Freshman Cohort Flow Viz Released

Have you ever wondered how an incoming class of Freshman flows through the University of Minnesota system over time? Utilizing d3, a visualization framework, we have released a report which shows our graduation and retention data year-over-year, diagramming how a Freshman class shifts and evolves via a Sankey diagram. The visualization shows the students transferring to another campus, graduating or leaving the system.

2013 Graduation/Retention Data Released

The 2013 Graduation/Retention data has been released. The report can be found here:
Freshman Graduation/Retention.

Here are the highlights for each campus with the latest cohort updates:

Twin Cities: 90.4% First Year Retention Rate, 59.1% 4 Year Grad Rate, 75.7% 6 Year Grad Rate
Crookston: 71.6% 1 Year Retention Rate, 34.7% 4 Year Grad Rate, 46.6% 6 Year Grad Rate
Duluth: 79.9% 1 Year Retention Rate, 37.5% 4 Year Grad Rate, 66.7% 6 Year Grad Rate
Morris: 88.1% 1 Year Retention Rate, 53.0% 4 Year Grad Rate, 68.2% 6 Year Grad Rate
Rochester: 78.6% 1 Year Retention Rate, 50.0% 4 Year Grad Rate*

(1 Year retention rate is based upon the Fall 2012 New High School freshman cohort, 4 Year Grad Rate is based upon the Fall 2009 New High School freshman cohort and 6 Year Grad Rate is based upon the Fall 2007 New High School freshman cohort)

* Rochester's first cohort began in 2009, 6 year data will be available in Fall 2015.

2012 Graduation/Retention Released

The 2012 Graduation/Retention data has been released. The report can be found here:
Freshman Graduation/Retention.

Here are the highlights for each campus with the latest cohort updates:

Twin Cities: 91.0% First Year Retention Rate, 58.1% 4 Year Grad Rate, 73.2% 6 Year Grad Rate
Crookston: 77.1% 1 Year Retention Rate, 35.5% 4 Year Grad Rate, 53.4% 6 Year Grad Rate
Duluth: 79.1% 1 Year Retention Rate, 37.4% 4 Year Grad Rate, 59.6% 6 Year Grad Rate
Morris: 81.4% 1 Year Retention Rate, 57.4% 4 Year Grad Rate, 64.2% 6 Year Grad Rate
Rochester: 85.6% 1 Year Retention Rate*

(1 Year retention rate is based upon the Fall 2011 New High School freshman cohort, 4 Year Grad Rate is based upon the Fall 2008 New High School freshman cohort and 6 Year Grad Rate is based upon the Fall 2006 New High School freshman cohort)

* Rochester's first cohort began in 2009, 4 year data will be available next Fall and 6 year in Fall 2015.

New 2011 Graduation Retention Report

We have now released the inaugural web based version of the Official University of Minnesota Graduation/Retention Report for first-time full-time new entering freshmen, using newly designed data warehouse tables. The report layout is essentially the same as in prior years, but a few minor content changes have been implemented that make some of the numbers slightly different than in the past. These differences are listed below.

A small number of students appear in more than one terms Official Enrollment Report table as a new freshman (NHS) or a new transfer (NAS). In previous reports, these students were included in multiple entry cohorts. Now, they are only represented once, based on the earliest entry term. This change will slightly reduce the size of some of the entering cohorts.

Graduates who are awarded multiple bachelors degrees from different campuses or colleges in the same term are now assigned a graduation status (e.g. Degree Entry Unit, Degree Other Unit, Degree Other Campus) with priority given to their entry campus or college. In the past the status was based on the first degree posted for that term. This change tends to slightly increase the number of Degree Entry Unit counts and decrease the number of Degree Other Unit counts.

Deceased students are now only included in the report if they were awarded a degree. If a degree was not awarded, they are excluded from the base cohorts. In the past, all new entering students were included regardless of deceased status. This is now in synch with Federal regulations.

These three basic changes result in some of the base cohort numbers and status numbers being different than in previous years reports. However these differences are relatively small and generally involve only a few students (less than 10 per cohort)

Please contact the Office of Institutional research if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.