Student Success Report

Term: Fall 2010 (201110)
Department: Biological Sciences (BIOS)

This report was prepared by the Office of Institutional Research on 11APR12.
Source: Official Student Enrollment (Type 1), Student Class (Type 2), and Student Degrees (Type 5) files as submitted to the CPE. The table PODS.mst_student_course is used to get grades for each class. These grades are current and come from live data.

Table 1

  Headcount Enrollment   EKU Cumulative GPA
Program Total Fresh Soph Jr Sr Post-Bac Grad Full-Time Part-Time FTE Mean <2.0 2.0-2.49 2.5-2.99 3.0-3.49 >=3.5
* Total 562 179 118 93 133 . 39 506 56 482.1 2.92 11.7% 12.5% 20.1% 23.5% 32.2%
BS in Biology 134 32 26 25 51 . . 120 14 114.9 2.78 15.7% 10.4% 21.6% 27.6% 24.6%
BS in Pre-Optometry 6 6 . . . . . 6 . 5.7 2.73 16.7% 33.3% . . 50.0%
BS in Biology Pre-Med 191 70 43 37 41 . . 177 14 168.7 3.00 11.5% 8.4% 18.3% 23.0% 38.7%
BS in Biology Teaching 15 5 4 4 2 . . 15 . 13.6 2.93 6.7% 26.7% 13.3% 26.7% 26.7%
BS in Biology Pre-Vet 44 22 11 4 7 . . 42 2 38.2 2.79 13.6% 11.4% 20.5% 29.5% 25.0%
BS in Environmental Studies 23 2 5 6 10 . . 23 . 21.1 2.96 4.3% 13.0% 30.4% 34.8% 17.4%
BS in Wildlife Management 109 42 29 17 21 . . 102 7 94.5 2.71 12.8% 22.9% 26.6% 17.4% 20.2%
MS in Biology 39 . . . . . 39 21 18 24.8 3.73 . . 5.1% 17.9% 76.9%

NOTES:

Headcount Enrollment: Number of Majors by Program and Student Level and Full/Part-Time Status, plus Student FTE (FTE based on credit hours enrolled)
EKU Cumulative GPA: Distribution plus mean by Program
Programs with enrollment less than 3 are excluded.

Table 2

  Degrees UG Retent. (3yr Avg) GR Retent. (3yr Avg) Six-Year Graduation Rate Headcount Enrollment Change % Degrees Awarded Change %
Program Awarded Frsh 1-yr Soph 1-yr Jr 1-yr Sr 1-yr 1st-yr 2nd-yr 3rd-yr Fresh Trans Grad 1-year 5-year 10-year 1-year 5-year 7-year
* Total 95 68.6% 80.8% 82.4% 86.7% 87.9% 48.0% 44.5% 46.4% 65.6% 28.6% -0.5% 42.6% 72.9% 28.4% 17.3% 72.7%
BS in Biology 58 64.9% 81.8% 79.9% 81.1% . . . 45.0% 58.8% . -11.3% 11.7% 86.1% 28.9% 61.1% 87.1%
BS in Pre-Optometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BS in Biology Pre-Med . 74.9% 86.9% 89.3% 95.4% . . . 59.4% 100.0% . 6.7% 99.0% 119.5% -100.0% . .
BS in Biology Teaching 1 63.9% 90.5% 65.6% 75.0% . . . 0.0% 100.0% . -6.3% 0.0% 150.0% -50.0% -83.3% -80.0%
BS in Biology Pre-Vet . 51.5% 66.7% 66.7% 66.7% . . . . . . 120.0% . . . . .
BS in Environmental Studies 6 84.4% 81.5% 96.3% 90.5% . . . 0.0% 75.0% . -32.4% -17.9% 15.0% 20.0% 100.0% -25.0%
BS in Wildlife Management 13 57.8% 73.4% 76.3% 84.7% . . . 28.6% 66.7% . 0.9% 28.2% 55.7% 85.7% -27.8% 333.3%
Biology Pre-Vet . 10.0% 42.5% 26.7% 66.7% . . . . . . 0.0% -85.7% -94.4% . . .
MS in Biology 17 . . . . 87.9% 48.0% 44.5% . . 28.6% -30.4% -9.3% -25.0% 54.5% -5.6% 112.5%

NOTES:

