Promote holistic student success through a supportive learning environment in which all of our students — past, present and future — continually thrive and grow.


Strategic Plan Objectives

 

Strategic Plan Objectives Performance Drivers Baseline Current
Fall semester headcount Enrollment – SEM Plan 16,058 (2019) 15,500 (2020)
Credit hour production Enrollment – SEM Plan 165,903 (2019) 160,198 (2020)
I-35 Corridor Headcount Enrollment – SEM Plan 933 (2019) 979 (2020)
Time to Completion Enrollment – SEM Plan 3.78 years 3.84 years
Fall-to-fall Retention Rate Enrollment – SEM Plan 75.7% (2019) 71.9% (2020) COVID impact
Six-year Graduation Rate Enrollment – SEM Plan 50.2% (2013) 48.4% (2014)
Degree Production Enrollment – SEM Plan 2,993 (2019) 3,179 (2020)
Expand scholarship opportunities and strategically align scholarships with access, achievement, equity, and completion goals. Scholarship Awards $18,085,318 (2019) $19,178,289 (2020)
Engage alumni in the student experience Percentage of living alumni donating

5.80% (2019)

 5.10% (2020)
$ donated by alumni $17.8M in alumni giving (2019) $7.8 M in
alumni giving (2020)
The Toast and Shockers After Dark Participation 1,848 students (2019) 935 students (2020)
Provide high-quality academic programs that are responsive to student and societal needs, recognized nationally and internationally for excellence, and which effectively utilize traditional and distance education delivery modalities New academic programs
  • BAS Applied Linguistics
  • BS Biomedical Engineering
  • MS Business Analytics
  • MS Data Science
  • MS Mathematical Foundations of Data Analysis
Recognized nationally and Internationally for excellence

US News & World Report

  • 2022 Best Graduate School - Engineering (77/221)
  • 2022 Best Graduate School - Public Affairs (111/285)
  • 2022 Best Undergraduate Business (212/277)
  • 2022 Best Undergraduate Computer Science (178/273)
  • 2022 Best Undergraduate Nursing (183/694)

Abound

  • 2021 Top Grad School

EduMed.org

  • Most Affordable Online DNP Programs (11/50)
  • Best Online RN to BSN Programs (24/50)
  • Most Affordable Online Nurse Practitioner Programs (26/50)
  • WSJ/Times Higher Education
  • US College Rankings (>600; out of 800)
Nontriggered Programs 40 (2019) 36 (2020)

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