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USHE MEASURING HIGHER EDUCATION 2005

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER

OF HIGHER EDUCA TION

USHE

MEASURING UTAH HIGHER EDUCATION 2005

STA TE BOARD OF REGENTS Utah System of Higher Education 60 South 400 West Salt Lake City, Utah 84101

Nolan E. Karras, Chair; E. George Mantes, Vice Chair; Jerry C. Atkin; Daryl C. Barrett; Bonnie Jean Beesley; Janet A. Cannon*; Katharine B. Garff; David J. Grant; James S. Jardine; Michael R. Jensen; David J. Jordan; Trenton Kemp**; John C. Pingree*; Jed H. Pitcher; Sara V. Sinclair; Marlon O. Snow; Maria Sweeten

Dr. Richard E. Kendell, Commissioner of Higher Education

* Ex-Officio Member representing the Utah State Board of Education ** Student Regent MEASURING UTAH HIGHER EDUCATION 2005 INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS It’s all about accountability. What are the public and students getting for their investment in Higher Education?

ACCESS AND PREPARATION In its most recent Master Plan, the State Board of Regents reiterated its Total Headcount Enrollments ...... 5 commitment to be accountable to the people of Utah and pledged to Total FTE Enrollments ...... 5 report regularly “on education efficiencies, effectiveness, and the quality UCAT Enrollment ...... 6 of student learning outcomes.” For several years, the Commissioner of Participation Rates ...... 7 Higher Education has prepared reports, at least biennially, on a range of Education Pipeline to Higher Education...... 7 performance measures. In 2004, the Board of Regents directed the Enrollment Ethnic/Racial Diversity...... 8 Commissioner to bring a sharper focus to the report and zero in on Percent of Technologically-delivered Courses ...... 8 several measures—some used in previous reports and some new—to help the Board, other policy makers and the general public readily see QUALITY the performance of Utah’s public colleges and universities. ACT Test Scores...... 9 Advanced Placement Qualifying ...... 9 This Report looks at three areas of performance: Concurrent Enrollment ...... 9 • Access and Preparation—How well are students able to gain access to First-time Freshmen and Remedial Courses ...... 10 college and are they well prepared? • Quality—Are students receiving a quality education? Degrees and Awards Earned...... 10 • Efficiency and Finance—How is Higher Education financed and what Degree Production/Efficiency ...... 11 are the trends? Student-to-Faculty Ratio ...... 12 Courses Delivered by Part-Time Faculty...... 12 The Report also includes the findings of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, showing how Utah compares to other EFFICIENCY AND FINANCE states in terms of Higher Education efficiency—outputs versus inputs. Total Education Funding per FTE Student ...... 13 Tax Funds to Higher Education This report represents the dynamic efforts of a working group comprised per $1,000 of Personal Income ...... 13 of representatives from each of the 10 public colleges and universities, Tuition as Percent of Total Instructional Costs ...... 13 the Commissioner’s Office, members of the Utah State Legislature’s Tuition—Resident Undergraduate Comparisons ...... 14 Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee and its staff. A wide State Reliance on Tuition for Funding...... 15 range of possible measures were considered including data collected State Need-Based Financial Aid ...... 15 from Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) institutions as well as regional and national sources. Where possible, a “baseline” of 2000-2001 Percent of Family Income Needed to Pay for College. . . . 16 has been adopted. In each case, the most recent data available has been Average Amount of Student Loans...... 16 used to measure against this baseline. Faculty Compensation Compared to Peer Institutions. . . . 16 Economic Impact--Degrees in Engineering In most cases, the data is for the nine credit-granting USHE institutions. and Computer Science ...... 17 Where appropriate the Utah College of Applied Technology—which Economic Impact—Research Grants and Contracts...... 17 provides open-entry/open-exit non-credit training for both high school and post-high school students in a variety of fields—has also been EFFICIENCY OF STATES IN PROVIDING HIGHER EDUCATION included. Data is provided on a system-wide basis (nine credit-granting Report by National Center for Higher institutions) or categorized by the mission and type of the institution, as Education Management Systems ...... 18 follows:

