Student Achievement Data
The University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences is proud of its students’ achievements and the success of its programs. The University has internal processes for assessing student learning and program success, and it adheres to standards and assessment processes established by accrediting bodies at the institutional and program levels.
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The University holds institutional accreditation from the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) and various programmatic accreditations, including the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE), the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA), and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
The various accreditors sometimes have different requirements for data reporting. For example, some accreditors require data calculated for a calendar year; others require it calculated on an academic calendar; some calculate graduation rates on 100% of expected completion time; others use a 150%-time frame. Data presented on the USAHS website includes information on calculating data points to contextualize the information to be transparent. Please direct any questions to the University’s Office of Assessment and Institutional Research at [email protected].
Retention Rate
The University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) tracks retention rates by degree cohorts. USAHS bases the rates on institutional definitions and calculations, which may differ to some degree from calculation requirements by programmatic accreditation, state licensure, and other retention rate calculation definitions. The programmatic accreditations, state agencies, and/or Department of Education may utilize varying timeframes and/or student status when measuring retention and/or graduation.
The retention rate measures how many students enter the degree program and are retained one year later. It is the number of students who enrolled in the fall term and reenrolled the following fall. The following retention tables are for students who entered the degree programs for the first time.
The data is as of March 2024.
Retention Rate by Program
| Reporting Term | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 FA | 2022 FA | 2023 FA | ||||
| Program | Cohort Sizea | % Retained | Cohort Sizea | % Retained | Cohort Sizea | % Retained |
| Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) | 283 | 97% | 305 | 93% | 303 | 96% |
| Flex Doctor of Physical Therapy (Flex DPT) | 92 | 91% | 96 | 94% | 71 | 89% |
| Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) | 108 | 96% | 110 | 98% | 89 | 99% |
| Flex Master of Occupational Therapy (Flex MOT) | 60 | 93% | 105 | 95% | 79 | 89% |
| Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) | 95 | 99% | 130 | 96% | 86 | 95% |
| Flex Doctor of Occupational Therapy (Flex OTD) | – | – | 18 | 89% | 10 | 70% |
| Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) | 76 | 91% | 80 | 95% | 111 | 94% |
| Doctor in Education (EdD) | 24 | 63% | 13 | 69% | <10 | 71% |
| Master of Health Administration (MHA) | – | – | <10 | 80% | <10 | 33% |
| Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) | 33 | 67% | 23 | 74% | 31 | 77% |
| Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) | 31 | 58% | 51 | 73% | 19 | 79% |
| Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (PPOTD) | 27 | 78% | 25 | 76% | <10 | 100% |
a To protect student anonymity, a cohort size of less than 10 is notated with <10.
Retention Rate by Program and Gender
| Reporting Term | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 FA | 2022 FA | 2023 FA | |||||
| Program | Gender | Cohort Sizea | % Retained | Cohort Sizea | % Retained | Cohort Sizea | % Retained |
| Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) | Male Female | 128 155 | 98% 96% | 132 173 | 92% 93% | 157 134 | 95% 98% |
| Flex Doctor of Physical Therapy (Flex DPT) | Male Female | 50 42 | 88% 95% | 46 50 | 91% 96% | 29 34 | 88% 89% |
| Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) | Male Female | <10 101 | 71% 98% | <10 105 | 100% 98% | 13 75 | 100% 99% |
| Flex Master of Occupational Therapy (Flex MOT) | Male Female | <10 51 | 89% 94% | 18 87 | 89% 97% | <10 64 | 75% 90% |
| Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) | Male Female | 11 84 | 100% 99% | 10 120 | 90% 97% | <10 78 | 100% 95% |
| Flex Doctor of Occupational Therapy (Flex OTD) | Male Female | – – | – – | <10 14 | 75% 93% | <10 <10 | 50% 75% |
| Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) | Male Female | <10 73 | 33% 93% | <10 77 | 100% 95% | <10 101 | 75% 94% |
| Doctor of Education (EdD) | Male Female | <10 21 | 33% 67% | <10 <10 | 100% 63% | <10 <10 | 100% 67% |
| Master of Health Administration (MHA) | Male Female | – – | – – | <10 <10 | 100% 67% | <10 – | 100% – |
| Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) | Male Female | <10 31 | 50% 68% | <10 16 | 57% 81% | <10 19 | 71% 79% |
| Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) | Male Female | <10 30 | 100% 57% | <10 45 | 67% 73% | <10 14 | 100% 78% |
| Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (PPOTD) | Male Female | <10 25 | 100% 76% | <10 21 | 75% 76% | – <10 | – 100% |
a To protect student anonymity, a cohort size of less than 10 is notated with <10.
