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 Missouri-St Louis

Using the Student Achievement Measure (SAM), the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) can provide a more complete and accurate picture of the path to earning a bachelor's degree. SAM captures not only the traditional definition of success, i.e., students who start at UMSL and persist and graduate from UMSL, but it also includes enrollment and degree attainment information for students who started here but later transferred to another institution. This measure redefines student success from one that is primarily institutional centered to one that is more focused on the success of the student.

Fall 2012 First-time Full-time Cohort

6-year outcomes for undergraduate bachelor’s-seeking students as of 2018

Website:

www.umsl.edu/

Email:

sholyc@umsl.edu

National Accountability Initiative Participant Site:

http://www.collegeportraits.org/MO/UMSL
First-Time Full-Time

First-Time Full-Time Students Starting Fall 2012

Number of students: 530

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50%
11%
4%
9%
26%
WITHIN 6 YEARS
46%
9%
10%
9%
26%
WITHIN 5 YEARS
29%
5%
30%
14%
22%
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 Missouri-St Louis in the Fall of 2012. 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 Missouri-St Louis 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 Missouri-St Louis 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 Missouri-St Louis are represented by the darker aqua bar with two white stripes underneath ().
  • Students who started at University of Missouri-St Louis 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 Missouri-St Louis | Bachelor's Seeking Model - First-Time Full-Time

OUTCOMES FOR STUDENT STARTING AT
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST LOUIS IN FALL 2012 BY SUMMER 2018
 
2012-13
 
2013-14
 
2014-15
WITHIN 4 YEARS
2015-16
WITHIN 5 YEARS
2016-17
WITHIN 6 YEARS
2017-18
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Bachelor's degree from University of Missouri-St Louis 0% 0% 2% 29% 46% 50%
+ Associate and/or Certificate degree from University of Missouri-St Louis 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
= Total Graduated from University of Missouri-St Louis 0% 0% 2% 29% 46% 50%
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Bachelor's degree from another institution 0% 0% 1% 4% 8% 9%
+ Associate and/or Certificate degree from another institution 0% 0% 1% 1% 2% 2%
= Total Graduated from another institution 0% 1% 1% 5% 9% 11%
Enrolled at University of Missouri-St Louis 97% 75% 61% 30% 10% 4%
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Enrolled at another 4-year institution 0% 4% 9% 9% 5% 4%
+ Enrolled at another 2-year institution 0% 8% 8% 5% 4% 5%
= Total Transferred and enrolled
at another institution		 0% 12% 17% 14% 9% 9%
Current Status Unknown 3% 12% 19% 22% 26% 26%
Full-Time Transfer

Full-Time Transfer Students Starting Fall 2012

Number of students: 1,263

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64%
8%
2%
3%
23%
WITHIN 6 YEARS
57%
5%
10%
7%
21%
WITHIN 4 YEARS
21%
2%
58%
7%
12%
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 Missouri-St Louis in the Fall of 2012. 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 Missouri-St Louis 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 Missouri-St Louis 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 Missouri-St Louis are represented by the darker aqua bar with two white stripes underneath ().
  • Students who started at University of Missouri-St Louis 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 Missouri-St Louis | Bachelor's Seeking Model - Full-Time Transfer

OUTCOMES FOR STUDENT STARTING AT
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST LOUIS IN FALL 2012 BY SUMMER 2018
 
2012-13
WITHIN 2 YEARS
2013-14
 
2014-15
WITHIN 4 YEARS
2015-16
 
2016-17
WITHIN 6 YEARS
2017-18
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Bachelor's degree from University of Missouri-St Louis 2% 21% 46% 57% 62% 64%
+ Associate and/or Certificate degree from University of Missouri-St Louis 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
= Total Graduated from University of Missouri-St Louis 2% 21% 46% 57% 62% 64%
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Bachelor's degree from another institution 0% 0% 1% 3% 5% 6%
+ Associate and/or Certificate degree from another institution 2% 1% 2% 1% 2% 2%
= Total Graduated from another institution 2% 2% 3% 5% 7% 8%
Enrolled at University of Missouri-St Louis 93% 58% 26% 10% 5% 2%
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Enrolled at another 4-year institution 0% 4% 6% 5% 3% 2%
+ Enrolled at another 2-year institution 0% 3% 2% 2% 2% 2%
= Total Transferred and enrolled
at another institution		 0% 7% 8% 7% 5% 3%
Current Status Unknown 3% 12% 17% 21% 21% 23%