Doctoral/Research: and Utah State University

Masters Universities: and

Baccalaureate: Dixie State College and Utah Valley State College

Community/ Associates Colleges: , College of Eastern Utah, Salt Lake Community College

INTRODUCTION 4 UTAH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION MEASURING UTAH HIGHER EDUCATION 2005 ACCESS & PREPARATION

Fall Headcount Enrollment

60,000

2000-01 Baseline (126,379 Total) 50,000 2003-04 (144,937 Total)

47,67054,387 Headcount enrollments, or the number of students 40,000 enrolled at the third week of fall semester, continue to climb for all institutional 30,000 types, growing in total by 28,907 32,290 14.7% over 4 years. 27,461 32,713

22,341 25,547 ta Book 20,000

10,000 ce: USHE 2005-06 Da

Sour 0 Doctoral/ Masters Baccalaureate Community/ Research Universities Colleges Associates Universities Colleges

Annual Budget-Related FTE Enrollment

50,000

40,000 39,851 44,308 2000-01 Baseline (94,097 Total) Full-time equivalent 2003-04 (105,040 Total) enrollments also grew over this period. FTE enrollment is a measure of 30,000 the number of instructional hours completed by students over an entire academic 20,000 year. Budget related

18,942 21,225 enrollments include those 17,510 18,855 17,793 20,652 ta Book instructional programs and courses eligible for state 10,000 funding. From 2000-01 to 2004-05, USHE budget related FTE grew 11.6%. ce: USHE 2005-06 Da

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Doctoral/ Masters Baccalaureate Community/ Research Universities Colleges Associates Universities Colleges

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Utah College of Applied Technology Enrollment

6,000,000 2001-02 Baseline 2003-04

5,000,000

UCAT enrollment is 4,696,455 5,150,737 measured differently than other USHE institutions. 4,000,000 Instructional activity is measured in membership hours rather than credits. The number of 3,000,000 membership hours declined by 1.2% from 2003-04; 2001-02 to 2003-04. t,

2,000,000 December 2004 ual Repor Ann t a Glance, 1,000,000 T A acts a ce: UC T F A

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80,000 2001-02 Baseline 2003-04 70,000

UCAT participation is 60,000 measured in annual headcount, or the number of students served over an 50,000 entire year. The total 63,107 51,767 unduplicated headcount 40,000 enrollment has declined by 18.0% from 2001-02 to

2003-04. 30,000 2003-04; t, December 2004

20,000 ual Repor Ann t a Glance, T A 10,000 acts a ce: UC T F A UC Sour 0 Annual Headcount (with Custom Fit)

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USHE Participation Rates

25%

2000-01 Baseline 2003-04 20% 21.3% 22.4% Participation rates measured in the USHE Long Term Enrollment 15% projection model compare

ollment all USHE enrollment to the total Utah population by m Enr age group. Growing 10% participation rates, combined with demographic increases, continue to fuel 5% enrollment growth in Utah. ce: USHE 2004 and 2001 Long-ter 1.9% 2.2% ojection Model Sour Pr 0 Age 18-29Age 30 and up

Education Pipeline 2002: Of every 100 ninth grade students…

100

Utah U.S. Average 80 Utah’s college pipeline Top State begins relatively high compared to the rest of 83 68 90 the nation based on high 60 school graduates. However, the number of il 2004 y and Higher students who immediately Apr , olic enter college, remain 40 enrolled in the 2nd year, and who graduate with an or Public P 36 40 60 associate’s degree after tional Pipeline three years or bachelor’s 20 24 27 44 degree after six years, The Educa tional Center f trails the national average. 17 18 29

tion, Contributing factors ce: Na include large number of Educa Sour working and part-tem 0 Number who Number who Number who Number who students, earlier graduate immediately are still graduate with marriages, and the Utah high school enter college enrolled in Associate’s Degree 4 years later second year in 3 yea rs or missionary phenomenon. Bachelor’s Degree in 6 yea rs

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Enrollment Diversity, Percent of Fall Headcount Enrollment

3.5% 2000-01 Baseline (7.5% Total) 2004-05 (8.0% Total)

3.0% 3.1% 3.4% While diversity in Utah’s college enrollment is growing, the relatively 2.5% 2.9% 2.6% small number of minority students still trails the diversity of the entire 2.0% state population.

