Measuring Success

UC Santa Cruz Student Retention and Graduation Information

The data below are from UC Santa Cruz's Institutional Research, Assessment, and Policy Studies (IRAPS).

Summary retention and graduation reports by entering frosh and transfer cohorts with breakdowns by gender, ethnic group, college, and other student characteristics:

• New Frosh and Transfer Students

Comprehensive reports describe graduation rates, time-to-degree, and patterns of major migration by entering cohort:

• Entering frosh cohorts (by proposed major at admission or by declared major):
  • Graduation rates
  • Degrees awarded
  • Average time-to-degree
• Entering transfer cohorts (by proposed or declared major at admission):
  • Graduation rates
  • Degrees awarded
  • Average time-to-degree

Student Achievement Measure (SAM) metrics that include students who transfer to and graduate from another institution:

• Freshmen and transfer cohorts entering in fall 2014

Analytic reports about retention, graduation, and time-to-degree:

• Who leaves UC Santa Cruz and when?  Retention and Graduation among Freshman Cohorts (prepared in December 2011, an overview of frosh retention and graduation rates—including an analysis of retention patterns based on academic performance, student demographics, and the student experience at UCSC)
• Retention and graduation rates were analyzed in the 2010 WASC Interim Report in Issue 5 (starting on page 12).