Cohort Comparison - College Report

This article covers how to run and interpret the Cohort Comparison - College report on the Student Success dashboard. 

Click on the link below to learn more about the report and features.

What does this report show?

The Cohort Comparison - College report shows charts and tables with a comparison of cohorts from Fall 2014 to present on values such as:

  • initial cohort size
  • degree count
  • % graduated
  • enrolled count
  • % enrolled & not graduated
  • not graduated & not enrolled count
  • % not graduated & not enrolled 

These values are broken down by academic college. Users can choose to see this information for first-time full-time freshman cohorts or for new undergraduate transfer cohorts. 

Users can also specify that they want to see this information for all academic colleges or for a specific college. 

Accessing the Report

You should have received an invitation email from QuickSight to set up your credentials. 

Follow the instructions in the link below to setup your Login:

Report Overview

By default, the Cohort Comparison - College report will show data for first-time full-time freshman from Fall 2014 to present. 

When you access the report, your personal settings for the report (page) appear. If you have not set up your personal settings, the system defaults will automatically populate. 

Cohort Comparison - College Report

The counts on this report are current as of today. 

Report Filters and Descriptions

The first section of the report contains the available filters.

Enrollment Type and College Drop-down fields

Utilize the filters to narrow down your report results or find specific values. 

Descriptions

Filter Description
Enrollment Type The type of student for which you wish to view data. Values include:
  • First-Time Full-Time Freshman
  • New Undergraduate Transfer
College (Latest)
The academic college(s) for which you wish to view data. This is the student latest college
Reading the Chart

Filter

This chart will show you the exact same data as the Cohort Comparison chart unless you select a specific college from the drop-down menu. 

Arrow pointing to College (Entry) drop-down field

The Cohort Comparison College chart shows the percentage graduated versus percentage enrolled versus percentage not graduated & not enrolled for each cohort listed on the y-axis on the left for the college(s) you selected in the filters at the top of the page. 


Cohort Comparison - College Report chart

Legend

The legend on the right indicates what each color represents on the chart: 

  • green for percentage graduated in that cohort
  • blue for percentage enrolled & not graduated in that cohort
  • red for percentage not graduated & not enrolled in that cohort
Legend

Markers

The chart also provides markers at the 80% and 50%. 

Arrows pointing to chart markers

Specific Count

You can hover over the bars in charts to see the specific count associated with each bar. 

Arrow pointing to specific count information
Reading the Table

Available Columns

Column table
Column
Description

Cohort Description 

The catalog year for the cohort. I.e., fa04 = students whose catalog year is Fall 2004
College Description The code for the academic college that the student's major is in.
  • ARTS = College of the Arts
  • CBE = College of Business & Economics
  • COMM = College of Communications
  • ECS = College of Engineering & Computer Science
  • EDUC = College of Education
  • H&SS = College of Humanities & Social Sciences
  • HHD = College of Health & Human Development
  • NSM = College of Natural Science & Math
  • OTHER = Undeclared or unknown
Enrollment Type Description

The type of students in the cohort: either first-time full-time freshman or new undergraduate transfer. 

Initial Cohort Size

The number of students initially in the cohort for the specified college. 

Graduated Count

The number of students in the cohort for the specified college who have graduated. 

% Graduated

The percentage of students in the cohort for the specified college who have graduated. 

Enrolled, Not Graduated Count 

The number of students in the cohort for the specified college who are enrolled in the current term. 

% Enrolled & Not Graduated 

The percentage of students in the cohort for the specified college who are enrolled in the current term and have not graduated. 

Not Graduated Not Enrolled Count 

The number of students in the cohort for the specified college who have not graduated and are not enrolled in the current term. 

% Not Graduated & Not Enrolled 

The percentage of students in the cohort for the specified college who have not graduated and are not enrolled in the current term.