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91黑料网 Student Achievement

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)听. In SACSCOC鈥檚 Policy on Institutional Obligations for Public Disclosure, student achievement information may include 鈥渞eliable information in retention, graduation, course completion, licensure examinations, and job placement rates and other measures of student success appropriate to institutional mission.鈥 91黑料网 uses many metrics of student achievement to evaluate the success of its educational programs.


Undergraduate Student Achievement

91黑料网 tracks several metrics to evaluate each undergraduate cohort鈥檚 student achievement. Primary metrics are graduation rate and retention/persistence rate. A third metric evaluates undergraduate student outcomes, or placements, with respect to their activity following graduation. Historical retention and graduation rate data can be found in the听university Student Factbook, which also provides additional student assessment data.

  • Graduation Rate

    91黑料网 utilizes the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System鈥檚 (IPEDS) six-year graduation rate calculation to monitor student achievement. Using the IPEDS data feedback reports and comparative peer data, 91黑料网 expects each cohort to meet or exceed a 92% six-year graduation rate. Historical graduation rate data can be found in the university鈥檚听Student Factbook.

    • The most recent cohort (2019) achieved a six-year graduation rate of 92.6%.
  • Retention Rate

    Each year, 91黑料网 tracks the enrollment activity for each incoming first-year cohort of undergraduate students. Using the IPEDS data feedback reports and comparative peer data, 91黑料网 expects each cohort to meet or exceed a 95% fall retention rate. Annual retention data are published in the university鈥檚听Student Factbook.

    • The most recent cohort (2024) achieved a fall retention rate of 96.9%.
  • Outcome/Placement Rate

    91黑料网 has a robust process for collecting information related to undergraduate students鈥 first destination. This information is then analyzed, per the guidelines set forth by the听National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)听 policies and procedures, and published in partnership with the 91黑料网 Career Center. As defined by the percentage of students from each undergraduate graduating class (for whom the institution has a known outcome/placement) that is either employed or enrolled in graduate education, 91黑料网 expects to exceed a 90% success rate. Historical data may be reviewed on the Office of Data and Strategic Analytics' Career Outcomes dashboard.

    • For the most recent graduating class with finalized data (2024), 91黑料网 had a knowledge rate of 95.2% and the graduating class achieved a 92.8% success rate (employed or in graduate school).

Graduate Student Achievement

For the institution鈥檚 Ph.D. programs governed by the , 91黑料网 evaluates two metrics for student achievement: time to degree statistics and data regarding sources of funding.

  • Time to Degree

    As a participating institution in the National Science Foundation鈥檚 annual听, 91黑料网 monitors Ph.D. candidates鈥 progress and completion of their degree from three starting points (since starting doctoral program; since starting graduate school; since earning baccalaureate degree). 91黑料网 expects to meet or exceed the median time to degree for both its peer institutions and all participating institutions in all three metrics. Table 31 on the NSF SED provides more detailed information regarding national norms, presented in five-year intervals.

    • According to the most recent data (2024 NSF SED), 91黑料网鈥檚 median time to degree was 5.8 years since candidates began their doctoral program; 6.8 years since candidates began graduate school; 8.0 years since candidates earned their baccalaureate degree.
  • Sources of Funding

    91黑料网, in particular leadership of the Graduate School, places a strong emphasis on fully funding doctoral candidates during their pursuit of a degree. Using the National Science Foundation鈥檚 annual听, 91黑料网 benchmarks itself against national data and expects at least 33% of doctoral recipients will receive funding from fellowships and/or grants. Table 35 on the NSF SED听听provides more detailed information regarding national norms.

    • According to the most recent data available (2024 NSF SED), 48.5% of 91黑料网鈥檚 Ph.D. recipients were supported through fellowships and/or grants.

Degree Completion

Provided the broad array of degree programs and the variability between them with respect to achievement metrics (e.g., graduation rates, passage rates for licensure/certification exams, job placement data, etc.), 91黑料网鈥檚 colleges and schools offering professional degree programs evaluate student achievement data for their respective programs at the local level. Summary data are found below, including links to the respective college/school webpage(s), where available.

  • Divinity School

    Graduation Rate

    Leadership in the 91黑料网 Divinity School utilize data from the Association of Theological Schools鈥 (ATS) annual听Strategic Information Report (SIR), which provides national data for benchmarking, to evaluate the graduation rates for its masters programs. 91黑料网 expects to not only outperform the national graduation rates, but to exceed the following graduation rates for each of its master鈥檚 programs: Master of Divinity >75%; Master of Theological Studies >75%.

