Student Achievement

The information below provides statements of goals and outcomes for the following student achievement measures: graduation rates, first-year retention, student cohort default rates and successful course completion.

ECPI University also participates (along with 645 other postsecondary institutions as of February 2020) in the Student Achievement Measure (SAM), which reports student transfers across postsecondary institutions to provide a more complete picture of undergraduate student progress and completion. SAM is an alternative to the IPEDS graduation rate, which limits cohorts to first-time, full-time students at a single institution. ECPI University’s student achievement outcomes using the SAM initiative methodology are provided at the following link: http://studentachievementmeasure.org/participants/248934

    Graduation Rates    
Graduation Rates (IPEDS Outcome Measure)
Year Goal Results
2018 55% 52%
2019 55% 53%
2020 55% 54%
2021 55% 54%
2022 55% 51%
2023 55% 51%
2024 55% 52%

Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems, National Center for Education Statistics (https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data)

    Retention Rates    
First Academic Year Retention
Year Goal Results
2018-19 65% 61%
2019-20 65% 64%
2020-21 65% 60%
2021-22 65% 61%
2022-23 65% 63%
2023-24 65% 64%

Source: Institutional Data

    Student Cohort Default Rates    
Student Cohort Default Rates
Year Goal Results
FY2017 12.0 14.2
FY2018 12.0 11.4
FY2019 12.0 3.4
FY2020 12.0 0.0
FY2021 12.0 0.0

Source: https://nsldsfap.ed.gov/cdr-searchable-database/school/search

    Successful Course Completion Rates    
Successful Course Completion
Year Goal Results
2019 89% 89%
2020 89% 87%
2021 89% 87%
202289% 87%
2023 89% 89%
2024 89% 89%

Number of courses attempted in a calendar year divided by the number of students who earn a passing grade in the course according to University policies.

Source: Institutional Data