Goal 1 – Improve Educational Access and Student Success

Metric 1

Unduplicated number of graduates (distinct by award level) [1]	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2025 Benchmark	FY 2029 Benchmark
Undergraduate Certificate	413	515	629	590	625	700
Associate	109	132	127	184	265	410
Baccalaureate	3,525	3,754	3,947	3,858	4,125	4,600
Graduate Certificate	184	166	174	130	150	180
Master’s	954	1,075	1,063	1,028	1,050	1,100
Education Specialist	24	23	16	15	20	25
Doctoral	53	50	58	60	64	75
Total Distinct Graduates	4,760	5,126	5,313	5,231	5,512	6,204

Metric 2

First year retention rate [2]	Fall 2019 Cohort	Fall 2020 Cohort	Fall 2021 Cohort	Fall 2022 Cohort	Fall 2023 Cohort N/A	Fall 2024 Cohort Benchmark	Fall 2028 Cohort Benchmark
Percent of first-time, full-time freshmen retained	77.8%	76.0%	79.2%	77.8%		79.5%	81.0%
Percent full-time transfers retained or graduated	78.4%	77.8%	78.4%	78.2%		79.0%	80.0%

Metric 3

4-Year Graduation Rate [3]	Fall 2016 Cohort	Fall 2017 Cohort	Fall 2018 Cohort	Fall 2019 Cohort	Fall 2020 Cohort N/A	Fall 2021 Cohort Benchmark	Fall 2025 Cohort Benchmark
% of first-time, full-time freshmen who graduated	38.2%	39.7%	41.4%	42.7%		44.0%	47.0%
% of full-time transfers who graduated	54.2%	57.7%	57.6%	61.5%		63.0%	65.0%

Metric 4

6-Year Graduation Rate [4]	Fall 2014 Cohort	Fall 2015 Cohort	Fall 2016 Cohort	Fall 2017 Cohort	Fall 2018 Cohort N/A	Fall 2019 Cohort Benchmark	Fall 2023 Cohort Benchmark
% of first-time, full-time freshmen who graduated	54.1%	53.0%	59.1%	61.2%		62.0%	65.1%
% of full-time transfers who graduated	56.9%	59.7%	60.4%	63.2%		64.0%	66.0%

Metric 5

Gateway math success of new degree-seeking freshmen [5]	FY20 (FA18 Cohort)	FY21 (FA19 Cohort)	FY22 (FA20 Cohort)	FY23 (FA21 Cohort)	FY24 (FA22 Cohort) N/A	Fall 2023 Cohort Benchmark	Fall 2027 Cohort Benchmark
% completed within two years	86.8%	85.9%	85.7%	85.4%		85.0%	87.0%

Metric 6

Progress indicated by credits per year [6]	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024 N/A	FY 2025 Benchmark	FY 2029 Benchmark
% of undergraduate degree seeking students with 30 or more credits per year	28.7%	28.3%	27.9%	29.6%		30.0%	31.0%

Metric 7

Success in credit-bearing course (gateway) after remedial course [7]	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024 N/A	FY 2025 Benchmark	FY 2029 Benchmark
English	87.1%	84.8%	78.9%	80.8%		83.0%	88.0%
Mathematics	56.7%	59.6%	65.1%	63.5%		65.0%	67.0%

Metric 8

Degrees and certificates awarded [8]	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2025 Benchmark	FY 2029 Benchmark
Undergraduate Certificate	411	515	629	604	625	700
Associate	111	132	127	184	265	410
Baccalaureate	3,680	3,929	4,080	3,874	4,270	4,760
Graduate Certificate	189	170	185	145	158	189
Master’s	954	1,074	1,063	1,028	1,050	1,100
Education Specialist	24	23	16	15	20	25
Doctoral	53	50	58	60	64	75

Metric 9

Enrollment in programs delivered online [9]	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025 Benchmark	FY 2029 Benchmark
Undergraduate	1,911	2,294	2,282	2,271	2,441	2,500	2,800
Graduate	1,310	1,418	1,511	1,476	1,415	1,500	1,715
Total	3,221	3,712	3,793	3,747	3,856	4,000	4,515

