The Student Achievement Measure is supported by six sponsoring associations, working together to provide a more comprehensive and accurate picture of student progress and completion as students move across institutions and state boundaries.

University of Alabama in Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville is a “very high research activity” institution in the new Carnegie classification, placing it among the top 73 public research universities in the nation, and U.S. News and World Report ranks UAH as a Tier 1 national university. The campus is the anchor tenant in Cummings Research Park, the second largest university research park in the United States and is located near Redstone Arsenal, the site for NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and several major U.S. Army research laboratories. UAH prepares students for demanding positions in Engineering, the Sciences, Business, Nursing, and the Liberal Arts. Approximately 10,000 students currently attend the university; 8,027 are undergraduate students.

Fall 2017 First-time Full-time Cohort

6-year outcomes for undergraduate bachelor’s-seeking students as of 2023

Website:

www.uah.edu

Email:

uahadmissions@uah.edu

National Accountability Initiative Participant Site:

http://www.collegeportraits.org/AL/UAH
First-Time Full-Time

First-Time Full-Time Students Starting Fall 2017

Number of students: 1,334

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62%
9%
4%
5%
20%
WITHIN 6 YEARS
58%
7%
10%
7%
18%
WITHIN 5 YEARS
41%
4%
29%
10%
16%
WITHIN 4 YEARS
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Graduated: Reporting institution
Transferred & Graduated: Other Institution
Enrolled: Reporting institution
Transferred & Enrolled: Other Institution
Current Status Unknown

The SAM Full-time Bachelor's Degree model tracks a group of students who started a bachelor's degree program at University of Alabama in Huntsville in the Fall of 2017. The students' progress toward a degree is reported within 4, 5, and 6 years. The same group of students is included in the results for every year.

The sections of the SAM chart represent the proportion of students in the original group with the following five outcomes.

  • Students who started at and graduated from University of Alabama in Huntsville are represented by the darker purple bar with the solid black bar underneath (). (This section of the chart Within 6 Years is approximately the same as the federal graduation rate, but it may differ slightly for each institution.)
  • Students who started at University of Alabama in Huntsville and then transferred to and graduated from another institution are represented by the lighter purple bar with the white stripe underneath ()
  • Students who started at and are still enrolled at University of Alabama in Huntsville are represented by the darker aqua bar with two white stripes underneath ().
  • Students who started at University of Alabama in Huntsville and then transferred to and are still enrolled at another institution are represented by the lighter aqua bar with the bottom white stripe ().
  • Students from the original group whose status is unknown are represented by the green bar with the top white stripe (). These students may have graduated or still be enrolled somewhere, but their status could not be determined conclusively.

University of Alabama in Huntsville | Bachelor's Seeking Model - First-Time Full-Time

OUTCOMES FOR STUDENT STARTING AT
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE IN FALL 2017 BY SUMMER 2023
 
2017-18
 
2018-19
 
2019-20
WITHIN 4 YEARS
2020-21
WITHIN 5 YEARS
2021-22
WITHIN 6 YEARS
2022-23
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Bachelor's degree from University of Alabama in Huntsville 0% 0% 1% 41% 57% 62%
+ Associate and/or Certificate degree from University of Alabama in Huntsville 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
= Total Graduated from University of Alabama in Huntsville 0% 0% 1% 41% 58% 62%
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Bachelor's degree from another institution 0% 0% 0% 1% 4% 5%
+ Associate and/or Certificate degree from another institution 0% 0% 2% 3% 4% 4%
= Total Graduated from another institution 0% 0% 2% 4% 7% 9%
Enrolled at University of Alabama in Huntsville 99% 84% 72% 29% 10% 4%
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Enrolled at another 4-year institution 0% 2% 5% 5% 4% 3%
+ Enrolled at another 2-year institution 0% 5% 6% 4% 3% 2%
= Total Transferred and enrolled
at another institution		 0% 8% 11% 10% 7% 5%
Current Status Unknown 1% 8% 14% 16% 18% 20%
Full-Time Transfer

Full-Time Transfer Students Starting Fall 2017

Number of students: 637

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65%
13%
2%
4%
16%
WITHIN 6 YEARS
61%
11%
8%
4%
16%
WITHIN 4 YEARS
17%
3%
63%
8%
9%
WITHIN 2 YEARS
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Graduated: Reporting institution
Transferred & Graduated: Other Institution
Enrolled: Reporting institution
Transferred & Enrolled: Other Institution
Current Status Unknown

The SAM Full-time Bachelor's Degree model tracks a group of students who started a bachelor's degree program at University of Alabama in Huntsville in the Fall of 2017. The students' progress toward a degree is reported within 4, 5, and 6 years. The same group of students is included in the results for every year.

The sections of the SAM chart represent the proportion of students in the original group with the following five outcomes.

  • Students who started at and graduated from University of Alabama in Huntsville are represented by the darker purple bar with the solid black bar underneath (). (This section of the chart Within 6 Years is approximately the same as the federal graduation rate, but it may differ slightly for each institution.)
  • Students who started at University of Alabama in Huntsville and then transferred to and graduated from another institution are represented by the lighter purple bar with the white stripe underneath ()
  • Students who started at and are still enrolled at University of Alabama in Huntsville are represented by the darker aqua bar with two white stripes underneath ().
  • Students who started at University of Alabama in Huntsville and then transferred to and are still enrolled at another institution are represented by the lighter aqua bar with the bottom white stripe ().
  • Students from the original group whose status is unknown are represented by the green bar with the top white stripe (). These students may have graduated or still be enrolled somewhere, but their status could not be determined conclusively.

University of Alabama in Huntsville | Bachelor's Seeking Model - Full-Time Transfer

OUTCOMES FOR STUDENT STARTING AT
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE IN FALL 2017 BY SUMMER 2023
 
2017-18
WITHIN 2 YEARS
2018-19
 
2019-20
WITHIN 4 YEARS
2020-21
 
2021-22
WITHIN 6 YEARS
2022-23
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Bachelor's degree from University of Alabama in Huntsville 4% 17% 47% 61% 64% 65%
+ Associate and/or Certificate degree from University of Alabama in Huntsville 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
= Total Graduated from University of Alabama in Huntsville 4% 17% 47% 61% 64% 65%
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Bachelor's degree from another institution 0% 1% 4% 6% 7% 8%
+ Associate and/or Certificate degree from another institution 3% 1% 3% 5% 4% 5%
= Total Graduated from another institution 3% 3% 7% 11% 11% 13%
Enrolled at University of Alabama in Huntsville 93% 63% 25% 8% 4% 2%
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Enrolled at another 4-year institution 0% 5% 5% 2% 3% 3%
+ Enrolled at another 2-year institution 0% 3% 1% 1% 2% 2%
= Total Transferred and enrolled
at another institution		 0% 8% 7% 4% 4% 4%
Current Status Unknown 0% 9% 14% 16% 17% 16%