Institutional Effectiveness

Southwestern’s comprehensive assessment program

Institutional Effectiveness

The Associate Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness oversees Southwestern’s comprehensive assessment program. The work of assessment includes evaluation at three key levels: institution-wide, degree program, and departmental.

Each degree program and department establishes a mission, goals, objectives and outcomes, and target achievements on an annual basis. Findings are evaluated at the end of each academic year and then action plans are developed for the subsequent year for areas of needed improvement. Southwestern also assesses its performance on an institution-wide level through the strategic planning process conducted by the president’s cabinet.

This comprehensive assessment structure was established in 2008 and is an annual element of institutional operation.

The following student achievement data is provided on this site:

1. Retention from Fall to Spring for the most recent academic year.

a. Disaggregated by degree type and ethnicity.

b. Disaggregated by degree type and gender.

c. In all cases, the institution’s target retention rate is 85% or higher.

d. *Please note, cohorts with 10 or less members can have high variance.

2. Graduation rates at 200% time for the most recent academic year.

a. Disaggregated by degree type and ethnicity.

b. Disaggregated by degree type and gender.

c. In all cases, the institution’s target retention rate is 50% or higher.

d. *Please note, cohorts with 10 or less members can have high variance.

Retention Disaggregated by Degree Type and Ethnicity

CERTIFICATES

Ethnicity	Retention %
Nonresident alien	74%
Hispanic/Latino	33%*
Asian	61%
Black or African American	43%*
White	48%
Race and ethnicity unknown	33%*
Overall	59%

BACHELOR’S

Ethnicity	Retention %
Nonresident alien	77%
Hispanic/Latino	80%
American Indian or Alaska Native	100%*
Asian	90%
Black or African American	63%*
White	82%
Two or More Races	80%*
Race and ethnicity unknown	94%
Overall	86%

MASTER OF DIVINITY

Ethnicity	Retention %
Nonresident alien	76%
Hispanic/Latino	77%
American Indian or Alaska Native	67%*
Asian	73%
Black or African American	68%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	100%*
White	75%
Two or More Races	85%
Race and ethnicity unknown	50%*
Overall	75%

OTHER MASTER’S

Ethnicity	Retention %
Nonresident alien	77%
Hispanic/Latino	78%
American Indian or Alaska Native	80%*
Asian	89%
Black or African American	62%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	100%*
White	68%
Two or More Races	86%
Race and ethnicity unknown	80%
Overall	74%

PROFESSIONAL DOCTORAL

Ethnicity	Retention %
Nonresident alien	77%
Hispanic/Latino	100%*
American Indian or Alaska Native	100%*
Asian	74%
Black or African American	83%*
White	84%
Two or More Races	75%*
Race and ethnicity unknown	100%*
Overall	79%

RESEARCH DOCTORAL

Ethnicity	Retention %
Nonresident alien	87%
Hispanic/Latino	89%
American Indian or Alaska Native	100%*
Asian	73%
Black or African American	100%*
White	84%
Two or More Races	100%
Race and ethnicity unknown	86%*
Overall	86%

Retention Disaggregated by Degree Type and Gender

CERTIFICATES

Gender	Retention %
Female	54%
Male	87%
Overall	59%

BACHELOR’S

Gender	Retention %
Female	85%
Male	86%
Overall	86%

MASTER OF DIVINITY

Gender	Retention %
Female	75%
Male	75%
Overall	75%

OTHER MASTER’S

Gender	Retention %
Female	75%
Male	74%
Overall	74%

PROFESSIONAL DOCTORAL

Gender	Retention %
Female	81%
Male	79%
Overall	79%

RESEARCH DOCTORAL

Gender	Retention %
Female	89%
Male	85%
Overall	86%

Graduation Rates Disaggregated by Degree Type and Ethnicity (Cohort year noted in parentheses)

CERTIFICATES (FALL 2017)

Ethnicity	Graduation %
Nonresident alien	100%*
Hispanic/Latino	0%*
Asian	0%*
Black or African American	100%*
White	13%
Overall	17%

BACHELOR’S (FALL 2011)

Ethnicity	Graduation %
Nonresident alien	33%*
Hispanic/Latino	0%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%*
Asian	22%*
Black or African American	0%*
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0%*
White	30%
Race and ethnicity unknown	93%
Overall	40%

MASTER OF DIVINITY (FALL 2013)

Ethnicity	Graduation %
Nonresident alien	70%
Hispanic/Latino	50%
American Indian or Alaska Native	25%*
Asian	55%
Black or African American	29%*
White	43%
Two or More Races	100%*
Race and ethnicity unknown	0%*
Overall	45%

OTHER MASTER’S (FALL 2015)

Ethnicity	Graduation %
Nonresident alien	50%
Hispanic/Latino	39%
Asian	14%*
Black or African American	40%*
White	29%
Two or More Races	50%*
Race and ethnicity unknown	100%*
Overall	33%

PROFESSIONAL DOCTORAL (FALL 2013)

Ethnicity	Graduation %
Nonresident alien	3%
Asian	13%*
White	33%*
Two or More Races	100%*
Overall	10%

RESEARCH DOCTORAL (FALL 2011)

Ethnicity	Graduation %
Nonresident alien	67%*
Asian	100%*
White	85%
Two or More Races	0%*
Race and ethnicity unknown	100%*
Overall	77%

Graduation Rates Disaggregated by Degree Type and Gender (Cohort year noted in parentheses)