Data and When It’s Available

Data

Definition

Count

The total number of students enrolled at MSU as of official count date. Students who are enrolled, registered, cancelled or withdrawn are included in the counts. 

Persistence

The percentage of first-time-in-any-college (FTIAC) undergraduate (UN) and Ag Tech (AT) students who started at MSU in the summer or fall of the previous year and returned to MSU for their first returning fall semester.

Probation

The percentage of FTIAC undergraduate (UN only, does not include Ag Tech) students who started at MSU in the fall, or in the summer and continued in the fall, who have a fall end term academic standing of probation. 

Graduation

The percentage of first-time-in-any-college (FTIAC) undergraduate (UN) and Ag Tech (AT) students who started at MSU in the summer or fall of a given year and graduated within 150 percent of normal time (three years for AT certificate-seeking students, and six years for degree seeking UN). 

Degrees Awarded

Degrees, Agricultural Technology Certificates, and Graduate Certificates conferred. This is reported annually: fiscal year (July 1 to June 30), calendar year, and academic year. Count reflects degrees or certificates conferred in the prior semester or year.

Time to Degree

Time to degree, measured in calendar years, is determined by calculating the number of calendar years between the start date of a student’s initial term and the end date of the term in which the student graduates. The TTD for graduating in four years is 3.7 calendar years, e.g. a student starts MSU in Fall 2014 and graduates in Spring 2018.