
25.87%
13.99%
2.80%
42.66%
0.70%
59 15.25%
77 19.90%
7
1.81%
143 36.95%
2
0.52%
Non-Completers
Transferred Out
Graduated at another
Institution
Unknown
161
85
65.98%
34.84%
81
41
56.64%
28.67%
242 62.53%
126 32.56%
53
23
21.72%
9.43%
24
16
16.78%
11.19%
77
39
19.90%
10.08%
American
Caucasian
N
%
266 68.73%
Multi-Racial
N
%
0
0.00%
Unknown
N
%
12
3.10%
Overall
N
%
387 100.00%
16.17%
24.44%
1.88%
42.48%
0.75%
0
0
0
0
0
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
1
2
0
3
0
8.33%
16.67%
0.00%
25.00%
0.00%
59
77
7
143
2
15.25%
19.90%
1.81%
36.95%
0.52%
85.71% 151
35.71% 72
56.77%
27.07%
0
0
0.00%
0.00%
9
3
75.00%
25.00%
62.53%
32.56%
28.57%
21.43%
21.05%
8.65%
0
0
0.00%
0.00%
3
3
25.00%
25.00%
242
126
0
77
39
56
23
19.90%
10.08%
PERSISTENCE AND GRADUATION RATE
2005 COHORT OF FULL-TIME, FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN
Both
%
0.26%
N
368
Day**
%
95.09%
Evening***
N
%
18
4.65%
Overall
N
%
387 100.00%
100.00% 57
0.00%
76
0.00%
5
100.00% 138
0.00%
2
15.49%
20.65%
1.36%
37.50%
0.54%
1
1
2
4
0
5.56%
59 15.25%
5.56%
77 19.90%
11.11%
7
1.81%
22.22% 143 36.95%
0.00%
2
0.52%
2005 Cohort
N
1
Graduated in 4 years
Graduated in 5 years
Graduated in 6 years
Graduated
Still Enrolled
1
0
0
1
0
Non-Completers
Transferred Out
Graduated at another
Institution
Unknown
0
0
0.00%
0.00%
228
117
61.96%
31.79%
14
9
77.78% 242 62.53%
50.00% 126 32.56%
0
0
0.00%
0.00%
75
36
20.38%
9.78%
2
3
11.11%
16.67%
77
39
19.90%
10.08%
** First term at Methodist University was during the Day program.
*** First term at Methodist University was during the Evening program.
BY TYPE OF FINANCIAL AID
2005 Cohort
Federal
Pell Grant
N
%
120 31.01%
Other
Federal
Grant Aid
N
%
49 12.66%
Institutional
Scholarships
And Grants
N
%
360 93.02%
Presidential
Scholarship
N
%
126 32.56%
Graduated in 4 years
Graduated in 5 years
Graduated in 6 years
Graduated
Still Enrolled
7
15
1
23
1
5.83%
12.50%
0.83%
19.17%
0.83%
2
7
0
9
0
4.08%
14.29%
0.00%
18.37%
0.00%
58 16.11%
74 20.56%
5
1.39%
137 38.06%
2
0.56%
28
38
2
68
0
22.22%
30.16%
1.59%
53.97%
0.00%
35
28
3
66
2
18.32%
14.66%
1.57%
34.55%
1.05%
37 12.33%
62 20.67%
5
1.67%
104 34.67%
1
0.33%
Non-Completers
Transfer Out
Graduated at another
Institution
Unknown
96
63
80.00%
52.50%
40
28
81.63%
57.14%
221 61.39%
113 31.39%
58
21
46.03%
16.67%
123 64.40%
67 35.08%
195 65.00%
107 35.67%
18
15
15.00%
12.50%
5
7
10.20%
14.29%
73
35
29
8
23.02%
6.35%
37
19
59
29
20.28%
9.72%
N.C.
Legislative
Student
Tuition Grant
Loans
N
%
N
%
191 49.35% 300 77.52%
19.37%
9.95%
19.67%
9.67%