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Student Achievement Disclosure

In accordance with the ACICS regulation 3-1-704, Lincoln University is publishing its Student Achievement records below.

Lincoln University is proud to maintain excellent student achievement in all its programs, as shown.

Records of Student Achievements for the past three years:

Student Retention Rates:

	2009	2010	2011
Institutional Retention Rates:	75.7%	89.1%	90%
Retention Rates by Program:
DBA	N/A	81.8%	92.3%
MBA	79.4%	90%	91.3%
BA	42.1%	77%	75%
AS-DI	89.8%	85.3%	85.4%
IEP	100%	100%	100%

Per U.S. Department of Education privacy clause, retention rates are not provided for programs containing less than 10 students.

Student Placement Rates:

	2009	2010	2011
Institutional Placement Rates:	77%	68%	71%
Placement Rates by Program:
MBA	85%	68%	73%
BA	60%	33%	50%
AS-DI	56%	100%	58%

Not all programs are eligible for placement. The new DBA program does not yet have graduates and thus retention rates are not available.
Actual employment rates may be higher; some international graduates do not provide feedback on employment information.

Average GPA:

	Program name	Yearly GPA
2010-11	MBA	3.346
	BA	2.827
	AS-DI	3.212
	UT	3.830
	DBA	3.514

	Total	3.316

2009-10	MBA	3.371
	BA	2.929
	AS-DI	3.110
	UT	3.843
	DBA	3.705

	Total	3.321

2008-09	MBA	3.237
	BA	2.730
	AS-DI	3.325
	UT	N/A

	Total	3.188

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Retention rates calculated as follows: Number of students enrolled in a given program who continue into next year and/or graduate from the program, divided by the number of students enrolled in the program at the beginning of the year, multiplied by 100.

Average GPA calculated as follows: GPA is based on a standard 4.0 scale as defined in the Lincoln University Catalog.

Total year's GPA is the sum of all Grade Points of all students at the University enrolled in for-credit courses in the given year, divided by the sum (for all courses in the program) of products of Units in a Course by the Number of Students in that course.

PGPA (Program GPA) for each Degree or Certificate Program in a given semester is defined as:

PGPA is the sum of all Grade Points of all students in the Program in the given Semester, divided by the sum (for all courses in the program) of products of Units in a Course by the Number of Students in that course.

PGPA = ∑N∑C(UC * GNC) / ∑C (UC * NC) , where U = Units in a course; G = Student grade equivalent on a 4.0 scale; N = Number of Students of program P; C = Course taken by students in a program P; ∑N = sum over all students in program P; ∑C is the sum over all courses taken by those students.

Data provided on this page is sourced from the student record database and the aggregated calculations provided in the annual Institutional Effectiveness Plan report.