Retention Rate by Program and Race/Ethnicity
As student numbers for race/ethnicity groups cannot be grouped with specificity, two categories, “Minority” and “Other”, were created to capture the information to display data. The “minority” category includes Hispanic/Latino, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black, African American, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. The “other” category includes two or more races, nonresident alien, and race and ethnicity unknown.
| Reporting Term | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 FA | 2022 FA | 2023 FA | |||||
| Program | Race/Ethnicityb,c | Cohort Sizea | % Retained | Cohort Sizea | % Retained | Cohort Sizea | % Retained |
| Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) | White Person of Color Other | 85 79 119 | 96% 95% 98% | 119 126 60 | 92% 94% 90% | 105 158 39 | 95% 96% 100% |
| Flex Doctor of Physical Therapy (Flex DPT) | White Person of Color Other | 34 35 23 | 97% 89% 87% | 26 38 32 | 96% 92% 94% | 20 44 <10 | 80% 93% 86% |
| Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) | White Person of Color Other | 38 27 43 | 97% 100% 93% | 68 32 10 | 100% 94% 100% | 44 40 <10 | 98% 100% 100% |
| Flex Master of Occupational Therapy (Flex MOT) | White Person of Color Other | 19 24 17 | 95% 92% 94% | 33 64 <10 | 97% 94% 100% | 21 56 <10 | 90% 89% 50% |
| Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) | White Person of Color Other | 25 26 44 | 100% 100% 98% | 54 67 9 | 96% 96% 100% | 34 47 <10 | 91% 98% 100% |
| Flex Doctor of Occupational Therapy (Flex OTD) | White Person of Color Other | – – – | – – – | <10 12 <10 | 100% 83% 100% | <10 <10 <10 | 50% 71% 100% |
| Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) | White Person of Color Other | 34 28 14 | 91% 93% 86% | 28 19 33 | 96% 100% 91% | 32 69 10 | 94% 97% 70% |
| Doctor of Education (EdD) | White Person of Color Other | 18 <10 <10 | 67% 25% 100% | <10 <10 <10 | 100% 57% 0% | <10 <10 <10 | 50% 100% 75% |
| Master of Health Administration (MHA) | White Person of Color | – – | – – | – <10 | – 80% | – <10 | – 33% |
| Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) | White Person of ColorOther | 21 12 – | 71% 58% – | 15 <10 <10 | 73% 71% 100% | <10 23 <10 | 50% 78% 83% |
| Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) | White Person of Color Other | 19 12 – | 58% 58% – | 20 30 <10 | 80% 70% 0% | <10 11 <10 | 100% 82% 33% |
| Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (PPOTD) | White Person of Color Other | 16 10 <10 | 88% 70% 0% | 18 <10 – | 78% 71% – | – <10 <10 | – 100% 100% |
a To protect student anonymity, a cohort size of less than 10 is notated with <10.
b Person of Color category includes Hispanic/Latino, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black, African American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and two or more races.
c Other U.S. Nonresident and race and ethnicity unknown.
Graduation Rate
The University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) tracks graduation rate by degree cohorts. These rates are based on USAHS institutional definitions and calculations, which may differ to some degree from calculations required by programmatic accreditation, state licensure, and other graduation rate calculation definitions. The programmatic accreditations, state agencies, and/or Department of Education may utilize varying timeframes and/or student status when measuring retention and/or graduation. For example, programmatic accreditation examines data between January 1 to December 31.