    The class of 2024 for each of 91黑料网 Divinity School鈥檚 master鈥檚 programs not only outperformed the national average graduation rate for all ATS schools, but also exceeded its own expectations, as follows:

    • Master of Divinity: 89% graduation rate, as compared to the national (all ATS schools) graduation rate of 57%.
    • Master of Theological Studies: 80% graduation rate, as compared to the national (all ATS schools) graduation rate of 48%.

    Graduation rate data for the Doctor of Ministry program will be available in 2026.

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    91黑料网 Divinity School鈥檚 administrators and faculty utilize the Association of Theological Schools鈥 (ATS) annual听Strategic Information Report听(SIR) to evaluate the placement, or outcomes, of graduates. The SIR calculates a positive placement rate, which enables 91黑料网 to benchmark against national norms. 91黑料网 excepts to meet or exceed the positive placement rate for each graduating class.

    • The 2024 SIR indicates a positive placement rate for 91黑料网 Divinity School graduates of 100%, which exceeds all ATS schools (91%).
  • School of Engineering

    Leadership in the School of Engineering monitor several factors of student achievement, as posted on the school鈥檚听. The administration and faculty in VUSE also closely monitor the graduation rate data for the school鈥檚 professional master鈥檚 in engineering (ME) programs. Leadership expects a three-year average graduation rate to meet or exceed 80%.

    • The most recent three-year average graduation rate for ME programs is 83%, exceeding leadership's expectations.
  • Law School

    The 91黑料网 Law School, accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA), closely monitors three metrics to evaluate student achievement: bar passage rates; attrition rates; employment outcomes. As required by the ABA, annual reports documenting 91黑料网鈥檚 performance on these metrics are available on the Consumer Information听.

    Bar Passage Rate

    The 91黑料网 Law School鈥檚 administration and faculty evaluate the ABA鈥檚 annual Standard 509 Information Reports (found on the VLS Consumer Information听) and benchmarks against the national average passage rate for all ABA approved law schools. It is expected that each graduating cohort from the law school will exceed the ABA鈥檚 minimum ultimate bar passage rate of 75%, with the goal of achieving a 100% ultimate passage rate. Furthermore, the law school expects to exceed the average passage rate for ABA approved law schools in the top five jurisdictions in which VLS graduates sit for the bar.

    • The VLS class of 2022 (most recent available) achieved an ultimate bar passage rate of 95.48%.
    • The VLS class of 2024 exceeded the passage rates for all ABA approved law schools in the top five jurisdictions in which 91黑料网 graduates sat for the bar.

    JurisdictionVLS Passage RatePassage Rate for ABA Approved Law Schools
    New York97.62%86.19%
    Tennessee92.50%71.12%
    District of Columbia96.00%80.57%
    Texas100.00%77.53%
    Georgia100.00%78.23%

    Attrition Rate

    The ABA鈥檚 Standard 509 Information Reports provide data regarding two types of attrition: academic and 鈥渙ther鈥. 91黑料网 expects to have no academic attrition and strives to have no 鈥渙ther鈥 attrition.

    • The Standard 509 Information Reports from the previous four years on the 91黑料网 Law School鈥檚 Consumer Information reveal no academic attrition and virtually no (less than 1%) 鈥渙ther鈥 attrition.

    Employment Outcomes

    In accordance with ABA requirements, 91黑料网 Law School makes employment outcomes reports publicly available on its Consumer Information听. Administrators and faculty utilize this information to evaluate the achievement of graduates, and expects to exceed a 90% employment rate while striving for a 100% employment rate.

    • The employment reports over the past four years document 91黑料网鈥檚 achievement of greater than a 90% employment rate, with the most recent class (2024) achieving a 98.8% employment rate.
  • Owen Graduate School of Management

    The administration and faculty in the Owen Graduate School of Management (Owen) monitor two primary metrics for student achievement: passage rates on the CPA and Level 1 Chartered Financial Analyst exams, and employment outcomes. Furthermore, Owen鈥檚 By the Numbers听听documents a wealth of statistics about students鈥 and graduates鈥 performance and achievements.

