Student Achievement

Retention and Graduation Rates

Fall to Fall Retention Rates

Retention rates reflect the percentage of students enrolled in a degree or certificate program on census date of fall term that either graduate from or are enrolled in a degree or certificate program the following fall term.

FA 2015 to FA 2016	93%
FA 2016 to FA 2017	92%
FA 2017 to FA 2018	91%
FA 2018 to FA 2019	94%
FA 2019 to FA 2020	96%
FA 2020 to FA 2021	92%

100% and 150% Graduation Rates by Program

SCU maintains a commitment to confidentiality of data. Due to the number of smaller programs at SCU, student success reports for individual programs disaggregate data by all IPEDS categories for race and ethnicity. Reports to the public disaggregate data into two demographic groups: students who identify as members of one of several underrepresented minority groups (URM) and students who do not. If we disaggregated data by every ethnicity, we would have to suppress many cells because they would not have sufficient membership to guarantee anonymity to any individual member.

According to the National Institutes of Health, the following racial and ethnic groups have been shown by the National Science Foundation to be underrepresented in health-related sciences on a national basis: Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. Thus, students who identify as members of one or more of these groups are included in the URM counts. Last Updated: December 2021

Ayurvedic Practitioner Certificate

Cohort Entering	Ethnicities	Cohort Size	100% Graduation Rate (3 Trimesters)	150% Graduation Rate (5 Trimesters)
Summer 2015	All	13	92.3	92.3
	Majority	8	87.5	87.5
	URM	5	100	100.0
Summer 2016	All	12	91.7	91.7
	Majority	7	100	100.0
	URM	5	80	80.0
Summer 2017	All	13	76.9	76.9
	Majority	10	80.0	80.0
	URM	3	66.7	66.7
Summer 2018	All	21	90.5	90.5
	Majority	10	80.0	80.0
	URM	11	100.0	100.0
Summer 2019	All	34	79.4	85.3
	Majority	20	80.0	85.0
	URM	14	78.6	85.7
Summer 2020	All	52	73.1	>=90.4*
	Majority	29	72.4	>=89.7*
	URM	23	73.9	>=73.9*

Ayurvedic Wellness Educator Certificate

Cohort Entering	Ethnicities	Cohort Size	100% Graduation Rate (3 Trimesters)	150% Graduation Rate (5 Trimesters)
Summer 2015	All	22	63.6	63.6
	Majority	13	76.9	76.9
	URM	9	44.4	44.4
Summer 2016	All	20	65.0	65.0
	Majority	14	71.4	71.4
	URM	6	50.0	50.0
Summer 2017	All	39	59.0	59.0
	Majority	20	55.0	55.0
	URM	19	63.2	63.2
Summer 2018	All	54	87.0	87.0
	Majority	25	92.0	92.0
	URM	29	82.8	82.8
Summer 2019	All	72	88.9	88.9
	Majority	38	94.7	94.7
	URM	34	82.4	82.4
Summer 2020	All	65	55.4	61.5
	Majority	34	61.8	70.6
	URM	31	48.4	51.6

DC Degree Graduation Rates by Entrance Term – CCE Criteria*

Normal Length of Program: 10 Trimesters
Entrance Term	# of Students Matriculated in Entrance Term	Term 15 Trimesters after Entrance Term	# Students in Column A that graduated by Term in Column C	Completion Rate at the 150th Percentile
Fall 2017	80	Summer 2022	71	88.8%
Spring 2018	43	Fall 2022	40	93.0%
Summer 2018	0	Spring 2023	0	N/A
Fall 2018	100	Summer 2023	91	91.0%
Spring 2019	56	Fall 2023	50	89.3%
Summer 2019	0	Spring 2024	0	N/A
2-YR TOTAL	279		252	90.3%

*Excludes
1. Student withdrawal/leave of absence due to military deployment orders;
2. Program approved withdrawal/leave of absence due to a documented serious health condition, illness or injury;
3. Death of the student;
4. Student transfers to another accredited DCP;
5. Student does not persist to the second term.

Annual DC Degree Graduation Rates – 12 Terms

Entrance Year	# of Students Matriculated	# Students Graduated within 150%	Completion Rate at the 150th Percentile
2017-2018	46	45	97.8%
2018-2019	75	66	88.0%
2-YR TOTAL	121	111	91.7%

Annual DC Degree Graduation Rates – 10 Terms

Entrance Year	# of Students Matriculated	# Students Graduated within 150%	Completion Rate at the 150th Percentile
2017-2018	83	70	84.3%
2018-2019	93	74	79.6%
2-YR TOTAL	176	144	81.8%

Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine

Cohort Entering	Ethnicities	Cohort Size	100% Graduation Rate (10 Trimesters)	150% Graduation Rate (15 Trimesters)
Fall 2014	All	15	40.0	73.3
	Majority	13	38.5	76.9
	URM	2	50.0	50.0
Spring 2015	All	2	0.0	50.0
	Majority	2	0.0	50.0
	URM	0
Fall 2015	All	5	60.0	60.0
	Majority	3	66.7	66.7
	URM	2	50.0	50.0
Spring 2016	All	3	66.7	66.7
	Majority	3	66.7	66.7
	URM	0
Fall 2016	All	4	50.0	50.0
	Majority	4	50.0	50.0
	URM	0
Spring 2017	All	1		SUPPRESSED TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY
	Majority	1
	URM	0
Fall 2018	All	2	100.0	100.0
	Majority	2	100.0	100.0
	URM	0

Master of Science in Medical Science

Cohort Entering	Ethnicities	Cohort Size	100% Graduation Rate (3 Trimesters)	150% Graduation Rate (5 Trimesters)
Fall 2020	All	16	81.25	>=87.5*
	Majority	5	100	100
	URM	11	72.7	>=81.8*

* Additional students may continue to graduate until 150% date reached

Master of Science: Physician Assistant Program

Cohort Entering	Ethnicities	Cohort Size	100% Graduation Rate (7 Trimesters)	150% Graduation Rate (11 Trimesters)
Fall 2019	All	50	90	98
	Majority	41	92.7	97.6
	URM	9	77.8	100
Fall 2020	All	50	84	96
	Majority	38	81.6	94.7
	URM	12	91.7	100
Fall 2021	All	49	81.6	98
	Majority	29	82.8	100
	URM	20	80	95
Fall 2022	All	48	85.4	93.8
	Majority	35	85.7	97.1
	URM	13	84.6	84.6