Graduate Completion & Degrees
| Last Updated |
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| 11/21/2024 |
| Description |
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This data visualization reports summary information on UW-Madison graduate program degrees, time-to-degree, completion rate, retention rate, and completion over time for the past four three year cohorts of Master's and Doctoral students. It includes breakdown by sex, citizenship status, and minority status, as well as filtering by degree level, division, school/college, plan, named option, and academic year/cohort. |
| Report URL |
| https://viz.wisc.edu/#/views/GraduateCompletionandDegrees/Degrees |
| Data Cookbook URL (requires authorization) |
| https://uwmadison.datacookbook.com/institution/reports/37619/versions/76122 |
| Data Domain(s) |
| Student Record |
| Access Restrictions |
| Publicly Available |
| Data Source Information |
| InfoAccess, Other |
| Data View Information |
| ACADEMIC_PLAN; ACADEMIC_SUBPLAN; RETENTION_PLAN_HISTORY; RETENTION_SEMESTER_HISTORY; RETENTION_STUDENT; STDNT_ETHNIC_REPORTING; RETENTION_AWARDS_MAIN; RETENTION_AWARDS_PLAN; RETENTION_AWARDS_SUBPLAN; |
| Update Schedule |
| Data are updated annually in July for the prior academic year. |
| Responsible Office |
| Graduate School Office of Academic Analysis, Planning, & Assessment |
| Important Notes |
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Information is limited to degree programs administered by the Graduate School. Excluded are a number of post-baccalaureate professional degrees solely supported by their home school, including certain medical and law degrees. More information on Graduate School programs can be found at https://grad.wisc.edu. Graduate students who withdrew from the university are not reported as enrollments for the term of withdrawal. Graduate students are considered still enrolled in a program or plan if they were enrolled in that program or plan in any term during the last academic year and have not yet received their degree. Time to degree figures are based on students receiving degrees between academic year 2009-2010 and academic year 2018-2019. Doctoral time to degree includes time spent on a Master's degree if that degree was in the same program. Degree completion rates are measured at the end of spring, 2020, and are based on entrance cohorts between academic year 2004-2005 and academic year 2015-2016 for Doctoral degrees and between academic year 2007-2008 and academic year 2018-2019 for Master's degrees. Currently degree completion rates are only available at the Academic Plan level. |
Definitions
| Name | Functional Definition | Data Domains |
|---|---|---|
| Academic Award Completion Term | The academic term in which an academic award was granted. |
Academic Planning, Student Record |
| Academic Award Plan | Academic plan corresponding to an academic award. | Academic Planning, Student Record |
| Academic Level | Indicates whether a student is an undergraduate, graduate or professional, or special student. For undergraduates, students are freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior based on accumulated credits, not the duration of time at the University. |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Academic Plan | An area of study--such as a major, minor, or certificate--that is within an academic career. |
Academic Planning, Student Record |
| Academic Year (Su,Fa,Sp) | An academic year consists of sequential summer, fall, and spring terms. For example, the 2021-22 academic years includes summer 2021, fall 2021, and spring 2022. |
Academic Planning |
| Career (Academic Structure) | A broad grouping of students related to their degree objectives and admitting office. Used for tuition charges, awarding financial aid, grading scales and other operational functions. |
Academic Planning, Student Record |
| Cohort | A specific group of students established for tracking purposes based on an event shared by the group of students. Examples include entrance cohorts and graduation cohorts. |
Student Record |
| Degree Level | The type of award granted to a student who graduates in a given plan code. Valid Values: Bachelor's Specialist |
Academic Planning, University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Deprecated: Minority Students | Deprecated term. Replaced by Student of Color. Domestic (not international) students who have identified a race/ethnicity other than solely White. |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Deprecated: Targeted Minority Students | Deprecated term. Replaced by Underrepresented Student of Color (UW System Defined) Domestic (not international) students who have identified a race/ethnicity of Black, Hispanic, American Indian and/or Southeast Asian (of Laotian, Cambodian, Vietnamese, or Hmong heritage). |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Disciplinary Division | The four divisions established on the basis of related subjects of teaching and research and are independent of colleges, schools, and departments, and include: Biological Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences. |
Academic Planning, Employee Record |
| Graduation Rate | The percentage of students in a cohort who have graduated as of a specified measurement period. |
Student Record |
| International Students | Non-immigrant visitors who come to the United States temporarily to take classes. |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Legal Sex | A person's biological or reassigned sex as printed on legal documents. Categories include Female (F), Male (M), Another Legal Sex (X), undisclosed (U). Definition provided by the Data Guidelines for Legal Sex and Gender, endorsed by the Data Governance Council Feb 20, 2024 and published at https://uwmadison.box.com/s/8m8ibkv81kxbmkl5ijafbpkm2onicnms |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Male/Female | A binary "Male" or "Female" gender, based on what the individual has reported to the University. |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Named Option | A named option is a formally documented sub-major within an academic major program. |
Academic Planning, Student Record |
| Plan Type (Academic Structure) | A code indicating the type of academic plan, related to to the degree or credential awarded to students who complete it. |
Academic Planning, Student Record |
| Program (Academic Structure) | A group of academic plans that share characteristics within an academic group. Academic program code controls administrative functions such as min credits, max credits, tuition rates, academic standing, grading schemes, full-time/part-time standing, financial aid primacy number. |
Academic Planning, Student Record |
| Race/Ethnicity (Federal) | The methodology specified by the federal government for classifying individuals' self-reported race/ethnicity into a single race/ethnicity category. An individual who self-reports as Hispanic ethnicity is classified as Hispanic even if other racial identities are provided. Individuals who do not self-report as Hispanic are classified in their single race category if only one race was provided, or in a "2 or more races" category if more than one race is provided. Student race/ethnicity only applies to domestic (non-international) students. |
Employee Record, Student Record |
| Retention Rate | The percentage of students in a cohort who are enrolled in one measurement period and also enrolled in a subsequent measurement period. |
Student Record |
| School/College of Academic Plan | Indicates the school/college that has ownership of the academic plan. |
Academic Planning, Student Record |
| Student | Any person who is enrolled for study at UW-Madison for a specified academic period. |
Student Record |
| