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Student Achievement Measure (SAM)

Average Fall Entering Student ACT Composite

Year	Score
2013	21
2014	21
2015	21
2016	21
2017	21
2018	21
2019	21

Average Fall Entering Student High School Grade Point Average

Year	Score
2013	3.15
2014	3.19
2015	3.18
2016	3.12
2017	3.22
2018	3.25
2019	3.31

First to Second Year Retention Rates (Fall Cohort Entering Year)

Year	First-Time, Full-Time Freshmen	Students Enrolled the following Fall	Retention Rate (as a percentage)
2012	180	116	64.44
2013	159	111	69.81
2014	168	119	70.83
2015	173	123	71.10
2016	158	113	71.52
2017	160	109	68.13
2018	151	110	72.85

Graduation Rates (Fall Cohort Entering Year)

Year	First/FT Freshmen	% done in 4 yrs or less	% done in 5 yrs or less	% done in 6 yrs or less
2006	177	25	38	41
2007	184	23	39	46
2008	154	23	44	48
2009	152	21	37	41
2010	217	20	33	34
2011	195	25	36	37
2012	183	25	36	38

Fall Student Headcount by Type

Year	Full-Time Undergraduate	Part-Time Undergraduate	Full-Time Graduate	Part-Time Graduate	Total Fall Headcount
2013	759	462	2	153	1,366
2014	779	455	4	140	1,378
2015	784	494	5	139	1,422
2016	798	497	4	153	1,452
2017	834	538	12	138	1,522
2018	862	542	10	133	1547
2019	904	620	5	136	1665

Fall Student Headcount by Category

Year	Bachelor’s Degree-Seeking	Master’s Certificate-Seeking	Master’s Degree-Seeking
2013	924	0	155
2014	952	19	122
2015	974	19	121
2016	1116	17	137
2017	1163	13	131
2018	1009	18	118
2019	1161	16	114

Fall Enrollment by Gender

Year	Male	Female	Total
2013	583 (42.7%)	783 (57.3%)	1,366
2014	561 (40.7%)	817 (59.3%)	1,378
2015	545 (38.3%)	877 (61.7%)	1,422
2016	592 (40.8%)	860 (59.2%)	1,452
2017	631 (41.5%)	891 (58.5%)	1,522
2018	619 (40%)	928 (60%)	1,547
2019	680 (40.8%)	985 (59.2%)	1,665

Fall Enrollment By Race (Number and Percentage)

Degree Completions (by Academic Year)

Year	BS Ed.	BS	BA	BUS	Bachelor’s Total	Master’s	All Degrees
2012-13	134	96	6	5	241	38	279
2013-14	138	72	0	7	217	41	258
2014-15	140	109	1	5	255	47	302
2015-16	140	113	4	3	260	45	305
2016-17	122	106	5	3	236	29	265
2017-18	146	89	1	5	241	33	274
2018-19	169	89	6	2	278	47	325

Non-Education Majors Completing Internships (by Academic Year)

Year	Students
2012-13	33
2013-14	20
2014-15	41
2015-16	30
2016-17	36
2017-18	27

Bachelor’s Degree Graduates Enrolling in Graduate Programs (by Academic Year)

Year	Students
2011-12	14
2012-13	17
2013-14	27
2014-15	15
2015-16	9
2016-17	11
2017-18	9

Employment Rates for Graduates (by Academic Year, shown as percentages, data includes only those who responded to Career Services survey)

Year	Education Majors (Response Rate)	Non-Education Majors (Response Rate)	Overall Average
2011-12	92 (92%)	93 (77%)	92.5
2012-13	100 (77%)	99 (86%)	99.5
2013-14	98 (92%)	97 (90%)	98
2014-15	99 (88%)	97 (84%)	98
2015-16	100 (90%)	100 (77%)	100
2016-17	100 (95%)	92 (94%)	96
2017-18	100 (91%)	100 (94%)	100

Praxis II Subject Matter Exam Results (July 2006 through May 2019)

Total for Praxis II Content Exams	Test Taker Count	% Passing
Secondary	426	93%
Elementary	1027	98%
Total for all Praxis II Content Exams	1453	97%

Totals for Praxis II Pedagogy Exams	Test Taker Count	% Passing
Secondary PLT 7-12 (both 0524 and 5624 versions)	300	94%
Elementary PLT K-6 (both 0522 and 5622 versions)	1040	97%
Total for all Principles of Learning and Teaching exams	1340	96%

*Note: Praxis II subject matter exams are administered by the Education Testing Service (ETS) and used by a majority of the states to measure content knowledge as part of licensure requirements.