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Institutional KPIs

How we measure student achievement and institutional performance — retention, completion, graduation and employment.

Institutional Effectiveness

Student Achievement & Institutional Performance Indicators

AUE tracks a set of key performance indicators to monitor student success and institutional effectiveness. Below are the most recent results against each target.

Undergraduate Student Retention Rate

AUE defines the undergraduate student retention rate as the percentage of first-year, full-time, degree-seeking undergraduate students enrolling in the Fall semester and returning in the following Fall semester.

Target · 80%

Reporting year

Cohort (Fall)

Retained to next Fall

Retention

2019 – 2020

171

140

82%

2020 – 2021

104

83%

2021 – 2022

82%

2022 – 2023

75%

2023 – 2024

84%

KPI 02

Undergraduate Persistence Rate

The percentage of students who enroll in consecutive Fall and Spring semesters, excluding students graduating in the Fall from this calculation.

Target · 85%

Year

Enrolled in Fall

Continued to Spring

Graduated in Fall

Persistence

2019 – 2020

2,204

1,749

141

85%

2020 – 2021

1,978

1,568

129

85%

2021 – 2022

1,973

1,502

204

85%

2022 – 2023

1,891

1,487

166

86%

2023 – 2024

2,045

1,629

135

85%

KPI 03

Course Completion Rate

The percentage of earned credits out of all attempted credits receiving a course grade, excluding course withdrawal. Students who drop a course during the drop/add period are excluded from the course completion rate.

Undergraduate

Target · 85%

Year

Credits attempted

Credits completed

Completion rate

Fall 2019 – 2020

24,690

20,613

83%

Fall 2020 – 2021

22,430

19,670

88%

Fall 2021 – 2022

20,106

17,279

86%

Fall 2022 – 2023

18,831

17,016

90%

Fall 2023 – 2024

21,533

19,805

92%

KPI 04

Graduation Rate

The ratio of the total number of completers within 150% of the normal time required for the program (6 years for undergraduate, 3 years for graduate programs), divided by the number of students in the entering cohort.

150% Undergraduate graduation rate

Target · 55%

Cohort year

Graduated

Cohort total

Graduation

2013 – 2014

164

52%

2014 – 2015

104

191

54%

2015 – 2016

115

186

62%

2016 – 2017

115

183

63%

2017 – 2018

108

177

61%

150% Graduate graduation rate

Target · 60%

Cohort year

Graduated

Cohort total

Graduation

2016 – 2017

75%

2017 – 2018

67%

2018 – 2019

67%

2019 – 2020

59%

2020 – 2021

33%

200% Graduate graduation rate — headcount

The overall graduation rate for graduate programs is based on the weighted averages of the full-time and part-time graduation rates.

Academic year

Full-time students

Part-time students

Total (FT + PT)

Overall graduation

Fall 2016 – 2017

67%

Fall 2017 – 2018

70%

Fall 2018 – 2019

75%

Fall 2019 – 2020

64%

Fall 2020 – 2021

56%

Overall graduation rate = [(Graduation rate of full-time cohort × Number of full-time students) + (Graduation rate of part-time cohort × Number of part-time students)] ÷ Total number of students (full-time + part-time)

KPI 05

Employment Rate

Employed graduates are defined by AUE as business owners, full-time / part-time employees of private and public organizations, as well as full-time students seeking higher education within 12 months of graduation. The employment rate is calculated by dividing the total number of employed by the number of reachable graduates.

Undergraduate employment rate

Target · 75%

Graduating year

Total graduates

Reachable

Employed

Unemployed

Employment rate

2018 – 2019

328

225

176

69%

2019 – 2020

321

204

152

75%

2020 – 2021

375

229

175

76%

2021 – 2022

375

340

217

123

64%

2022 – 2023

367

270

188

70%

Graduate employment rate

Target · 85%

Graduating year

Total graduates

Reachable

Employed

Unemployed

Employment rate

2018 – 2019

87%

2019 – 2020

110

90%

2020 – 2021

93%

2021 – 2022

84%

2022 – 2023

84%