SSRA Degrees Dashboard
- Zhong Zheng
- Himaja Maddika
- Sangita Singh
Degrees
This report offers an overvew of awarded degrees and presents historical trends. It empowers users with interactive data visualization, slicing and dicing options facilitating informed strategic planning.
Data Source: SID
Refresh schedule: Data is refreshed three times per academic year. Spring degrees are updated in June, Summer Degrees are updated in October and Fall degrees are updated in January after official submission to the Board of Governors.
The “Data as of” field on the bottom right of the page indicates when the data was extracted from SID.
Related Performance and Accountability metrics:
PBF-6: Bachelor's Degrees within Programs of Strategic Emphasis: This metric is based on the number of baccalaureate degrees awarded within the programs designated by the Board of Governors as ‘Programs of Strategic Emphasis.’ A student who has multiple majors in the subset of targeted Classification of Instruction Program codes will be counted twice (i.e., double-majors are included). Source: State University Database System (SUDS).
KPI-8: Bachelor’s Degrees Awarded: This is a count of first-major baccalaureate and graduate degrees awarded. First majors include the most common scenario of one student earning one degree in one Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code. In cases where a student earns a baccalaureate degree under two different degree CIPs, a distinction is made between “dual degrees” and “dual majors.” Also included in first majors are “dual degrees,” which are counted as separate degrees (e.g., counted twice). In these cases, both degree CIPs receive a “degree fraction” of 1.0. The calculation of degree fractions is made according to each institution’s criteria. Source: State University Database System (SUDS).
KPI-10: Bachelor’s Degrees Awarded to African-American & Hispanic Students: Race/Ethnicity data is self-reported by students to each university. The non-Hispanic, African-American, and Hispanic categories do not include students classified as Non-Resident Alien or students with a missing race code. Degree data is based on first-major counts only; second majors are excluded. Percentage of degrees is based on the number of baccalaureate degrees awarded to non-Hispanic African-American and Hispanic students divided by the total degrees awarded, excluding those awarded to non-resident aliens and unreported. Source: State University Database System (SUDS).
KPI-12: Percent of Bachelor’s Degrees in STEM & Health: The percentage of degrees that are classified as STEM or Health disciplines by the Board of Governors in the Academic Program Inventory. These counts include second majors. Second majors include all dual/second majors (e.g., degree CIP receive a degree fraction that is less than 1). The calculation of degree fractions is made according to each institution’s criteria. The calculation for the number of second majors rounds each degree CIP’s fraction of a degree up to 1 and then sums the total. Second majors are typically used when providing degree information by discipline/CIP, to better conveys the number of graduates who have specific skill sets associated with each discipline. Source: State University Database System (SUDS).
SUS Accountability Plans: https://www.flbog.edu/board/accountability-plans/
Degree Reports
- Quick Facts: USF → This tab displays the USF degree completion information at a glance for any given Academic Year. The visuals on this page has degree completion information:
- By campus
- By gender
- By college
- By semester
- By strategic emphasis (Old & New)
- By race/ethnicity
- By degrees type
- Quick Facts: College Level → This tab displays the summary of degree completion information for any given Academic Year for any college. It features a Degree chart with a slicer to toggle amongst various filters, including Campus, Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Degree Type, Semester, and Strategic Emphasis Old, for any selected term for any college. Additionally, filter for CIP and Degree Code is available for more detailed insights. The visuals on this page has degree completion information:
- By semester
- By department
- By campus
- By strategic emphasis
- By degree type
- By race/ethnicity
- By gender
- Pell and First Generation → This tab displays the summary of degree completion information for any given Academic Year for Pell and/or First-Generation students. The visual on this page has degree completion information:
- By semester
- By college
- By campus
- By race/ethnicity
- By Pell
- By gender
- Non-Health vs Health
- First Generation status
- Trends → The tab displays the trend of degree-seeking students by term. It includes slicers to toggle amongst Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Campus, College, Semester, Degree Type and Honors.
- Trend for African-American & Hispanic → The tab displays the bachelor's degree completion trend of the past 10 Academic Years for Black and Hispanic population, as well as for other groups.
- Trend for Strategic Emphasis Degrees → The tab displays the degree completion trend of the strategic emphasis (Old & New) areas during the past 10 Academic Years.
Please note that, effective AY 2024-2025, the BOG has revised its methodology for categorizing Strategic Emphasis, reducing it from five distinct areas to one. "Non SE" denotes Non-Strategic Emphasis data. Our data now aligns with the updated FL BOG Programs of Strategic Emphasis (PSE) methodology. The data has been extrapolated to show trends under both the old and new methodologies, allowing for a comparison of how the changes might affect understanding and analysis.
In this tab, you have the ability to see the data for both methodologies. - Details by Degree Type & Diversity → The tab displays details by degree type and diversity over the past 10 years in a table format.