1.5% ta Book; USHE 2001-02 1.0%

0.9% 1.1%

0.5% 0.6% 0.7% ce: USHE 2005-06 Da ta Book Da 0.0 Sour American Indian/ Asian/ BlackHispanic Alaskan Native Pacific Islander

T echnologically-Delivered Instruction, % of Total FTE Delivered Via Technology

2000-01 Baseline 10% 2003-04

Growth in technologically- delivered courses 8% continues to expand rapidly at all institutional 7.0% 10.0% types. 6% ed er

4.5% 9.2% 4% 4.2% 9.1% 3.9% 9.2% 3.8% 8.6% echnologically-Deliv T t 2% ce: USHE 2003-04 ollment Repor Sour 0 Enr Community/ Baccalaureate Masters Doctoral/ Total Associates Colleges Universities Research Colleges Universities

ACCESS & PREPARATION 8 UTAH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION MEASURING UTAH HIGHER EDUCATION 2005 QUALITY

ACT Test Scores

Utah 25 U.S. Average

July 2004 21.4 21.0 20 21.5 20.9 20.7 20.7 20.9 20.7 The scores from Utah high tion, 15 school students who take ACT exams are slightly al/AP/AP02.htm, v higher than the national

icer of Educa average. f 10 te Of

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Sour http://www 0 Composite Composite Math Math 2000-01 2003-04 2000-01 2003-04 Baseline Baseline

Advanced Placement Percentage Qualifying

80% 2000-01 Baseline 2002-03 70% July 2004 66.3% 69.8% 60% The percent of Utah high 60.0%61.0% school students who tion, 50% qualify for college credit

al/AP/AP02.htm, through AP exams v 40% continues to exceed the icer of Educa f 30% national average. te Of 20% .usoe.k12.ut.us/e

10% ce: Utah Sta Sour http://www 0 Utah National Average

Concurrent Enrollment ice of f In 2002-03, the largest concurrent enrollments te Of 1995-96 2000-01 2002-03 were in applied technology

# of Students 11,725 19,822 21,875 classes, followed by math,

tion Credit Hours 117,438 125,747 146,917 social studies, english, ce: Utah Sta State Funds $2,400,000 $5,600,000 $5,300,000 science, fine arts, and Sour Educa foreign language.

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MEASURING UTAH HIGHER EDUCATION 2005

Percent of First-Time Freshman Enrolled Within 12 Months of High School Who Take at Least One Remedial Course

20%

2000-01 Baseline 2003-04 Finding ways to improve the articulation from K-12 15% to college is a necessary initiative to offset the 13.5% 17.9% need for remedial and developmental education. 11.8% 11.8% 10%

8.4%9.8% ehouse ar

5% 5.5%10.4% W ta

2.7%1.8% ce: USHE Da

0 Sour Total Community/ Baccalaureate Masters Doctoral/ Associates Colleges Universities Research Colleges Universities

P ostsecondary Degrees and Awards

15,000

2000-01 Baseline (20,349 Total) 2003-04 (27,272 Total) 12,000 The number of credentials earned at

USHE institutions ual . Ann continues to climb. The T

9,000 T A inclusion of UCAT 8,995 12,008 A (established 2001-02) data explains much of 7,652 8,246 include UC the increase in the 6,000

number of certificates Assoc. awarded. ta Book; 2003-04 UC and t.

