Student Achievement Metrics

Commitment to Student Achievement

The University of Louisville (UofL) is committed to student success in fulfillment of its Strategic Plan. Based upon the strategic plan and the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) Higher Education Matters 2022-2024 Campus Action Plan for UofL, the university has identified the following key student achievement metrics to evaluate its progress toward fostering student success.

Six-Year Graduation Rate (Key Student Completion Indicator): The percentage of full-time, first-time, bachelors degree seeking students who graduate within six years at UofL (i.e., 150% of normal time).
First to Second Year Retention Rate: The percentage of full-time, first-time, bachelors degree-seeking students beginning in the fall term who are still enrolled for credit at UofL the following fall term.
Degrees Awarded: Defined as the first major by degree type (e.g., Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Bachelor of Science, etc.). It includes baccalaureate, masters, doctor research, and doctor professional practice degrees (i.e., excludes certificate programs).
Licensure Exam Pass Rate: Tracked by academic programs that are required to monitor passing rates by program-level accreditors and/or the majority of graduates from the program take the exam to practice a licensed profession.

The student data for six-year graduation rates, first to second year retention rates, and degrees awarded are disaggregated by the following strategic sub-populations identified by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE):

Underrepresented Minority: Includes all students who self-identify as Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Hispanic or Latino, Two or More Races, or Black.
Underfunded: Includes all students who are Pell Grant recipients.

Six-year Graduation Rates

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First to Second Year Retention Rates

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Degrees Awarded

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National and State Licensing Examinations

UofL gathers student pass rate data for discipline-based licensure examinations in audiology, dentistry, education, law, medicine, nursing, and speech-language pathology. The collection of licensure and certification information is decentralized and primarily the responsibility of the academic units. Licensure exam pass rate data are used as part of the academic units’ internal strategic planning processes, and many program-level, discipline-specific accreditors require the academic programs to meet minimum thresholds of acceptability for exam pass rates to maintain accreditation. The tables below provide the UofL pass rate for licensure exams as well as their targets for academic programs in the following academic units:

These are not all the academic programs at UofL that lead to licensure. For a complete listing, visit Professional Licensure Information. Finally, the reporting cycles vary by the exam agency, and they are reported as follows:

CY is reported on the Calendar Year.
AY is reported on the Academic Year.
Graduate is reported according to the year in which the exam takers received their degree from UofL.