A student who, at any point, declares the major is included in this analysis, even if they subsequently changed to another major. Student who transition and subsequently graduate with another major are also successful outcomes from the perspective of a student or the institution.
This is a lagging analysis, following students that began in 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015. A cohort includes first time freshman and transfer students that begin in a given year, with students starting in the summer counted toward the next fall. Graduation is considered up to current time, i.e. Inter-college major codes are placed back into their major. Students in non-degree programs and pre-major programs and undeclared are not counted as touching major until they declare a degree granting major. Primary and secondary majors are all counted equally.
The gap is the difference between the fraction of first generation and continuing generation students that do not graduate (with any degree).
Did Not Graduate | |||||||
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Gap | First Generation | Continuing Generation | |||||
Fraction | Number | Declared | Fraction | Number | Declared | ||
AECN | 7 | 22% | 19 | 86 | 15% | 16 | 106 |
ABUS | 4 | 19% | 28 | 149 | 15% | 31 | 203 |
NREE | −3 | 17% | 2 | 12 | 20% | 3 | 15 |
Majors that successfully transition students to other majors and subsequently graduate.
Transitioned | ||||||
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and Graduated with a Different Major | ||||||
First Generation | Continuing Generation | |||||
Fraction | Number | Declared | Fraction | Number | Declared | |
NREE | 58% | 7 | 12 | 33% | 5 | 15 |
ABUS | 40% | 59 | 149 | 32% | 64 | 203 |
AECN | 10% | 9 | 86 | 10% | 11 | 106 |
Top destinations to which students transition and graduate.
Successful Transitions | |||||
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Top Destinations | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
ABUS | AECN (52%) | AGRO (8%) | NA (5%) | ASCI (4%) | ACCG (3%) |
AECN | ABUS (24%) | ASCI (24%) | AGRO (19%) | ACCG (5%) | AEDU (5%) |
NREE | ENVR (23%) | AECN (15%) | APSC (15%) | FWL (15%) | AGRO (8%) |
In order to understand the above, we examine the course schedules of those students above that are first generation and did not graduate. Below is a list of top courses in terms of DFW by the these students. DFW refers to the number of those students that received a D, F, or withdrew from that course.
First Generation Students that Did Not Graduate | ||
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Top 30 courses resulting in DFWs | ||
DFW | Enrollment1 | |
ECON211 | 14 | 23 |
MATH104 | 13 | 16 |
MUNM287 | 10 | 15 |
AGRO131 | 9 | 18 |
STAT218 | 8 | 17 |
BIOS101 | 6 | 11 |
MATH101 | 6 | 15 |
ACCT201 | 5 | 8 |
AECN141 | 5 | 27 |
HIST110 | 5 | 10 |
AECN256 | 4 | 23 |
AECN435 | 4 | 5 |
AGRO153 | 4 | 10 |
BSAD150 | 4 | 9 |
ECON212 | 4 | 9 |
EDPS459 | 4 | 7 |
HIST245 | 4 | 4 |
AECN201 | 3 | 13 |
AECN301 | 3 | 4 |
AECN357 | 3 | 5 |
BIOS101L | 3 | 9 |
CHEM109 | 3 | 4 |
COMM286 | 3 | 8 |
JGEN220 | 3 | 5 |
NRES220 | 3 | 5 |
THEA112G | 3 | 14 |
AECN399 | 2 | 2 |
AECN436 | 2 | 2 |
AECN453 | 2 | 5 |
AGRI282 | 2 | 9 |
AGRO132 | 2 | 6 |
ASCI250 | 2 | 8 |
ASCI271 | 2 | 4 |
BSAD101 | 2 | 3 |
FINA260 | 2 | 6 |
FINA365 | 2 | 2 |
GEOG140 | 2 | 6 |
HIST101 | 2 | 4 |
HIST111 | 2 | 8 |
LIFE120 | 2 | 5 |
MNGT300 | 2 | 2 |
POLS100 | 2 | 8 |
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The number of students, specifically first generation that did not graduate, enrolled in the course.
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Below are the last AECN, NREE courses taken by the first generation students that do not graduate.