3,000

2,066 2,595 t * 2003-04 Cer 1,147 3,883 258 280 231 260 ce: USHE 2005-06 Da Sour 0 Repor Certificates* Associate’s* Bachelor’s* Master’s Doctorate First Professional

QUALITY 10 UTAH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION MEASURING UTAH HIGHER EDUCATION 2005

Degree Production

30 2000-01 Baseline 2003-04

25

25.7 23.34 Measures of degree

23.0 21.6 production based on 20 ratios with other activities, such as FTE enrollment or lower level degrees, is a 15 suggested measure to monitor the efficiency of degree completion over time. This measure ta Book 10 indicates a greater return 8.9 10.4 for undergraduate

6.7 7.1 degrees on the number of 5 FTE students over a three- year period. ce: USHE 2005-06 Da

Sour 0 Associate’s Degrees Bachelor’s Degrees Master’s Degrees Doctorate Degrees per 100 FTE per 100 FTE per 100 per 1,000 Bachelor’s Degrees Bachelor’s Degrees

P ass Rates on Professional Certification and Licensure Exams

2001-02 Baseline 100% 2002-03

93.4% 94.3% 92.6% 94.8% 94.3% 92.3% 90.3% 89.3% One available measure of 80% student-learning is to track performance on professional certification and licensure exams. 60% While exams cover a wide variety of disciplines, not all graduates seek employment in fields 40% requiring a licensure exam. This measure consolidates data for all institutions into four titutions 20% common categories. ce: USHE Ins

Sour 0 Career and Allied Health Nursing Professional Technical (RN only) Graduate

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Student-to-Faculty Ratio

25

2000-01 Baseline 2002-03 20 Increases in student-to- 19.4 21.4 20.8 19.1 18.3 20.9 18.6 19.7 faculty ratios are an 17.6 18.6 indicator of how USHE institutions addressed tax 15 fund reductions between 2000-01 and 2002-03.

10 ta Book; USHE 2002-03

5 ce: USHE 2004-05 Da ta Book Da 0 Sour Community/ Baccalaureate Masters Doctoral/ Total Associates Colleges Universities Research Colleges Universities

F aculty Credentials - Percentage of Student Credit Hours Delivered by Part-Time Faculty

60%

2000-01 Baseline Like student-to-faculty 50% 50.5% 57.0% 2002-03 ratios, increases in the 49.3% 52.4% usage of part-time faculty indicate how institutions adapted to budget 40% 41.5% 43.1% reductions. 37.4% 36.5%

32.7% 34.2% 30%

20% ta Book; USHE 2002-03

10% ce: USHE 2004-05 Da ta Book Sour 0 Da Community/ Baccalaureate Masters Doctoral/ Total Associates Research

QUALITY 12 UTAH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION MEASURING UTAH HIGHER EDUCATION 2005 EFFICIENCY & FINANCE

Total Educational Funding per Student

$15,000 Utah (45th) Total Educational Funding per U.S. Average ted $12,000 FTE student measures the H igh State amount of state tax Adjus t of Living. appropriations and net tuition $9,000 sources available per FTE te Higher student. Utah ranks 45th Sta $6,000 $7,289 $8,694 $12,590 , nationally in the recent State Higher Education Finance, FY $3,000 tion Finance FY 2003 ollment Mix and Cos 2003 Report. ce: SHEEO or Enr Sour Educa f 0

Fiscal Year 2002-03

Higher Education Tax Funds per $1,000 of Personal Income Contrary to funding per Utah student, funding per $1,000 of U.S. Average $15 personal income for higher High State education in Utah ranks among , $12 the highest in the country, tems moving up from 11th in FY or Higher July 2004 $9 2000-01 to 5th in FY 2003-04. g, .or o $10.30 $7.60 $14.90 $6 $10.54 $6.83 $13.99 Taken together (funding per ed inf tional Center f student and funding per

tion Management Sys $3 personal income) this is known .higher ce: Na as the Utah paradox: A high www Sour Educa 0 effort for education funding Fiscal Year 2000-01 Fiscal Year 2003-04 but a minimum amount per Baseline Baseline (Utah 11th) (Utah 5th) student spread across the large number of participants.