The graduation rate is the percentage of students in a cohort who graduated within 150% of the expected completion time. Completion time is based on the time and credits required for completion as outlined in the USAHS catalog. The cohorts captured are based on the program length by reported calendar year.
CAPTE, ACOTE, and CAA accreditation requirements on graduation and licensure pass rates are located on the respective program’s web pages.
The data is as of March 2024.
Graduation Rate at 150% by Degree
| Reporting Year | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||
| Program | Cohort Sizea | % | Cohort Sizea | % | Cohort Sizea | % |
| Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) | 710 | 98% | 677 | 97% | 673 | 97% |
| Flex Doctor of Physical Therapy (Flex DPT) | 102 | 82% | 155 | 91% | 160 | 89% |
| Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) | 286 | 98% | 263 | 97% | 292 | 94% |
| Flex Master of Occupational Therapy (Flex MOT) | 33 | 85% | 77 | 92% | 63 | 97% |
| Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) | 87 | 95% | 161 | 94% | 198 | 95% |
| Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) | 39 | 95% | 89 | 93% | 120 | 93% |
| Doctor of Education (EdD) | 10 | 80% | 28 | 79% | 14 | 36% |
| Master of Health Administration (MHA) | 40 | 65% | 25 | 80% | <10 | 86% |
| Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) | 56 | 48% | 76 | 55% | 66 | 55% |
| Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) | 42 | 40% | 90 | 47% | 24 | 46% |
| Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (PPOTD) | 14 | 93% | 21 | 76% | 16 | 69% |
a To protect student anonymity, a cohort size of less than 10 is notated with <10.
Graduation Rate at 150% by Degree and Gender
| Reporting Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||
| Program | Gender | Cohort Sizea | % | Cohort Sizea | % | Cohort Sizea | % |
| Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) | Male Female | 322 388 | 98% 98% | 309 368 | 96% 98% | 316 357 | 96% 98% |
| Flex Doctor of Physical Therapy (Flex DPT) | Male Female | 50 52 | 82% 83% | 77 78 | 90% 92% | 81 79 | 86% 92% |
| Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) | Male Female | 39 247 | 95% 98% | 45 218 | 98% 97% | 41 251 | 88% 95% |
| Flex Master of Occupational Therapy (Flex MOT) | Male Female | <10 27 | 100% 81% | 14 63 | 86% 94% | <10 57 | 100% 96% |
| Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) | Male Female | <10 80 | 100% 95% | 16 145 | 81% 96% | 17 181 | 100% 95% |
| Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) | Male Female | <10 34 | 80% 97% | <10 87 | 50% 94% | <10 116 | 50% 94% |
| Doctor of Education (EdD) | Male Female | <10 <10 | 100% 78% | <10 23 | 60% 83% | <10 10 | 50% 30% |
| Master of Health Administration (MHA) | Male Female | <10 31 | 78% 61% | <10 19 | 83% 79% | <10 <10 | 75% 100% |
| Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) | Male Female | <10 50 | 50% 48% | <10 68 | 75% 53% | <10 62 | 25% 56% |
| Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) | Male Female | 10 32 | 30% 44% | 12 78 | 58% 45% | <10 22 | 50% 45% |
| Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (PPOTD) | Male Female | <10 13 | 0% 100% | <10 19 | 100% 74% | <10 14 | 100% 100% |
b To protect student anonymity, a cohort size of less than 10 is notated with <10.
