System Level
Accountability Measures
October 18, 2004
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System is an Equal Opportunity employer and educator.
ACCOUNTABILITY INDICATOR:
ACCESS TO PROGRAMS & COURSES
• Measure 1D: Student Retention Rates
– Core Measures
• Measure 1D1 – Percent Graduated
• Measure 1D2 – Percent Retained
• Measure 1D3 – Percent Transferred
• Measure 1D4 – Success Rate
– Contextual Measures
• Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates for similar
institutions
• Retention rates will be available in the future
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MEASURE 1D:
DATA SOURCES & REPORTING LEVELS
• Three data sources
– ISRS Student Subsystem
– National Student Clearinghouse
– Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• Reporting Levels
– System level
– Institution Type
– Admission status
– Full-Time & Part-Time
– Race-Ethnicity
– Low Income
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MEASURE 1D: DEFINITIONS
• Cohort: Entering students in a specified term.
• Graduated: The cumulative percentage of
students in the cohort that have graduated by
the end of the specified term.
• Retained: The percentage of students in the
cohort that have not graduated and are
enrolled during the specified term.
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MEASURE 1D: DEFINITIONS
• Transferred: The cumulative percentage of
students in the cohort that have not graduated
and are not enrolled but have enrolled at
another U.S. institution.
• Success: The cumulative percentage of
students in the cohort that have graduated or
transferred plus the percent enrolled during a
specific term.
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FALL ENTERING STUDENT COHORTS
68,202 69,451
67,549
63,841 64,716
70,000
60,000
57,413 57,557
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
1997
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Measure 1D Cohort
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
COHORTS INCLUDE
FOUR SUB-COHORTS
College-FT
26,543 38%
UniversityPT 6,611
10%
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College-PT
22,556 32%
UniversityFT 13,741
20%
Total Entering Students = 69,451 in Fall 2003
SUCCESS RATES DIFFER
BY SUBCOHORT
Success Rate (%)
80%
73.6%
57.2%
60%
48.4%
40%
33.6%
28.9%
20%
0%
System
University Full-Time
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College Full-Time
University Part-Time
Fall 2001 Success Rates in Second Spring
College Part-Time
SUCCESS RATE OF FALL 1997 COHORT
DURING 6 YEARS FOLLOWING ENTRY:
COLLEGES FULL-TIME
100%
87.5%
Success Rate (%)
2%
80%
53.7%
60%
2%
80%
40%
44.2%
41.7%
41.4%
41.9%
8%
1%
4%
1%
2%
1%
2%
34%
37%
38%
39%
2%
27%
20%
24%
0%
6%
1st Spring 2nd Spring 3rd Spring 4th Spring 5th Spring 6th Spring
Graduated
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Fall 1997 UG Regular
Retained
Transferred
SUCCESS RATE OF FALL 1997 COHORT
DURING 6 YEARS FOLLOWING ENTRY:
UNIVERSITIES FULL-TIME
100%
95.8%
Success Rate (%)
3%
80%
71.6%
3%
62.1%
2%
60%
57.7%
2%
93%
40%
55.5%
1%
54.6%
2%
6%
18%
67%
55%
43%
47%
20%
37%
13%
0%
0%
2%
5%
1st Spring 2nd Spring 3rd Spring 4th Spring 5th Spring 6th Spring
Graduated
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Fall 1997 UG Regular
Retained
Transferred
INCREASING RETENTION & SUCCESS
RATES AFTER TWO YEARS:
COLLEGES FULL-TIME
Success Rate (%)
80%
60%
40%
53.7%
55.1%
54.8%
56.3%
2.4%
2.3%
2.5%
2.7%
57.6%
2.9%
27.2%
27.8%
29.1%
30.4%
31.7%
24.2%
25.1%
23.1%
23.2%
23.0%
Fall 1997
Fall 1998
Fall 1999
Fall 2000
Fall 2001
20%
0%
Graduated
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Retained
UG Regular – Five Cohorts Rate at Second Spring
Transferred
INCREASING RETENTION & SUCCESS
RATES AFTER TWO YEARS:
UNIVERSITIES FULL-TIME
Success Rate (%)
80%
71.6%
2.5%
72.1%
2.9%
72.4%
2.6%
72.4%
3.2%
73.2%
3.7%
66.7%
68.0%
69.6%
69.0%
69.1%
2.4%
1.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.4%
Fall 1997
Fall 1998
Fall 1999
Fall 2000
Fall 2001
60%
40%
20%
0%
Graduated
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Retained
UG Regular – Five Cohorts Rate at Second Spring
Transferred
SUBSTANTIAL UNKNOWN
RACE-ETHNICITY
Unknown
7,873 28%
Students
of Color
2,104 10%
Known
RaceEthnicity
20,554
72%
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Total FT UG Regular = 28,427 in Fall 2001
NonResident
362 2%
White
18,088
88%
STUDENTS OF COLOR
Asian 611
29%
American
Indian 318
15%
Black or
African
American
864 41%
Hispanic
311 15%
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Total FT UG Regular Students of Color = 2,104 in Fall 2001
SUCCESS RATES VARY BY
RACIAL-ETHNIC GROUP
COLLEGE FULL-TIME
Success Rate (%)
80%
60%
40%
60.1%
1.8%
57.6%
2.9%
31.7%
48.5%
5.1%
42.8%
3.0%
46.3%
27.5%
31.6%
31.3%
49.2%
3.5%
29.1%
36.4%
20%
23.0%
12.3%
12.0%
Am.