Tuition as Percent of Total Instructional Costs Tuition as a percent of total 2000-01 Baseline instructional costs provides 50% T 2002-03 an indication of how much A students are paying for the 40% complete costs of their 38.8% 45.7%

echnical education. Over a period of ta Book; UC 30% t; *T constant or decreasing tax 29.5% 35.3% 30.0% 36.5% 30.1% 37.9% 30.6% 37.3% 27.5% 34.3% funds and significant tuition 20% increases, the proportion ual Repor 16.3% 19.4% covered by tuition increased Ann 10% at all institutions. The amount ce: USHE 2004-05 Da for technical colleges (UCAT) College Baseline is 2001-02 Sour 2002-03 0 has been adjusted to reflect

Technical Community/ Baccalaureate Masters Doctoral/ Total Total the funding only for Colleges* Associates Colleges Universities Research USHE without postsecondary students, Colleges Universities UCAT excluding secondary students who are supported 100% by state funds.

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Annual Budget-Related FTE Enrollment

50,000 Full-time equivalent enrollments also grew over this period. FTE 2000-01 Baseline (94,087 Total) enrollment is a measure of 2003-04 (105,544 Total) 40,000 the number of 47,67053,352 instructional hours completed by students over an entire academic 30,000 year. Budget related enrollments include those instructional programs and courses eligible for state funding. From 2000-01 to 20,000 28,907 30,881 2003-04, USHE budget 22,341 25,215 27,461 31,485 ta Book related FTE enrollment grew 12.2%. 10,000 ce: USHE 2004-05 Da

0 Sour Doctoral/ Masters Baccalaurette Community/ Research Universities Colleges Associates Universities Colleges

Resident Undergraduate Tuition and F ee Comparisons, 2003-04

$6,000 WICHE less CA National USHE $5,000 Comparison of tuition and fees to regional and national benchmarks $4,000 provides a relative indicator of price and $3,725$5,218$3,646 affordability for Utah tion higher education. $3,000

$3,378$4,169$2,632

$2,000 $2,956 $2,155 $2,450 $1,846 $2,155 $2,035 d ashington Higher Educa W

$1,000 ting Boar WICHE; dina ce: Coor Sour 0 Community/ Baccalaureate Masters Doctoral/ Associates Colleges Universities Research Colleges Universities

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State Reliance on Net Tuition as a Public Higher Education Revenue Source, FY 2002-03

35%

30% Utah State reliance on net U.S. Average tuition revenue is adjusted Low State to reflect the impact of 25% state-funded grant programs. Because of its large amount of financial 20% aid support, Georgia ranks as the state that is least reliant on net tuition. Utah tion Finance FY 2003. 15% is just below the national average. Utah amounts 30.4% 31.8% 14.2% have been adjusted to 10% exclude the secondary te Higher Educa student impact of UCAT. Sta ,

5% ce: SHEEO

Sour 0 Fiscal Year 2002-03

State Need-Based Student Financial Aid

$1,200 Utah U.S. Average High State Utah’s relatively small $1,000 student financial aid program provides among the lowest levels of state- $800 based support in the ed Student country. Lower tuition levels help to offset some

te-Sponsor of the need. These $600 amounts do not reflect

y on Sta state authorized tuition e v waivers. $400 ual Sur Ann 2002-03 and 2000-01. $200 Aid, ce: NASSGAP $22.33 $366.85 $930.38 $29.20 $354.32 $1,007.12 Financial Sour 0 Fiscal Year 2000-01 Fiscal Year 2003-04 Baseline Baseline (Utah 41st) (Utah 39th)

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Percent of Family Income Needed to Pay for College, 2004

Utah y and

30% U.S. Average olic The percentage of family Low State 25%

income required for or Public P college in Utah is the 20% ing Up 2004 lowest in the nation. 18.0% 27.8% 18.0%

However, Utah's 15% 17.0% 22.7% 17.0% Measur propensity to have tional Center f tion, multiple college-going 10% The Na students in one family can 5% offset the low levels of ce: required family income. 0 Sour Higher Educa Fiscal Year 2000-01 Fiscal Year 2003-04 Baseline Baseline (Utah 41st) (Utah 39th)