First Generation Students that Did Not Graduate | |
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Last course taken within major | |
Students | |
AECN141 | 11 |
AECN225 | 7 |
AECN256 | 7 |
AECN201 | 5 |
AECN435 | 3 |
AECN453 | 3 |
AECN100 | 2 |
AECN301 | 2 |
AECN336 | 2 |
AECN357 | 2 |
AECN401 | 2 |
AECN436 | 2 |
AECN452 | 2 |
AECN275 | 1 |
AECN325 | 1 |
AECN346 | 1 |
AECN376 | 1 |
AECN388 | 1 |
AECN399 | 1 |
AECN425 | 1 |
NREE357 | 1 |
While the calculation of graduation rates take a number of years for students to move through the university, more recent DFW rates can provide a more immediate comparison of the course-level equity gaps between first generation and continuing generation students. These data are from Fall 2018 through Spring 2020. Courses with fewer than 10 students in a category are merged together in “other”.
Equity gaps in DFW by course | ||||||||
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Gap | First Generation | Continuing Generation | Melt1 | |||||
Fraction | DFW | Students | Fraction | DFW | Students | |||
other AECN3XX | 29 | 40% | 4 | 10 | 11% | 2 | 19 | |
other NREE4XX | 19 | 25% | 1 | 4 | 6% | 1 | 16 | |
AECN345 | 8 | 8% | 1 | 12 | 0% | 0 | 57 | |
AECN467 | 7 | 9% | 2 | 23 | 2% | 2 | 101 | |
AECN265 | 7 | 13% | 2 | 15 | 7% | 3 | 45 | |
NREE265 | 7 | 13% | 2 | 15 | 7% | 3 | 45 | |
AECN316 | 6 | 7% | 3 | 44 | 1% | 1 | 89 | |
AECN336 | 5 | 14% | 3 | 21 | 10% | 6 | 62 | |
AECN201 | 4 | 17% | 17 | 103 | 12% | 39 | 318 | 16% |
AECN301 | 4 | 9% | 5 | 57 | 5% | 5 | 108 | 20% |
AECN435 | 4 | 10% | 3 | 29 | 6% | 5 | 77 | |
other AECN4XX | 4 | 5% | 2 | 40 | 1% | 2 | 171 | |
AECN100 | 3 | 6% | 1 | 18 | 2% | 2 | 90 | |
AECN225 | 3 | 12% | 3 | 26 | 8% | 7 | 84 | 40% |
AECN453 | 3 | 6% | 2 | 33 | 3% | 2 | 65 | |
AECN275 | 2 | 3% | 2 | 63 | 1% | 1 | 93 | |
AECN376 | 2 | 5% | 1 | 20 | 3% | 1 | 33 | |
AECN235 | 1 | 3% | 3 | 109 | 1% | 4 | 312 | |
AECN256 | 0 | 8% | 8 | 103 | 7% | 25 | 338 | 27% |
AECN141 | 0 | 9% | 17 | 189 | 9% | 43 | 491 | 37% |
AECN357 | 0 | 5% | 8 | 166 | 5% | 16 | 348 | 29% |
NREE357 | 0 | 5% | 8 | 166 | 5% | 16 | 348 | 29% |
other AECN1XX | 0 | 0% | 0 | 3 | 0% | 0 | 15 | |
AECN109 | −0 | 5% | 2 | 44 | 5% | 3 | 63 | |
AECN436 | −2 | 6% | 1 | 16 | 8% | 5 | 64 | |
AECN401 | −2 | 9% | 4 | 46 | 11% | 11 | 100 | 13% |
AECN388 | −4 | 0% | 0 | 21 | 4% | 4 | 105 | |
AECN325 | −4 | 8% | 3 | 37 | 12% | 17 | 136 | 30% |
AECN396 | −5 | 0% | 0 | 17 | 5% | 2 | 42 | |
AECN474 | −5 | 0% | 0 | 15 | 5% | 2 | 38 | |
AECN452 | −6 | 6% | 2 | 34 | 12% | 11 | 93 | 0% |
AECN425 | −16 | 0% | 0 | 13 | 16% | 7 | 43 | |
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Melt is the fraction of DFW students, regardless of generation, that failed to register the subsequent Fall and did not graduate with a degree. It is only shown for courses with at least 10 DFW students.
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