Graduation Rate at 150% by Degree and Race/Ethnicity
As student numbers for race/ethnicity groups cannot be grouped with specificity, two categories, “Minority” and “Other,” were created to capture the information to display data. The minority category includes Hispanic, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian, African American/Black, and Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian. “Other” includes two or more races, international students, and not specified/unknown.
| Reporting Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||
| Program | Race/Ethnicityb,c | Cohort Sizea | % | Cohort Sizea | % | Cohort Sizea | % |
| Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) | White Person of Color Other | 388 301 21 | 98% 98% 95% | 327 332 18 | 98% 97% 100% | 286 252 135 | 97% 97% 98% |
| Flex Doctor of Physical Therapy (Flex DPT) | White Person of Color Other | 50 49 <10 | 90% 78% 33% | 89 64 <10 | 92% 91% 50% | 70 76 14 | 90% 88% 93% |
| Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) | White Person of Color Other | 112 75 99 | 98% 96% 99% | 145 74 44 | 99% 95% 93% | 123 112 57 | 93% 93% 96% |
| Flex Master of Occupational Therapy (Flex MOT) | White Person of Color Other | 21 12 – | 81% 92% – | 44 26 <10 | 91% 92% 100% | 27 25 11 | 100% 100% 82% |
| Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) | White Person of Color Other | 45 26 16 | 96% 96% 94% | 57 52 52 | 95% 88% 100% | 83 86 29 | 96% 94% 97% |
| Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) | White Person of Color Other | <10 14 17 | 88% 93% 100% | 31 26 32 | 94% 88% 97% | 56 46 18 | 91% 93% 94% |
| Doctor of Education (EdD) | White Person of Color Other | <10 <10 <10 | 88% 0% 100% | 26 <10 – | 77% 100% – | 11 <10 – | 36% 33% – |
| Master of Health Administration (MHA) | White Person of Color Other | 17 21 <10 | 76% 52% 100% | 12 13 – | 75% 85% – | <10 <10 – | 50% 100% – |
| Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) | White Person of Color Other | 34 18 <10 | 56% 44% 0% | 49 26 <10 | 61% 42% 100% | 48 18 – | 58% 44% – |
| Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) | White Person of Color Other | 22 17 <10 | 23% 59% 67% | 49 38 <10 | 41% 53% 67% | <10 16 <10 | 29% 50% 100% |
| Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (PPOTD) | White Person of Color Other | 10 <10 <10 | 100% 67% 100% | 14 <10 <10 | 79% 75% 67% | 10 <10 – | 100% 100% – |
a To protect student anonymity, a cohort size of less than 10 is notated with <10.
b Person of Color category includes Hispanic/Latino, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black, African American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and two or more races.
c Other includes U.S. Nonresident and race/ethnicity unknown.
Learning Outcomes Assessment
USAHS continuously measured program effectiveness through the assessment of learning outcomes process. Incorporated into the process are evidence-based decision-making and a systematic approach to program assessment. Program-level assessment is derived from the institutional mission, aligning the Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) to the Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs). Courses within the program contain key assignments designed to assess course learning outcomes that align with the PLOs, ensuring a program-level quality assurance process that supports the institutional mission.
Learning Outcomes Assessment
| Degree | Evidence used to determine that graduates have achieved stated outcomes | Findings used |
|---|---|---|
| Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) & Master of Occupational Therapy Flex (MOT Flex) & Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) | Signature assignment; small-group presentation; fieldwork performance; NBCOT certification exam. | Curriculum improvement, delivery methods |
| Doctor in Physical Therapy (DPT) & Doctor in Physical Therapy Flex (DPT Flex) | Signature exam questions; NPTE exam pass rate; exit survey; CPI; graduate survey | Curricular improvement; review exam questions or assignments for clarity and outcomes connection; remediation |
| Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) | Student Performance Rating Scale (SPRS) | Curricular improvement |
| Doctor in Education (EdD) | Signature assignments; dissertation research; exit survey | Course revision; add an elective course |
| Post-Professional Doctor in Occupational Therapy (PPOTD) | Signature assignments; exit surveys | Continued monitoring capstone series; review assignments for outcomes alignment; continued collaboration with the Writing Center to support students |
| Master of Health Sciences (MHS) | Signature assignments; alumni survey | Review IPE alignment of learning outcomes; add elective courses to the program |
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