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.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, a public, four-year institution, is one of 14 members of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Founded in 1839 as the Bloomsburg Literary Institute, the university currently enrolls over 8,900 undergraduate students in the Colleges of Education, Business, Liberal Arts and Science and Technology and approximately 600 students in graduate programs, including a doctoral program in clinical audiology and a doctor of nursing practice. Ninety percent of the university's students are Pennsylvania residents and approximately 8 percent hail from neighboring New Jersey. Popular undergraduate majors are accounting, business administration, communication studies, criminal justice, early childhood education, exercise science, mass communications, nursing, psychology, and special education.

Fall 2012 First-time Full-time Cohort

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

Website:

www.bloomu.edu

Email:

buadmiss@bloomu.edu
First-Time Full-Time

First-Time Full-Time Students Starting Fall 2012

Number of students: 1,924

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59%
12%
2%
6%
21%
WITHIN 6 YEARS
56%
10%
8%
9%
17%
WITHIN 5 YEARS
37%
5%
29%
14%
15%
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 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 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 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 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 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 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 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania are represented by the darker aqua bar with two white stripes underneath ().
  • Students who started at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 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.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Seeking Model - First-Time Full-Time

OUTCOMES FOR STUDENT STARTING AT
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 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 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 0% 0% 1% 37% 56% 59%
+ Associate and/or Certificate degree from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
= Total Graduated from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 0% 0% 1% 37% 56% 59%
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Bachelor's degree from another institution 0% 0% 0% 4% 8% 10%
+ Associate and/or Certificate degree from another institution 0% 0% 1% 2% 2% 2%
= Total Graduated from another institution 0% 0% 1% 5% 10% 12%
Enrolled at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 97% 80% 69% 29% 8% 2%
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Enrolled at another 4-year institution 0% 7% 11% 9% 6% 3%
+ Enrolled at another 2-year institution 1% 6% 7% 4% 4% 3%
= Total Transferred and enrolled
at another institution		 1% 13% 17% 14% 9% 6%
Current Status Unknown 2% 7% 12% 15% 17% 21%
Full-Time Transfer

Full-Time Transfer Students Starting Fall 2012

Number of students: 472

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64%
12%
5%
19%
WITHIN 6 YEARS
58%
10%
6%
7%
19%
WITHIN 4 YEARS
18%
1%
58%
12%
11%
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 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 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 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 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 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 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 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania are represented by the darker aqua bar with two white stripes underneath ().
  • Students who started at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 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.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Seeking Model - Full-Time Transfer

OUTCOMES FOR STUDENT STARTING AT
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 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 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 5% 18% 44% 58% 63% 64%
+ Associate and/or Certificate degree from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
= Total Graduated from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 5% 18% 44% 58% 63% 64%
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Bachelor's degree from another institution 0% 0% 3% 7% 9% 9%
+ Associate and/or Certificate degree from another institution 1% 1% 3% 3% 4% 3%
= Total Graduated from another institution 1% 1% 6% 10% 12% 12%
Enrolled at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 89% 58% 26% 6% 2% 0%
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Enrolled at another 4-year institution 1% 8% 6% 5% 3% 4%
+ Enrolled at another 2-year institution 1% 4% 4% 3% 1% 1%
= Total Transferred and enrolled
at another institution		 2% 12% 10% 7% 4% 5%
Current Status Unknown 3% 11% 14% 19% 19% 19%