A v erage Loan Amount Students Borrow Each Year, 2004

Utah U.S. Average

Low State y and The average loan amount $3,500 olic Utah students borrow $3,000

each year is 10 percent or Public P $2,500 $3,019 $3,347 $2,793 below the national ing Up 2004 average. Again, this is $2,000 related to lower than Measur $1,500 average tuition levels at tional Center f tion, Utah institutions. About $1,000 40 percent of USHE The Na students receive Title IV $500 ce:

Student loans. 0 Sour Higher Educa

Fiscal Year 2000

F aculty Compensation Compared to Peer Institutions

USHE $100,000 All Public Institutions

As an indicator of the $80,000 $85,805 $90,773 ability of institutions to compete for quality $67,070 $74,444

$60,000 il/May 2004 $59,874 $66,250 $61,000 $68,686

faculty in the competitive Apr market-place, total faculty $40,000 compensation in Utah lags public institution national $20,000 Academe, averages in every ce: institutional category . 0 Sour Community/ Baccalaureate MastersDoctoral/ Associates Research

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Economic Impact of Higher Education - Degrees in Engineering and Related Technology and Computer and Information Sciences

1,200

2000-01 Baseline (1,516 Total) 1,000 2003-04 (2,139 Total) Driven by the state 935 1,191 initiative to increase the number of engineering, 800 computer science, and related-technology graduates to improve the 600 state’s economy, the number of degrees awarded in these programs is increasing. 2005-06 and 2003-04 400

330515 ta Book,

200 212 388

ce: USHE Da 39 45 Sour 0 Associate’s* Bachelor’sMaster’s Doctorate

Research Grants and Contracts

$500

2002-03 2003-04 $400 $427 $472 A record level of research grants and contracts, totaling nearly $500 million, was garnered by $300 the University of Utah and ons $287 $309 Utah State University during FY 2003-04. Milli

$200

$138 $162 $100

0 University of Utah Utah State UniversityResearch Universities Total

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150 136.3 127.7 122.7

120 $427 $495 106.9 104.3 103.2 101.5 100.9 100.0 99.5 96.8 96.3 92.2 91.7 91.2 90.9 90.7 89.3 88.7 90 88.4 85.5 85.2 85.0 84.8 83.9 83.2 82.2 80.5 78.5 78.3 76.8 76.0 75.4 74.9 74.3 71.7 71.6 71.0 70.3 69.8 69.5 68.1 67.0 63.3 60 63.2 or Higher 60.3 60.2 , 53.3 51.9 48.3 tems tional Center f Na 30 , WICHE Commission on May 17, Idaho tion Management Sys ce: Dennis Jones esented to the Sour Educa pr 2004 in Boise, 0 UTAH Colora Rho Arizo Wis Iow North Kansas Calif Delaw Mas Was Ill Mis Min Mar New Vir Nebra South Ten Tex Flor Indian Michig Ala Okl New Pen Ohio Ore New North Haw Mis Conn Monta Ken Main Wyo Alas Louisia South Nev Arka Idah Geo Ver Wes New inois gin as consi mont sou sis nessee bama ahoma a nesot nsyl gon de I tuc ada ida yla t Vir hing sac ming aii rgi Ha Me Yo Je ka o nsa ornia e na ectic Da Ca Dakot Car sipp ia are ska na a ri do an ky a nd na rse rk huset mps van Basedslan on the following measures of performance of State Systems, the xico gin s ton n kot rol a

Utah System of Higher Education ranks first in the nation in educationaloli i y ut ia ia hir ina d a outcomes relative to total fundinga per FTE student: na ts

• State appropriationse plus tuition per FTE student • FTE undergraduates per 100 18-44 year olds with a high school diploma • Undergraduate credentials awarded per 100 FTE undergraduates • PhDs per 1,000 degrees awarded (baccalaureate and above) • Baccalaureate degrees per 100 high school graduates six years earlier • Research – Federal and Industry R&D per capita faculty • Student Pipeline –for every 100 9th graders, how many: (1) graduate from high school on time, (2) go directly to college, and (3) graduate within 150 percent of program time

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