Indian
Asian
0%
Total
Graduated
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54.0%
4.4%
61.3%
2.6%
18.3%
27.2%
16.6%
7.1%
Black
Retained
Fall 2001 Cohort: UG Regular - Second Spring
Hispanic
White
Unknown
Transferred
Success Rate (%)
SUCCESS RATES VARY BY
RACIAL-ETHNIC GROUP
COLLEGE PART-TIME
40%
31.4%
2.8%
20%
36.1%
2.2%
35.5%
1.5%
25.0%
5.6%
30.6%
23.5%
30.1%
31.0%
36.2%
2.4%
27.1%
5.0%
Total
0.6%
Am.
Indian
Graduated
21.1%
3.5%
14.5%
18.8%
0%
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35.8%
3.0%
3.4%
2.7%
3.0%
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Retained
Fall 2001 Cohort: UG Regular - Second Spring
6.7%
White
3.0%
Unknown
Transferred
SUCCESS RATES VARY BY
RACIAL-ETHNIC GROUP
UNIVERSITY FULL-TIME
Success Rate (%)
80%
73.2%
3.7%
61.2%
4.1%
60%
63.0%
2.7%
67.8%
1.7%
71.7%
4.1%
40%
69.1%
57.1%
65.2%
60.3%
66.1%
70.6%
67.0%
0.0%
Hispanic
0.3%
White
0.5%
Unknown
20%
0%
0.4%
Total
0.0%
Am.
Indian
Graduated
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68.8%
3.6%
74.5%
3.5%
0.0%
Asian
0.0%
Black
Retained
Fall 2001 Cohort: UG Regular - Second Spring
Transferred
ONE-QUARTER OF FULL-TIME STUDENTS
ARE LOW INCOME
LOW INCOME = PELL GRANT
CollegeLow Income
7,226 19%
UniversityNot Low
Income
10,666 28%
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College-Not
Low Income
17,009 45%
UniversityLow Income
2,915 8%
Total FT Entering Students = 37,816 in Fall 2001
SUCCESS RATES BY
INCOME CATEGORY
COLLEGE FULL-TIME & PART-TIME
Success Rate (%)
80%
60%
40%
57.6%
2.9%
31.7%
57.1%
2.7%
57.8%
3.0%
32.5%
31.3%
45.1%
2.8%
31.4%
2.8%
36.9%
20%
23.5%
23.0%
21.9%
5.0%
Total-FT
Low
Not Low
Income-FT Income-FT
Graduated
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21.2%
23.6%
0%
Total-PT
Retained
Fall 2001 Cohort: UG Regular - Second Spring
29.0%
2.8%
5.4%
5.0%
Low
Not Low
Income-PT Income-PT
Transferred
Graduation Rate (%)
SYSTEM GRADUATION RATES ARE
HIGHER THAN THOSE OF
SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
41.3%
40%
38.9%
32.1%
24.4%
20%
0%
Public Two-Year Colleges
Minnesota
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IPEDS 2001 Graduation rates
Public Four-Year Universities
U.S.
NEXT STEPS
• Develop contextual data for similar institutions on
retention rates
• Measure 1C3: Cumulative Debt Burden of Graduates
• Measure 5B: Course Transfer
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