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SSRA Doctoral Student Success (DSS) Dashboard

SSRA Doctoral Student Success (DSS) Dashboard

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Doctoral Student Success (DSS) Dashboard (2012-2025)

This report provides student success metrics for Doctoral Research and Professional students.

Data Source: SID
Refresh schedule:  Every semester. The “Last Refreshed” timestamp on each page indicates the time when the data was last refreshed.

Data Element Definitions

Doctoral Student Cohort was identified using the following logic:

  • If the student entry date and student recent admit date are less than 1 year apart then the Cohort of the graduate student will be based on the student entry date

  • If the student entry date and student admit date is 2 or more years apart then the Cohort of the graduate student will be based on the student recent admit date

  • The new academic year starts in Fall, followed by spring and summer, hence Fall 2020 cohort is AY 2020-2021

  • One year cohort includes students start in fall, spring, and summer

Time to Candidacy/Degree:

  • Years between initial candidacy/degree term and cohort start term.

  • Use the fall term as the start of new academic year. For example, if the candidacy/degree term is fall 2020, then year of candidacy/year of degree will be assigned to 2020-2021; If the candidacy/degree term is spring or summer 2020, then year of candidacy/year of degree will be assigned to 2019-2020

Still Enrolled/Drop-out:

  • Check students enrollment status in most recent year, usually spring and/or fall terms

  • If students did not earn any graduate level degree and they are not enrolled in the most recent year(i.e., spring//fall), they are considered drop-out

Doctoral Student Profile

  • Shows the doctoral student headcount by cohort.

  • Shows the doctoral student headcount by gender.

  • Shows the doctoral student headcount by college.

  • Shows the doctoral student headcount and percentage by race/ethnicity.

  • Shows the doctoral student headcount by program type (Professional vs. Research).

  • Shows the doctoral student headcount by strategic emphasis.

Research Doctoral Students Overview (2012-2025)

  • Shows the headcount of newly enrolled research doctoral students by cohort and gender.

  • Shows the headcount of newly enrolled research doctoral students by cohort and race/ethnicity.

Research Doctoral Students Time to Degree (2012-2025)

  • Shows the average years for research doctoral students to reach candidacy (Time to Candidacy) by college, department, CIP, and major.

  • Shows the average years for research doctoral students to earn their PhDs post-candidacy (Candidacy to Degree) by college, department, CIP, and major.

  • Shows the average years for research doctoral students to earn their PhDs post-enrollment (Admission to Degree) by college, department, CIP, and major.

  • Shows the average years that research doctoral students spent in their PhD programs after reaching candidacy and before dropping out (Candidacy to Drop Out) by college, department, CIP, and major.

  • Shows the average years that research doctoral students spent in their PhD programs before dropping out (Enrolled before Dropping Out) by college, department, CIP, and major.

    Note: Among students who did not graduate, those who did not enroll in Spring 2025, Fall 2025 or Spring 2026 were identified as dropouts.

Professional Doctoral Students Overview (2012-2025)

  • Shows the headcount of newly enrolled professional doctoral students by cohort and gender.

  • Shows the headcount of newly enrolled professional doctoral students by cohort and race/ethnicity.

    Note: There are 7 Professional doctoral degree programs recognized by the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS), including:

  1. Audiology (CIP: 510202)

  2. Nursing (CIP: 513818)

  3. Public Health (CIP: 512201)

  4. Medicine (CIP: 511201)

  5. Physical Therapy (CIP: 512308)

  6. Business Administration (CIP: 520201)

  7. Pharmacy (CIP: 512001) 

Professional Doctoral Students Time to Degree (2012-2025)

  • Shows the average years for professional doctoral students to earn their doctoral degrees (Admission to Degree) in the 7 recognized professional doctoral programs.

  • Shows the average years that professional doctoral students spent in their doctoral programs before dropping out (Enrolled before Dropping Out) in the 7 recognized professional doctoral programs.

    Note: Among students who did not graduate, those who did not enroll in Spring 2025, Fall 2025 or Spring 2026 were identified as dropouts.

    Note: There are 7 Professional doctoral degree programs recognized by the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS), including:

  1. Audiology (CIP: 510202)

  2. Nursing (CIP: 513818)

  3. Public Health (CIP: 512201)

  4. Medicine (CIP: 511201)

  5. Physical Therapy (CIP: 512308)

  6. Business Administration (CIP: 520201)

  7. Pharmacy (CIP: 512001) 

Doctoral Degree Completion Overview (2012-2025)

  • Using a matrix table to show the doctoral cohort headcount as well as the headcount of the following categories, including:

    • doctoral students who earned doctoral degrees only

    • doctoral students who earned both master's and doctoral degrees

    • doctoral students who earned master's degrees but left their doctoral programs

    • doctoral students who earned master's degrees and still enrolled in their doctoral programs

    • doctoral students who left their doctoral programs without earning any graduate degrees

    • doctoral students who are currently enrolled in their doctoral programs and haven't earned any graduate degrees