Student Success Report

Term: Fall 2011 (201210)
Department: Physics and Astronomy (PHAS)

This report was prepared by the Office of Institutional Research on 05JUL12.
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 72 15 14 11 19 . . 57 15 57.0 2.64 16.7% 22.2% 15.3% 27.8% 18.1%
AAS in Science for Engineering 5 1 2 1 1 . . 2 3 2.8 2.61 20.0% 40.0% 20.0% . 20.0%
BS in Physics 52 12 12 10 18 . . 46 6 43.9 2.81 11.5% 17.3% 17.3% 34.6% 19.2%
General Pre-Engineering 13 . . . . . . 7 6 8.4 1.79 38.5% 38.5% 7.7% 15.4% .

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 5 61.9% 71.1% 76.1% 70.8% . . . 20.0% 33.3% . 16.1% 89.5% 22.0% -50.0% -50.0% 25.0%
AAS in Science for Engineering 3 72.2% 61.1% . . . . . . . . 0.0% . . 200.0% . .
BS in Physics 2 66.6% 82.5% 81.1% 82.8% . . . 20.0% 33.3% . -1.9% 48.6% 420.0% -77.8% -77.8% -50.0%
BS in Physics Teaching . . 33.3% 66.7% 33.3% . . . . . . 100.0% -33.3% . . -100.0% .
General Pre-Engineering . 14.3% 18.2% . 26.3% . . . . . . 333.3% . -73.5% . . .

NOTES:

Degrees Awarded: Number of Degrees Awarded by Program - Terms used were Summer 2010(201050), Fall 2010(201110), Spring 2011(201120).
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 2005(200610) and ending with Spring 2011(201120).
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 1316 1250 2.66 16.4%
PHY201 37 35 2.11 37.8%
PHY315 6 6 2.33 33.3%
PHY459 6 6 2.50 33.3%
PHY202 26 26 2.12 30.8%
PHY221 8 7 2.57 28.6%
PHY375 20 18 2.67 25.0%
PHY458 9 8 3.00 22.2%
AST135 404 380 2.47 19.3%
AST130 128 123 2.92 16.0%
PHY300W 13 13 2.62 15.4%
PHY101 106 95 2.49 15.2%
PHY132 165 159 2.78 14.6%
PHY131 245 236 2.67 14.5%
PHY301 12 11 2.73 9.1%
PHY420 11 11 2.91 9.1%
PHY102 70 70 3.06 2.9%
AST330 17 16 3.25 0.0%
PHY129 12 11 4.00 0.0%
PHY306 7 7 3.14 0.0%
PHY510 6 6 3.67 0.0%
PHY706 6 6 3.83 0.0%

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 2011(201150), Fall 2011(201210), Spring 2012(201220).
Courses with enrollment less than 3 are excluded.