Student Achievement Goals

Student Retention Rate

Definition: The percentage (%) of First-time, Full-time in College (FTIC) cohort of students who enroll during one fall term and return the next fall term.

Target: Increase the freshman retention rate to at least 75% by Fall 2025.

	Fall 2015		Fall 2016		Fall 2017		Fall 2018		Fall 2019		Fall 2020		Fall 2021		Fall 2022		Fall 2023		Fall 2024
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
# Full-time, First-time in College	767	100%	1,037	100%	1,083	100%	928	100%	1,065	100%	882	100%	913	100%	1,374	100%	1,444	100%	1,482	100%
# who returned for a 2nd year	567	73.9%	732	70.6%	713	65.8%	604	65%	665	62.4%	668	75.7%	667	73.1%	978	71.2%	1,002	69.4%
# who returned for a 3rd year	479	62.5%	549	52.9%	586	54.1%	476	51%	599	56.2%	495	56.1%	546	59.8%	736	53.6%
# who returned for a 4th year	441	57.5%	508	49.0%	528	48.8%	453	49%	518	48.6%	424	48.1%	466	51.0%
# who returned for a 5th year	147	19.2%	182	17.6%	201	18.6%	193	21%	241	22.6%	172	19.5%

 

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Student Progression Rates

Definition: The percentage (%) of First-time, Full-time in College (FTIC) Entering Freshmen who return the next year and progress to the upper level of enrollment and degree completion.

Target: Increase the freshman progression rate to at least 48% by Fall 2025.

	Fall 2015		Fall 2016		Fall 2017		Fall 2018		Fall 2019		Fall 2020		Fall 2021		Fall 2022		Fall 2023		Fall 2024
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
# Full-time, First-time in College	767	100%	1,037	100%	1,083	100%	928	100%	1,065	100%	882	100%	913	100%	1,374	100%	1,444	100%	1,482	100%
# who Returned for a 2nd year in Sophomore standing	376	49.0%	376	36.3%	390	36.0%	326	35.1%	320	30.0%	270	30.6%	308	33.7%	439	32.0%	492	34.1%
# who Returned for a 3rd year in Junior standing	282	75.0%	232	61.7%	272	69.7%	243	74.5%	217	67.8%	185	68.5%	229	74.4%
# who Returned for a 4th year in Senior standing	252	89.4%	221	95.3%	267	98.2%	210	86.4%	193	88.9%	169	91.4%

 

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Graduation Rate

Definition: The graduation rate is calculated by following a cohort of First-time, Full-time in College (FTIC) students and determining the number of students who fulfill degree requirements after four, five, six, seven, and eight years as a percentage (%) of the total number of students in the FTIC cohort.

Target: Increase the six year graduation rate to at least 55% by fall 2025.

	Fall 2015		Fall 2016		Fall 2017		Fall 2018		Fall 2019		Fall 2020		Fall 2021		Fall 2022		Fall 2023		Fall 2024
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
# Full-time, First-time in College	767	100%	1,037	100%	1,083	100%	928	100%	1,065	100%	882	100%	913	100%	1,374	100%	1,444	100%	1,482	100%
# who graduated in 4 years or less	257	33.5%	286	27.6%	301	27.8%	226	24%	241	22.6%	214	24.3%
# who graduated in 5 years or less	351	45.8%	383	36.9%	417	38.5%	332	36%	365	34.3%
# who graduated in 6 years or less	371	48.4%	405	39.1%	449	41.5%	366	39%
# who graduated in 7 years or less	383	49.9%	425	41.0%	457	42.2%
# who graduated in 8 years or less	387	50.5%	434	41.9%

 

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Licensure Examination Annual Pass Rates

Definition: This student achievement measure is vital to monitoring the progress of VSU to increase the number of education graduates who satisfy the requirements for teacher licensure.

Goal: Improve teacher education programs and student preparation to increase annual pass rates on both teacher education licensure examinations to at least 85%

Target: 85%

Legend: VCLA - Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment

                  VRA - Virginia Reading Assessment for Elementary and Special Education Teachers

                  RVE - Reading for Virginia Educators: Elementary and Special Education

NOTE:   (a) No licensure assessment is required for counselor education and central office personnel.

               (b) Pass rates are not calculated for education programs with fewer than 10 completers.