<p>Improving UF’s Graduation / Retention.
This Main category is worth a total of 20%.
It is broken down into two sub- categories which make up the 20%.
They are:
1- Six (6) Year Graduation Rate worth 16% of the 20% and
2- Freshman Retention Rate worth 4% of the 20%</p>
<p>Per 2008 USNWR UF is ranked 44th in this main category.</p>
<p>Graduation and Retention Rank- VALUE 20%
Overall Rank / State Rank/ School / delta<br>
38/ 10t/ UC- San Diego/ 32/ -12
48/ 16/ PSU/ 35/ -9<br>
38/ 10t/ UIUC/ 37/ -7<br>
42/ 11t/ UC- Davis/ 40/ -4<br>
44/ 13t/ UC- Irvine/ 40/ -4</p>
<p>49/ 17/ UF/ 44/ same/ RANKED 13th</p>
<p>38/ 10t/ UW-Madison/ 49/ 5<br>
44/ 13t/ UC- SB/ 49/ 5<br>
44/ 13t/ UT- Austin/ 59/ 15<br>
42/ 11t/ UWashington/ 61/ 17</p>
<p>FACT: UF is ranked ahead of UW- Madison which is a top 10 school as well as UC-SB, UT- Austin and UWash.
It is also within reach of UC- Davis & UC- Irvine in this category.
How close are they to improving in this 20% category.</p>
<p>Look at the specifics in the sub-sections below.</p>
<p>A- 6 yr Grad Rate Subcategory VALUE 16% of the 20%</p>
<p>Overall Rank/ State Rank/ School/ delta
38/ 10t/ UC- San Diego/ 86%/ -7%
48/ 16/ PSU/ 85%/ -6%
44/ 13t/ UC- SB/ 84%/ -5%
38/ 10t/ UIUC/ 82%/ -3%
42/ 11t/ UC- Davis/ 81%/ -2%
38/ 10t/ UW-Madison/ 79%/ 0%</p>
<p>49/ 17/ UF/ 79%/ same RANKED 13th Tied</p>
<p>44/ 13t/ UC- Irvine/ 79%/ 0%
44/ 13t/ UT- Austin/ 77%/ 2%
42/ 11t/ UWashington/ 75%/ 4%</p>
<p>FACT: UF ranked tied for 13th with UW- Madison and UC- Irvine @ 79%
It is only 2% points short of UC- Davis and 3% points of UIUC.</p>
<p>CONCLUSION: As a category that is worth a total of 16% THIS IS ONE ofthe areas that UF MUST concentrate on!!! </p>
<p>B- Avg Fresh Ret Subcategory VALUE 4% of the 20%</p>
<p>Overall Rank/ State Rank/ School/<br>
38/ 10t/ UC- San Diego/ 94%/ 0%<br>
44/ 13t/ UC- Irvine/ 94%/ 0%</p>
<p>49/ 17/ UF/ 94%/ same/ RANKED 1st tied</p>
<p>38/ 10t/ UW-Madison/ 93%/ 1%<br>
42/ 11t/ UWashington/ 93%/ 1%<br>
44/ 13t/ UT- Austin/ 93%/ 1%<br>
48/ 16/ PSU/ 93%/ 1%<br>
38/ 10t/ UIUC/ 92%/ 2%<br>
42/ 11t/ UC- Davis/ 91%/ 3%<br>
44/ 13t/ UC- SB/ 91%/ 3%</p>
<p>FACT: UF already ranked tied for 1st in this 4% category.
CONCLUSION:UF must keep this up.</p>