JMU Performance Measures
Measure Category: Student Persistence
| Measure Type (1. Learning Measures can be viewed at ROIE) | Measure Name (Click on link to see data from previous years) | Measure Definition | Reported 2006-07 |
Reported 2007-08 |
Reported 2008-09 |
| 2. ROIE/SCHEV | Graduation rate (six years) | Percentage of first-time full-time freshmen who graduated within six years from JMU. | 79.8% | 81.2% | 82.4% |
| 2. ROIE/SCHEV | Retention: Freshmen All | Percentage of first-time freshmen starting in the fall of one year who return to JMU in the subsequent fall regardless of academic level. | 90.9% | 90.8% | 91.4% |
| 2. ROIE/SCHEV | Average time (in years) to degree for undergraduate degrees | Average number of years to earn bachelor's degrees for students who begin and end their baccalaureate program at JMU. Full-Time entering freshmen only included. | 4.22 | 4.23 | 4.17 |
| 3. Administrative | Graduation rate (five years) | Percentage of first-time, ft freshmen who graduated from JMU within five years. | 78.1% | 80.3% | 79.3% |
| 3. Administrative | Graduation rate (four years) | Percentage of first-time, full-time freshmen who graduated from JMU within four years. | 64.3% | 63.6% | 66.7% |

