The University is experiencing slight increases in cohort retention and graduation rates with 2016 showing the highest numbers yet.<\/p>\n

The six-year graduation rate for 2010 has reached 30 percent, which is the highest it’s ever been, and showing a slight increase of 3% when compared with 2009.<\/p>\n

The data for the six-year graduation rate for the Fall cohort first-time, full-time freshmen from 2011 through 2016 have not yet been calculated.<\/p>\n

According to Deborah (\u201cDee\u201d) D. Leon Guerrero, director of academic assessment and institutional research, student cohort retention can be measured by talking and checking in with student groups regularly.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The baseline data are collected during the Fall semesters from groups of students who are first-time and full-time freshmen. Subsequently, data are collected if the students initially sampled return the following Fall, and if they graduate after 6 years.<\/p>\n

These data serve as indicators of issues that students experience from the time they first enrolled at UOG, delineating the types of issues, and when such issues are more likely to occur.<\/p>\n

Leon Guerrero said, \u201cthe plan is to make the experience for our students feel like they belong because studies have shown that when a student feels like they belong in that type of environment, they tend to stick with it and continue on.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the current UOG Fact Book, a total of 336 degrees were conferred during the academic years of 2004 to 2005. This includes 286 undergraduate and 50 graduate conferred degrees.<\/p>\n

The University has experienced a jump in the numbers of degrees conferred. For the academic years of 2015-2016, a staggering amount of 459 undergraduate and 112 graduate degrees, totaling 571 degrees, were conferred.<\/p>\n

However, there is a Pending Graduation Certification for Summer 2016 as the students who graduated over the summer have yet to be included.<\/p>\n

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The University is experiencing slight increases in cohort retention and graduation rates with 2016 showing the highest numbers yet. The six-year graduation rate for 2010 has reached 30 percent, which is the highest it’s ever been, and showing a slight increase of 3% when compared with 2009. The data for the six-year graduation rate for … <\/p>\n

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