Student Achievement Outcomes

The University of North Texas (UNT) is a community that combines creativity and caring to provide an extraordinary educational environment where we go the extra mile to help our diverse student body. To achieve our vision, we work together to solve complex issues and find ways to empower our students to succeed in the face of a rapidly changing world. To measure progress towards achieving student achievement goals, UNT annually gathers data to analyze, report, and improve performance in key areas. UNT is committed to the students enrolled at the university and is focused on continuous improvement.

Full-time retention rate for first-time-in-college students

First Time in College (FTIC) retention rates represent the precentage of full-time, first-time undergraduate students who return to the same instiution for the following fall semester. UNT set an aspirational goal to increase retention for FTIC students to 86% by 2025. While this goal was not achieved, UNT has implemented new strategies to strengthen retention and has reaffirmed its commitment with an ambitous target of 90% retention in the new strategic plan, Look North: UNT 2030. https://strategicplan.unt.edu/data/index.html.
Source: UNT Insights 2.0 New Undergraduate Student Retention Dashboard

Full-time retention rate for transfer students

Transfer retention rates represent the percentage of undergraduate transfer students who return to the same insititution the following semester. UNT surpassed its aspirational goal of achieving an 80.6% retention rate for transfer students by 2025. While this milestone has been reached, UNT remains commited to a continous improvement by implementing new strategies to further strengthen retention and setting an ambitious target of 90% in the new strategic plan, Look North: 2030. https://strategicplan.unt.edu/data/index.html 
Source: UNT Insights 2.0 New Undergraduate Student Retention Dashboard

Six-year undergraduate graduation rate

This graduation rate measures the percentage of full-time, first-time undergraduate students who complete their program at the same institution within six years. UNT surpassed its aspirational goal of achieving a 59.0% by 2025. Under UNT's new strategic plan, the goal is to improve UNT's 6-year graduation rate from 61% to 80% by 2030.
Source(s): UNT IPEDs Data   **UNT  Insights Data 

Number of bachelor's degrees conferred

The number of bachelor's degrees conferred measures the total number of undergraduate students who completed their bachelor's programs at UNT within an academic year (fall, spring, summer). UNT set an aspirational goal to increase the number of bachelor's degrees conferred to 8,580 by 2025. While this goal was not achieved, UNT's strategies and goals aimed at improving retetion and graduation for all undergraduates in the new strategic plan will improve overall student success. 
Source: UNT Insights 2.0 UNT Degrees Dashboard

Master's and doctoral student graduation rate

Graduation rates measure the percentage of students who complete their program at the same institution within a specified length of time. UNT surpassed both goals to improve the 5-year graduation rate for master's students to 80.6% by 2025 and the seven-year doctoral graduation rate to 59.4% by 2025.

Master's Students
Source: UNT Insights 2.0 Master's Graduation Rate Dashboard

Doctoral Students
Source(s): UNT Insights 2.0 Doctoral Graduation Rate Dashboard  

Number of master's and doctoral degrees conferred

The number of graduate degrees conferred measures the total number of students who complete their graduate program at UNT within an academic year. UNT exceeded the goal to increase the number of master's degrees awarded to 2090 by 2025. The ambitious goal to increase the number of doctoral degrees awarded, to 330 by 2025 was not met, but this continues to be a priority for UNT. Of the 297 doctoral degrees awarded 286 were research doctoral degrees. UNT's new strategic plan includes a goal to increase research doctoral degrees to 300 by 2030.

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's Building a Talent Strong Texas Higher Education Plan

Because we are a caring, creative campus, UNT values important connections that happen through collaboration, interdisciplinary engagement, connectivity, and synergistic solutions to challenges at our university, in North Texas, and beyond. Thus, we dedicate ourselves to creating a stronger collaborative environment where we hear and respond to the voices of our diverse internal and external communities to empower our students and meet the needs of Texas.

In a commitment to continuously improve student achievement, the University of North Texas supports the statewide Building a Talent Strong Texas education strategic plan. This plan focuses on three measurable, data-driven goals: attainment of postsecondary credentials; postsecondary credentials of value; and research, development, and innovation.

More information on the Building a Talent Strong Texas strategic plan is available through the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Access this page for potential earnings for graduates:  U.S. Department of Ed College Scoreboard: UNT