Institutional KPIs

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. AUE has set a target Retention Rate of 80%.

Reporting Year	Cohort Fall	Retained to Next Fall	Retention
2018 – 2019	159	129	81%
2019 – 2020	171	140	80%
2020 – 2021	104	86	83%
2021 – 2022	89	73	82%
2022-2023	72	54	75%

Undergraduate Persistence Rate

AUE’s definition of Undergraduate Persistence Rate as the percentage of students who enroll in consecutive Fall and Spring semesters, excluding graduating students on Fall from this calculation. The designated target for AUE’s Undergraduate Persistence Rate is set at 85%.

Year	Enrolled in Fall	Continued to Spring	Graduated in Fall	Persistence
2018 – 2019	2253	1724	171	83%
2019 – 2020	2204	1749	141	85%
2020 – 2021	1978	1567	129	85%
2021 – 2022	1973	1502	204	85%
2022-2023	1891	1487	166	86%

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

AUE has set the goal for undergraduate completion rate at 85%

Year	Credits Attempted	Credits Completed	Course Completion Rate
Fall 2018 – 2019	20500	18233	89%
Fall 2019 – 2020	24690	20613	83%
Fall 2020 – 2021	22430	19670	88%
Fall 2021 – 2022	20106	17279	86%
Fall 2022 – 2023	18831	17016	90%

Graduate

AUE has set the goal for graduate completion rate at 90%

Year	Credits Attempted	Credits Completed	Course Completion Rate
Fall 2018 – 2019	1979	1791	91%
Fall 2019 – 2020	1550	1403	91%
Fall 2020 – 2021	1970	1801	91%
Fall 2021 – 2022	2363	2261	96%
Fall 2022 – 2023	1640	1561	95%

Graduation Rate

AUE defines the graduation rate for both undergraduate and graduate programs as 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

AUE has set a targeted undergraduate graduation rate of 55%.

Cohort Year	Graduated	Cohort Total	Graduation %
2012 – 2013	119	233	51%
2013 – 2014	86	164	52%
2014 – 2015	104	191	54%
2015 – 2016	115	186	62%
2016 – 2017	115	183	63%

150% Graduate Graduation Rate

AUE’s objective for the graduate graduation rate is 60%.

Cohort Year	Graduated	Cohort Total	Graduation %
2015 – 2016	17	29	59%
2016 – 2017	49	65	75%
2017 – 2018	42	63	67%
2018 – 2019	34	51	67%
2019 – 2020	16	27	59%

Employment Rate

Employed graduates are defined by the 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

AUE has set a target employment rate of 75% for its undergraduate students.

Graduating Year	Total Graduates	Reachable	Employed	Unemployed	Employment Rate %
2015 – 2016	357	241	174	67	72%
2016 – 2017	328	255	176	79	69%
2017 – 2018	321	204	152	52	75%
2018 – 2019	375	229	172	54	76%
2019 – 2020	375	340	264	76	78%

Graduate Employment Rate

AUE has established a targeted employment rate of 85% for its graduate students.

Graduating Year	Total Graduates	Reachable	Employed	Unemployed	Employment Rate %
2015 – 2016	124	93	81	12	87%
2016 – 2017	91	78	68	10	87%
2017 – 2018	110	81	73	8	90%
2018 – 2019	85	58	54	4	93%
2019 – 2020	98	91	87	4	96%

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