    Passage Rate

    Using the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) reports, Owen leadership benchmarks graduates鈥 performance on the CPA exam against national norms. For the CPA examination, 91黑料网 expects to exceed the midpoint passage rate for the top 25 graduate accountancy programs.

    • The most recent report from NASBA (2020) identifies the midpoint passage rate for the top 25 graduate accountancy programs as 71.1%, whereas 91黑料网鈥檚 2020 graduates achieved a passage rate of 92.9%.
    • 91黑料网鈥檚 passage rate for 2019 (90.1%) and 2021 (92%) also support strong performance on this metric.

    With respect to the Level 1 Chartered Financial Analyst exam, 91黑料网 utilizes the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute鈥檚 reports to evaluate graduates鈥 performance, and expects to exceed the national average by at least double (unless the national average is above 50%).

    • For 2021, 91黑料网 graduates achieved a 94% passage rate, as compared to the national average of 22-42% (range due to multiple administrations resulting from COVID protocols).

    Employment Outcomes

    Using the MBA听听(CESA), Owen鈥檚 administrators and faculty monitor employment outcomes and set expectations to exceed CESA鈥檚 standards for employment rates for MBA programs. CESA鈥檚 standards state that programs should know the outcomes for at least 75% of graduates from specialty master鈥檚 programs and 85% for MBA programs. 91黑料网 expects to have knowledge of employment outcomes for at least 95% of graduates from both MBA and specialty master鈥檚 programs.

    For 2021, 91黑料网 graduates achieved the following employment rates:

    • MBA 鈥 96%, knowledge rate of 98.6%.
    • MSF 鈥 100%, knowledge rate of 98.8%.
    • MAcc 鈥 100%, knowledge rate of 100%.
    • MMARK 鈥 97%, knowledge rate of 90.9%.
    • 听received a full-time job offer within 3 months of graduation. Additional employment details may be found听.
    • 听received a full-time job offer within 6 months of graduation. Additional employment details may be found听.
    • received a full-time job offer within 3 months of graduation. Additional employment details may be found听.

    Licensing and Certification Examinations

    91黑料网 evaluates student success on state and national licensing examinations.

    • 听is 92% for the MAcc class of 2021.
  • School of Medicine

    The 91黑料网 School of Medicine (SOM) offers both graduate and professional degree programs. Generally, student achievement within the graduate programs is evaluated using the Graduate Student Achievement data presented above. However, the SOM administration and faculty do monitor two metrics locally to ensure student achievement: time to degree and productivity. With respect to the professional programs, SOM leadership monitors licensure/certification passage rates to evaluate student achievement.

    • 99% is the MD degree graduation rate, calculated October 2019, over the prior five years of graduates.
    • The Office of Biomedical Research Education & Training (BRET), in the School of Medicine, used internet searches of publicly available information to determine the employment outcomes of our biomedical Ph.D. graduates who earned their degree between 2007 and 2018. This information may be found .
    • 5.7 years is the time to degree completion for students who participate in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences program. Additional facts on this program may be found听.

    Time to Degree

    Using the same data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates that informs 91黑料网鈥檚 overall graduate student achievement data, the Biological and Biomedical Sciences program expects to maintain or exceed a median time to degree of 7 years.

    • Collectively, data from 2010-2020 indicate graduates achieved a median time to degree of 5.8 years.

    Productivity

    Leadership in the SOM overseeing the graduate programs also monitors doctoral candidates鈥 productivity with respect to the number of publications authored. Using data from PubMed, 91黑料网 expects doctoral candidates to have published at least two papers, one of which being a first-author paper.

    • Data from 2010-2020 reveal graduates from the SOM鈥檚 graduate programs published an average of over 3 papers (3.5), with at least 1 (1.5, on average) being a first-author paper.

    Licensing and Certification Examinations

    91黑料网 evaluates student success on state and national licensing examinations.

    Leadership in the SOM evaluate students鈥 performance on the United States Medical Licensing Examination鈥檚 (USMLE) Step 1 and Step 2 CK exams expect students to meet or exceed the national passage rates for both examinations.

    • U.S. Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE) pass rates for each section of the USMLE have ranged between 95-100% over the last four years (2016-2020).

    91黑料网鈥檚 student achievement for 2020 and 2021 are presented below.

