To add to the previous comments about this goal “- what % of students graduate in 4 years”
Universities with good co-op programs, for engineering or other majors will have a higher than 4 year graduation rate, yet those students are graduating according to the plan they had since the beginning.
Another thing you could ask about is the number of faculty adjuncts a university hires. Adjuncts often get paid poorly, are not permanent university employees, may not have an office on campus (and be able to keep office hours).
Here again, there are caveats: Certain majors and departments–such as music–will hire a high percentage of faculty adjuncts because these will be working professionals in the music world. So that is a positive reason for hiring adjuncts.