Filters on the Filters Panel
There is a filter panel on the right which can be expanded or collapsed using the >> button. The filter panel has following filters:
- Campus
- CIP Code
- CIP Title
- College
- Concentration
- Degree Code
- Degree Level
- Degree Type
- Department
- First-Generation
- Gender
- Health/non-Health
- Major
- Major Indicator - Indicating First or Second Major (Note: Graduate degree records are all First Majors. Select Degree Level (filter) = "Undergraduate" + Major Indicator (filter) = "First" or "Second" for UG First Majors/ Second Majors)
- Pell
- Race/Ethnicity
- Semester
- Strategic Emphasis
Data Element | Data Source (underlying data field) | Description | Report Pages |
| Academic Year | SID → DEGREES_AWARDED_ALL_VW → TERM_DEG_GRANT | Academic Year for Degrees consists of the Fall, Spring, Summer terms. | All tabs |
| Campus | SID → DEGREES_AWARDED_ALL_VW → CAMPUS_CODE | Campus associated with the Degree | All tabs |
CIP Code | SID → SID_ENROLLMENTS → CIP_STUDENT | CIP associated with the Degree | All tabs |
College | SID → DEGREES_AWARDED_ALL_VW → GLOBAL_COLLEGE | Global College associated with the Degree | All tabs |
| Degree Type Or Level | SID → DEGREES_AWARDED_ALL_VW → DEG_LEVEL_GRANT | Degree level such as Bachelor, Masters, Doctoral | All tabs |
| Department | SID → DEGREES_AWARDED_ALL_VW → GLOBAL_DEPT | Global Department associated with the Degree | All tabs |
| Race/Ethnicity | SID → DEGREES_AWARDED_ALL_VW → ETHNICITY | The race/ethnicity of the student | All tabs |
| Gender | SID → DEGREES_AWARDED_ALL_VW → GENDER | The gender of the student | All tabs |
| Health/Non Health Or Academic Affairs/ Health | SID → DEGREES_AWARDED_ALL_VW → GLOBAL_COLLEGE | Health Colleges are College of Nursing, College of Public Health, Morsani College of Medicine and Taneja College of Pharmacy. Rest of the colleges are Non Health or Academic Affairs. | All tabs |
| Strategic Emphasis Area | SID → SID_Title_CIPGROUPS → GROUP_DESCR | The five areas of strategic emphasis are assigned by CIP code and designated by Board of Governors. They are Education, Gap Analysis, Global, Health, and STEM. | All tabs |
| Semester | SID → DEGREES_AWARDED_ALL_VW → TERM_DEG_GRANT | Semester such as Fall or Spring | All tabs |
Filter Panels
Filters are listed on top or on side panel of the report.
Notes:
- Click the down arrow to select from options in the filters and narrow down your results.
- To deselect an item, click on the option again.
- Some filters are radio buttons and you can select only one item. The items in these filters are indicated as round buttons .
- Some filters allow multiple selections. To select multiple values in a filter, hold the Ctrl key as you check the square boxes
.
- Filters for the report may not have Blank as an option.
Data Panel
This panel displays the filtered results. To work with data in this panel:
- Select an individual row in the table to highlight the item/row. Select it again to return to the full table view.
- You can sort the data by column values, if the sorting is available for that column. Hover your mouse over the last row item in the column header and if a small black triangle appears
, you can sort that column in ascending or descending order by clicking on your mouse.
Options for the Data Panel
Export Data to Excel
To export the data results to Excel, hover your mouse over the upper right hand side corner of the data table and a horizontal menu bar 
will pop up. Click the 
in the top right corner .
A drop down menu will appear with 'Export data' as one of the options. Select Export Data to work with the data in Excel.
Note : The exported data in Excel may not look exactly like the screen.
Focus Mode
To see the data in Focus Mode, hover your mouse over the upper right hand side corner of the data table and a horizontal menu bar will pop up. Click the option for Focus Mode 
It allows the visual to take the entire space in the report canvas. Full screen mode will persist until you exit out or click on 
on the top left hand side.
When in Focus Mode, click the in the top right corner and a drop down menu will appear with the following options:
You can export data, or see the data in a table by selecting the appropriate option.
Spotlight
Spotlight causes all other visuals on the page to fade so the selected visual is highlighted. To highlight a visual, click on more action and select 
Drill Up and Drill Down
If the visual has the hierarchy, the 
menu will appear when you hover on the top left side of the visual. Turn on drill down first by selecting the downward arrow. The grey background 
lets you know that drill down is active. Selecting 
will expand another level of hierarchy. Selecting the double arrow 
drill-down icon takes you to the next level in the hierarchy. Selecting 
will take you one level up in hierarchy. The arrows will be greyed out if the option is not available.
Reset to Default
If you have made any changes, such as implementing filters or sorting the table, you have the ability to return the sorting and filtering to the report creator's default view. Click the Reset to Default image above the report in the Report Header: 