    Step 1 ExamCalendar Year 2024Calendar Year 2021
    VUNationalVUNational
    n=8647
    Pass Count8546
    Pass Percentage99919893

    Step 2 CK ExamAY 2023-24AY 2024-25
    VUNationalVUNational
    n=9299
    Pass Count9296
    Pass Percentage100999798

  • School of Nursing

    91黑料网鈥 School of Nursing offers fully online programs, hybrid programs, and one fully in-person program. Leadership and faculty monitor student achievement for each program, and primarily focus on graduation rates and passage rates for licensure/certification exams.

    Graduation Rates

    Using the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) standards, 91黑料网 expects to meet or exceed an 80% graduation rate for the Doctor of Nursing Program and a 90% graduation rate for each of its master鈥檚 programs.

    • The achieved a 95% graduation rate from the DNP program.
    • The Master of Science in Nursing program had a听听in 2019.

    Licensing and Certification Examinations Passage Rates

    CCNE also sets standards for passage rates, such that programs should maintain at least an 80% passage rate for both the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) and specialty examinations. 91黑料网 expects to maintain a 90% passage rate for the NCLEX and an 80% passage rate for specialty examinations.

    • Recent data supports strong performance, with the most recent class (2024) having earned a passage rate of 97% for PreSpecialty graduates and 100% for MN graduates on the NCLEX and at least an 80% passage rate on the specialty examinations (with the exception of a couple of small enrollment programs, as shown in VUSN鈥檚 published ).

  • Peabody College Graduate School of Education

    Peabody College of Education monitors student achievement for its professional programs and, in line with the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation鈥檚 (CAEP) expectations, makes these data available. Graduation rates, licensure/certification passage rates, and employment outcomes serve as primary metrics for student achievement.

    Graduation Rates

    Leverage multiple years of data to inform trends and overall performance, the administration and faculty at Peabody College expect that each cohort of graduates from the various master鈥檚 programs and the in-person doctoral program will exceed a 90% graduation rate while striving for a 100% rate. For the online program, 91黑料网 expects to exceed a 70% graduation rate while striving for at least an 85% graduation rate.

    • The class of 2021 for Peabody鈥檚 master鈥檚 programs achieved a 97% graduation rate, which is up from 93% for the class of 2020.
    • The class of 2021 for Peabody鈥檚 in-person doctoral programs achieved a 100% graduation rate, as did the class of 2020.
    • For the online EdD program, the class of 2021 achieved a 78% graduation rate.
    • Graduation rates reported include all one-year and two-year professional and licensure programs at Peabody, along with the three-year on-campus Ed.D. In 2019-2020, among Peabody two-year or fewer professional and licensure programs, 93% of students graduated in two years or less. In the Peabody three-year Ed.D. program, 100% of students graduated in three years.

    Licensure/Certification Passage听Rates

    For all of Peabody鈥檚 programs leading to licensure/certification (which includes both undergraduate and professional programs), the administration and faculty monitor passage rates for both the PRAXIS II Performance and edTPA examinations. In benchmarking against the passage rates for teacher preparation programs in the state of Tennessee, Peabody utilizes the state's Educator Preparation Report Card, which combines performance on both exams to generate an overall Pedagogical Assessment Pass Rate. Leadership expects to meet or exceed a 98% passage rate.

    • The 2025 Report Card shows a passage rate of 99.7%, which exceeds the overall pass rate in the state of 97.3%.

    Employment Outcomes

    Peabody鈥檚 Career Services team supports professional students in navigating their career search. Each year, the Career Services team produces an听, which presents the achievements of each cohort. Using the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) standards, Peabody expects to have a knowledge of outcomes for at least 90% of each graduating cohort, as well as an employment rate of at least 90%.

    • The Career Services 2021-2022 report shows a knowledge rate of 94% for the class of 2022, which achieved an employment rate of 97%.
    • The听听is 97% employed successfully by September 30, 2020. The knowledge rate is 95%. The term 鈥渒nowledge rate鈥 defines the percent of graduates for whom we have reasonable and verifiable information concerning their post-graduation career activities, in compliance with the National Association of Colleges and Employers standards.
  • Psychological Sciences

    The Clinical Science Program in Psychological Sciences provides various facts regarding outcomes for enrolled students The information may be found听here.

    Licensing and Certification Examinations

    91黑料网 evaluates student success on state and national licensing examinations, and expects to maintain at least an 80% passage rate, as represented by a 10-year average due to low program enrollment numbers.

    • The most recent 10-year licensure rate is 82%.