Degrees Awarded: Number of Degrees Awarded by Program - Terms used were Summer 2009(200950), Fall 2009(201010), Spring 2010(201020).
Undergraduate & Graduate Retention (Average of Three Previous Years):
     - Freshman One-Year Retention Rate by Program (first-year to second-year for graduate students): Percent of prior years freshmen in program who returned to EKU for current year.
     - Sophomore One-Year Retention Rate by Program (second-year to third-year for graduate students): Percent of prior years sophomores in program who returned to EKU for current year.
     - Junior One-Year Retention Rate by Program: Percent of prior years juniors in program who returned to EKU for current year.
     - Senior One-Year Retention and Graduation Rates by Program (third-year to graduation for graduate students): Percent of prior years seniors in program who graduated or returned to EKU for current year.
Six-year Graduation Rate: Six Year Graduation Rates of New Freshmen, New Transfers, and New Graduate Students starting in the program.
     - Six-year Graduation Rates - Cohort term Fall 2004(200510) and ending with Spring 2010(201020).
Headcount Enrollment Change: One-, Five- and Ten-Year Changes over time in Headcount Enrollment by Program
Degrees Awarded Change: One-, Five-, and Seven-Year Changes over time in Degrees Awarded by Program

Table 3

Course Number
Enrolled
N used in
Mean GPA
Mean
GPA
DFWU
Rate
* Total 7272 6560 2.56 25.4%
BIO785 3 1 3.00 66.7%
BIO787 3 1 2.00 66.7%
BIO121 707 615 2.08 38.4%
BIO101 46 38 2.74 34.8%
BIO315 121 114 2.32 33.9%
BIO784 3 2 3.50 33.3%
BIO171 998 844 2.44 33.1%
BIO335 16 14 2.29 31.3%
BIO301 1005 867 2.33 30.8%
BIO141 200 188 2.32 30.0%
BIO554 14 14 1.93 28.6%
BIO100 2049 1916 2.40 27.9%
BIO131 155 145 2.42 25.0%
BIO880 4 4 2.50 25.0%
BIO891C 14 0 . 22.2%
BIO729 5 4 3.75 20.0%
BIO378 69 63 2.84 18.8%
BIO891 33 9 4.00 18.2%
BIO310 47 43 3.14 17.4%
BIO714 6 5 3.20 16.7%
BIO587 27 27 2.67 14.8%
BIO801 21 18 3.39 14.3%
BIO816 14 13 3.31 14.3%
BIO553 15 15 2.60 13.3%
BIO317 196 184 3.04 12.9%
BIO320 96 94 3.15 12.5%
BIO599 8 7 3.57 12.5%
BIO316 114 112 2.86 12.3%
BIO810 17 16 3.44 11.8%
BIO536 9 8 3.13 11.1%
BIO381 28 28 2.39 10.7%
BIO102 94 92 2.93 10.6%
BIO271 104 100 3.04 10.6%
BIO273 340 321 2.83 10.5%
BIO558 19 17 3.47 10.5%
BIO557 20 20 2.75 10.0%
BIO584 10 10 2.80 10.0%
BIO802 13 11 3.64 8.3%
BIO331 50 47 3.68 8.2%
BIO371 79 78 2.82 7.7%
BIO848 14 13 3.62 7.1%
BIO348 74 73 3.33 6.8%
BIO586 15 14 3.21 6.7%
BIO585 20 20 3.10 5.0%
BIO514 89 86 3.43 4.5%
BIO490 77 75 3.81 3.9%
BIO303 52 50 3.66 2.0%
BIO349 3 0 . 0.0%
BIO489 7 6 3.33 0.0%
BIO527 10 10 3.40 0.0%
BIO529 4 4 3.75 0.0%
BIO533 3 3 3.33 0.0%
BIO535 11 11 3.64 0.0%
BIO550 4 4 3.25 0.0%
BIO598 10 9 4.00 0.0%
BIO727 3 3 3.67 0.0%
BIO733 4 4 4.00 0.0%
BIO736 7 7 3.57 0.0%
BIO754 3 3 4.00 0.0%
BIO757 4 4 3.75 0.0%
BIO758 4 4 4.00 0.0%
BIO799 10 10 3.90 0.0%
BIO846 7 7 3.71 0.0%
BIO849 9 9 3.89 0.0%
BIO890 18 18 3.94 0.0%
BIO382 18 0 . .
BIO531 9 0 . .

NOTES:

Courses Offered: Course Enrollment, Number used in Mean GPA, Mean GPA, and DFW Rate
     - Mean GPA - A, B, C, D, F - Excludes FN
     - DFW - A, B, C, D, F, U, S, P, W - Excludes FN, UN
     - DFW Calculation = Sum(D,F,W,U)/Sum(A,B,C,D,F,W,U,P,S)*100
The terms used to produce this table were Summer 2010(201050), Fall 2010(201110), Spring 2011(201120).
Courses with enrollment less than 3 are excluded.