SSRA Master's Student Success (MSS) Dashboard

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Last updated: Jul 25, 2024 by Zhong Zheng
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Master's Student Success (MSS) Dashboard

This report provides student success metrics for Master level students.

Data Source: SID

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

Drill-through Function:  Users with permits can access the restricted UID-level information by right click a data cell in the dashboard and select "drill through". Drill-through function is not available in Page 5 "4-Year Graduation Trends".

Data Element Definitions

Master's Student Cohort:

  • If the student entry date and student recent admit date are less than 1 year apart then the Cohort of the 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 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 Degree:

  • Time to Degree is the time elapsed between initial enrollment (i.e., cohort starts) and final completion (i.e., degree awarded).
  • Time to Degree is calculated based on the Academic Year. If the student starts in Fall 2020 (AY 2020-2021) and graduates in Summer 2024 (AY 2023-2024), then their time to degree is 4 years (AY 2020-2021, AY 2021-2022, AY 2022-2023, and AY 2023-2024).

Stop Out:

  • Stop out refers to non-enrollment between the first and last term enrolled at USF. Stop-out semesters do not include summer.

Master's Student Admission Profile

  • Shows the master's student headcount by cohort.
  • Shows the master's student headcount and percentage by college.
  • Shows the master's student headcount and percentage by campus.
  • Shows the master's student headcount and percentage by gender.
  • Shows the master's student headcount and percentage by race/ethnicity.
  • Shows the master's student headcount and percentage by citizenship at admission.
  • Shows the master's student headcount and percentage by strategic emphasis (new).
  • Shows the master's student headcount and percentage by strategic emphasis (old).

Note:

  1. Starting Summer 2024, Strategic Emphasis has two categories: Program of Strategic Emphasis vs. Program of Non Strategic Emphasis.
  2. Before Summer 2024, Strategic Emphasis had six categories: Education, GAP Analysis, Globalization, Health, STEM, and Non Strategic Emphasis.

Master's Cohort by Country of Residence at Admission

  • Shows the geographic distribution of master's students by country/region of residence at admission in an interactive map.
  • Shows the headcount of master's students by country/region of residence at admission in a table.

Master's Cohort by State of Residence at Admission

  • Shows the geographic distribution of master's students by US State residence at admission in an interactive map.
  • Shows the headcount of master's students by US State residence in a table.

Master's Student Time to Degree

  • Shows the headcount of master's students within one or more cohort.
  • Shows the headcount of master's students within one or more cohort who earned a master's degree.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students within one or more cohort who earned a master's degree.
  • Shows the averages years to earn a master's degree among students in one or more cohort.

Note: 

  1. Earned master's degrees are matching the degree programs at admission based on the 3-letter major code.
  2. Both full-time and part-time master's students are included.

Master's 4-Year Graduation Trends

  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one or more cohort AY that have received their degrees in one year, two years, three years, and four years.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one or more cohort term that have received their degrees in one year, two years, three years, and four years.

Note: 

  1. Earned master's degrees are matching the degree programs at admission based on the 3-letter major code.
  2. Both full-time and part-time master's students are included.
  3. A student who starts and graduates within the same academic year is a one-year graduate. If they graduate in the following academic year, they are a two-year graduate.

Master's Graduation Rates by College

  • Shows the headcount of master's students in one cohort AY by college, department, CIP, and major.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in one year.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in two years.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in three years.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in four years.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in five years.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in six years.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in seven years.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in eight years.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in nine years.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in ten years.

Note:

  1. Earned master's degrees are matching the degree programs at admission based on the 3-letter major code.
  2. A blank cell means there is no record of degree completion. For example, among the 2019-2020 cohort Social Work students, none graduated within 1 year.
  3. The "/" sign suggests that the graduation rate data is not yet available. For example, 10-year graduation data of the 2019-2020 cohort will not be available until 2029.
  4. Both full-time and part-time master's students are included.
  5. A student who starts and graduates within the same academic year is a one-year graduate. If they graduate in the following academic year, they are a two-year graduate.

Master's Graduation Rates by Selected Categories

  • Shows the headcount of master's students in one cohort AY by cohort term, campus, college, gender, race/ethnicity, citizenship, strategic emphasis (new), and strategic emphasis (old).
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in one year.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in two years.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in three years.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in four years.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in five years.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in six years.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in seven years.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in eight years.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in nine years.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one cohort AY who received their degrees in ten years.

Note:

  1. Earned master's degrees are matching the degree programs at admission based on the 3-letter major code.
  2. A blank cell means there is no record of degree completion. For example, among the 2019-2020 cohort Social Work students, none graduated within 1 year.
  3. The "/" sign suggests that the graduation rate data is not yet available. For example, 10-year graduation data of the 2019-2020 cohort will not be available until 2029.
  4. Both full-time and part-time master's students are included.
  5. A student who starts and graduates within the same academic year is a one-year graduate. If they graduate in the following academic year, they are a two-year graduate.

Master's Student Stop-Out Profile

  • Shows the headcount of master's students in one or more cohort AY.
  • Shows the headcount of master's students in one or more cohort AY with stop-out history.
  • Shows the percentages of master's students in one or more cohort AY with stop-out history.
  • Shows the averages stop-out semesters among master's students in one or more cohort AY with stop-out history.  
  • Shows the headcount of master's students in one or more cohort AY with stop-out history but returned to the degree program.
  • Shows the average years to complete the master's degree among master's students in one or more cohort AY with stop-out history but returned to the degree program.
  • Shows the average years to complete the master's degree among master's students in one or more cohort AY who did not stop out.

Note:

  1. Stop out refers to non-enrollment between the first and last term enrolled at USF. Stop-out semesters do not include summer.
  2. Earned master's degrees are matching the degree programs at admission based on the 3-letter major code.

Earned Master's Degrees with Different Major Code

  • Shows the headcount of master's students who earned a master's degree with a major code different from the major code at initial enrollment. The following detailed information is also provided, including:
    • Cohort AY
    • CIP at initial admission
    • CIP at degree completion
    • Major code at initial admission
    • Major code at degree completion
    • Major title at initial admission
    • Major Title at degree completion
    • Term received a master's degree
Tips

Filter Panel

All pages have the same filter panel on the right side, including:

  • Cohort AY
  • Cohort Term
  • Campus: default selection is All
  • College: default selection is All
  • Department: default selection is All
  • Major: default selection is All
  • CIP: default selection is All
  • Strategic Emphasis (New): default selection is All
  • Strategic Emphasis (Old): default selection is All
  • Gender: default selection is All
  • Race/Ethnicity: default selection is All
  • Citizenship: default selection is All
  • Country/Region: default selection is All
  • State: default selection is All

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. 
  • All filters allow multiple selections.

Data Panel

Data 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 Black Triangle PNG, Free HD Black Triangle Transparent Image - PNGkit ,  you can sort that column in ascending or descending order by clicking on your mouse.

Tasks

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. 


Drill through

To 'Drill through', right click on a data cell in the data table. A menu will pop up with 'Drill Through" as one of the options.  Selecting drill-though option will open another window with the details. 

 Note : All data tables may not have 'Drill through' functionality. 

 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 in the Report Header: 


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