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In compliance with SACSCOC, Salem College has selected these measures as key indicators of student achievement.

Criteria	Measure for Criteria	Goal	Minimum Threshold	Measure for Threshold	Outcome %
#1 FTFT students will complete their degrees in a timely fashion	IPEDS Six-year graduation rate for all FTFT students (SACSCOC key completion indicator)	75%	52%	Within 10% of the IPEDS comparison group median (median is 58%)	62% (IPEDS outcome for 2016 Cohort, as reported in the Data Feedback Report)
#1.1 Students with financial need will persist and graduate	IPEDS Six-year graduation rate for FTFT Pell recipient students	65%	47%	Within 10% of the IPEDS comparison group median (median is 52%)	55% (IPEDS outcome for 2016 Cohort, as reported in the Data Feedback Report)
#1.2 Students of color will persist and graduate	IPEDS Six-year graduation rate for FTFT students of color	65% Black 65% Hispanic 65% Two or more	36% Black 48% Hispanic 51% Two or more	Within 10% of the IPEDS comparison group median (median is 40% for Black; 53% for Hispanic; and 57% for Two or more)	54% Black 63% Hispanic 67% Two or more (IPEDS outcome for 2016 Cohort)
#2 FTFT undergraduates will be retained	Fall to Fall retention for FTFT students	75%	59%	Within 10% of Salem’s 5 year rolling retention average for FTFT (average of 5 years is 66% based on Salem’s IPEDS data)	67%
#3 Undergraduates will persist	Spring to Fall retention rate for all undergraduate students (seniors who graduate in spring or summer are counted as retained)	90%	77%	Within 10% of Salem’s yearly rolling average of all undergraduates (5-year rolling average is 86%, based on internal enrollment and graduation data)	77%

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