Metric 10

Post-graduation outcomes [10]	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2025 Benchmark	FY 2029 Benchmark
Percent of graduates with a primary activity after graduation of working full- or part-time for a business/organization or themselves, furthering their education, or serving the military or service organization
Undergraduate degree completers	84%	82%	79%	77%	82%	85%
Graduate degree completers	90%	89%	86%	85%	88%	90%
Percent of graduates whose full-time work is related to the degree received
Undergraduate degree completers	78%	82%	83%	83%	83%	85%
Graduate degree completers	94%	94%	95%	94%	95%	97%
Percent of graduates whose full-time work is related to their career goals
Undergraduate degree comleters	83%	84%	86%	87%	85%	87%
Graduate degree completers	95%	97%	96%	96%	97%	98%
Percent of graduates working in Idaho of those working in the United States
Undergraduate degree completers	71%	70%	71%	71%	72%	75%
Graduate degree completers	51%	55%	57%	59%	60%	63%

[1] SBOE required metric: timely degree completion. Distinct graduates by award level per year (summer, fall, and spring terms) as reported to IPEDS. Note that these totals cannot be summed to get the overall distinct graduate count due to some students earning more than one award (e.g., graduate certificate and a master’s) in the same year.

[2] SBOE required metric: Retention measured as the percent of a cohort returning to enroll the subsequent year. Transfer retention reflect the percent of the full-time baccalaureate-seeking transfer cohort that returned to enroll the following year or graduated. Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) 2020 Standard 1.D.2 asks student achievement data to be disaggregated to measure and close equity gaps.

[3] SBOE required metric: guided pathways. % of first-time, full-time freshman graduating within 100% of time. NWCCU 2020 Standard 1.D.2 asks student achievement data to be disaggregated to measure and close equity gaps.

[4] SBOE required metric: timely degree completion. % of first-time, full-time freshman graduating within 150% of time. NWCCU 2020 Standard 1.D.2 asks student achievement data to be disaggregated to measure and close equity gaps.

[5] SBOE required metric: math pathways. Based on cohorts of incoming first-time bachelor degree seeking students (full- plus part-time) who complete a gateway course or higher within two years (e.g., students who entered in fall 2017 and completed a gateway math or higher by the end of summer 2019 are reported for FY19, etc.).

[6] SBOE required metric: timely degree completion. Percent of undergraduate, degree-seeking students completing 30 or more credits across one year (defined as summer, fall, and spring terms). Based on end-of-term data. Degree-seeking status is determined as of fall semester unless the student was not enrolled in fall, in which case summer is used; spring term is used for those students enrolled only for the spring term. Excludes students who earned degrees during the reported year and who did not reach the 30-credit threshold. Includes students meeting the criteria regardless of full- or part-time status or the number of terms enrolled in that year. Students enrolled part-time or for a partial year, especially for only one term, would not be expected to complete 30 credits; thus, the denominator may be inflated resulting in a lower percentage reported.

[7] SBOE required metric: reform remediation. Percent of undergraduate, degree-seeking students who took a remedial course and completed with a C- or above a subsequent credit-bearing gateway course (Math 123 or above, English 101P or above) within one year of taking the remedial course (e.g., students who took remedial course in fall 2018 and completed a subsequent course by the end of fall 2019).

[8] SBOE required metric: degree completion. Reflects the number of awards by level (first plus second major as reported to IPEDS). This is greater than the number of graduating students because some graduating students received multiple awards.

[9] Indicates the number of officially enrolled students in a major or certificate that is delivered online.

[10] Post-graduation outcomes are from our annual Graduating Student Survey (GSS) plus the Follow-up Survey of non-respondents six months after graduation. The overall knowledge rates across the two surveys were as follows: 36% (+/-2% MoE) in FY19; 27% (+/- 2.3% MoE) in FY20; 37% (+/-1.8% MoE) in FY21; and 35% (+/-1.9% MoE). Note that only the Follow-up Survey was conducted with FY20 graduates due to disruptions of the global pandemic in spring 2020.