AFFECTS ON GRADUATION OUTCOME
Proportion of Cohort with High Performance
In 2011-12, 66 percent of DePaul students met "high performance" benchmarks in their first year—a significant improvement since 2000. While the portion of students earning high performance has been rising over time, continuous improvement in overall graduation rates necessitates more students meeting the high performance benchmarks and fewer students in the low performance group. A positive trend is that the portion of students in the low performance group is declining—only 16 percent of freshmen had low performance in 2011-12. An additional 18 percent of students were categorized as meeting "moderate" performance and progress in their first year; these students met at least one of the criteria for high performance.
Number of students in each group in 2011 cohort:
| Low Performance | n=283 |
| Moderate Performance | n=429 |
| High Performance | n=1,612 |
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| Low Performance | Less than 37 credits, or GPA below 2.50 and between 37-47 credits |
| Moderate Performance |
GPA above 2.50 but between 37-47 credits, or GPA below 2.50 but 48 or more credits
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| High Performance | GPA above 2.50 and 48 or more credits |
