About This Data

All disaggregated data visualizations are provided through the National Student Clearinghouse Postsecondary Data Partnership (PDP). All student success indicators, defined below, are for full-time students, both first-time and transfers. Benchmark institutions are those from across the country that are both baccalaureate-granting and in the same Carnegie Classification as MSU-Northern. Complete lists of benchmark institutions, by success indicator, are also provided below.

  1. Credit Accumulation: The share of students that met or exceeded the credit-hour threshold (15/30) during their first year. This measure is used to show early momentum for Associates-seeking students as well as for Bachelors-seeking students. The data is disaggregated by race/ethnicity, gender, and PELL status.  
  2. Credit Completion Ratio: As another early momentum measure, the credit completion ratio is the ratio of credits earned to credits attempted during a student’s first year; averaged over the previous six cohort years. This measure is provided for Associates-seeking as well as Bachelors-seeking students and is disaggregated by race/ethnicity, gender, and PELL status.

Students Measured - Full-Time (First Time and Transfer)

Benchmark Institutions for Credit Accumulation and Credit Completion Ratio

Associates Level – 20 benchmark institutions from around the country (bachelor’s degree-granting within the same Carnegie classification)

Bluefield University Northern New Mexico College
Castleton University Oregon Institute of Technology
CUNY Medgar Evers College Purdue University Global
CUNY New York City College of Technology State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota
Dalton State College The Ohio State University – Mansfield*
Florida State College at Jacksonville The Ohio State University – Newark*
Huston-Tillotson University University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Kentucky State University University of Montana – Western
Miami Dade College Vermont Technical College
Mount Aloysuis College Warner Pacific University

*Institutions not included in benchmarking when disaggregating by PELL status.

Bachelors Level – 48 benchmark institutions from around the country (bachelor’s degree-granting within the same Carnegie classification)

Belmont Abbey College Guilford College State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota
Blackburn College Hiram College The Ohio State University – Lima*
Bluefield University Huston-Tillotson University The Ohio State University – Mansfield*
Bridgewater College Johnson C. Smith University The Ohio State University – Marion*
Carleton College Kentucky State University The Ohio State University – Newark*
Castleton University Mars Hill University University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Claflin University Mcmurry University University of Hawaii at West Oahu
Corban University* Miami Dade College University of Minnesota – Crookston
Covenant College Mount Aloysius College University of Montana – Western
CUNY Medgar Evers College Nevada State University University of South Carolina – Aiken
CUNY New York City College of Technology Northern New Mexico College University of South Carolina – Beaufort
CUNY York College Oregon Institute of Technology University of South Carolina – Upstate
Dalton State College Presbyterian College University of the Ozarks
Ferrum College Purdue University Global Vermont Technical College
Florida State College at Jacksonville Shaw University Warner Pacific University
Furman University Spring Hill College* West Virginia State University

*Institutions not included in benchmarking when disaggregating by PELL status.

 

  1. Retention and Persistence: This measure provides information on the proportion of students that either continued to enroll at the original institution for a second year of study (retention) or enroll at a different institution for a second year of study (persistence). This data, also separated by degree-seeking level, has been disaggregated by race/ethnicity, gender, and PELL status.

Students Measured: Full-Time (First-Time and Transfer)

Benchmark Institutions for Retention and Persistence

Associates Level – 19 benchmark institutions from around the country (bachelor’s degree-granting within the same Carnegie classification)

Bluefield University Northern New Mexico College
Castleton University Oregon Institute of Technology
CUNY Medgar Evers College Purdue University Global
CUNY New York City College of Technology State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota
Dalton State College The Ohio State University – Newark*
Florida State College at Jacksonville University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Huston-Tillotson University University of Montana – Western
Kentucky State University Vermont Technical College
Miami Dade College Warner Pacific University
Montana State University – Northern**  

*Institutions not included in benchmarking when disaggregating by PELL status.
**MSU-Northern included in the benchmarking group by NSC – PDP for Retention and Persistence

Bachelors Level – 46 benchmark institutions from around the country (bachelor’s degree-granting within the same Carnegie classification)

Belmont Abbey College Huston-Tillotson University The Ohio State University – Mansfield*
Blackburn College Johnson C. Smith University The Ohio State University – Marion*
Bluefield University Kentucky State University The Ohio State University – Newark*
Bridgewater College Mars Hill University University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Carleton College Mcmurry University University of Hawaii at West Oahu
Castleton University Miami Dade College University of Minnesota – Crookston!
Claflin University Montana State University – Northern** University of Montana – Western
CUNY Medgar Evers College Nevada State University University of South Carolina – Aiken
CUNY New York City College of Technology Northern New Mexico College University of South Carolina – Beaufort
CUNY York College Oregon Institute of Technology University of South Carolina – Upstate
Dalton State College Presbyterian College University of the Ozarks
Ferrum College Purdue University Global Vermont Technical College
Florida State College at Jacksonville Shaw University Warner Pacific University
Furman University Spring Hill College* West Virginia State University
Guilford College State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota  
Hiram College The Ohio State University – Lima*  

*Institutions not included in benchmarking when disaggregating by PELL status.
**MSU-Northern included in this benchmarking group by NSC – PDP for Retention and Persistence

  1. Completion: This measure provides the proportion of students earning the intended degree (Associates or Bachelors in this case) within 150 percent of normative time. For Associates-seeking students, this is the proportion of students completing their degree within three years and for Bachelors-seeking students, this is the proportion of students completing their degree within six years. Again, all data is benchmarked against like institutions and disaggregated by race/ethnicity, gender, and PELL status.

Students Measured: Full-Time (First-Time and Transfer)

Benchmark Institutions for Completion

Associates Level (completion in 3 years) – 18 benchmark institutions from around the country (bachelor’s degree-granting within the same Carnegie classification)

Bluefield University Northern New Mexico College
Castleton University Oregon Institute of Technology
CUNY Medgar Evers College Purdue University Global
CUNY New York City College of Technology State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota
Dalton State College The Ohio State University – Newark*
Florida State College at Jacksonville University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Huston-Tillotson University University of Montana – Western
Kentucky State University Vermont Technical College
Miami Dade College Warner Pacific University

*Institutions not included in benchmarking when disaggregating by PELL status.

Bachelor’s Level (completion in 6 years)– 39 benchmark Institutions from around the country (bachelor’s degree-granting within the same Carnegie classification)

Belmont Abbey College Hiram College The Ohio State University – Marion*
Blackburn College Huston-Tillotson University The Ohio State University – Newark*
Bluefield University Johnson C. Smith University University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Bridgewater College Kentucky State University University of Hawaii at West Oahu
Carleton College Mars Hill University University of Montana – Western
Castleton University Mcmurry University University of South Carolina – Aiken
Claflin University Miami Dade College University of South Carolina – Beaufort
CUNY Medgar Evers College Nevada State University University of South Carolina – Upstate
CUNY New York City College of Technology Northern New Mexico College University of the Ozarks
CUNY York College Oregon Institute of Technology Vermont Technical College
Dalton State College Purdue University Global West Virginia State University
Ferrum College Shaw University West Virginia State University
Florida State College at Jacksonville The Ohio State University – Lima*  
Guilford College The Ohio State University – Mansfield*  

*Institutions not included in benchmarking when disaggregating by PELL status.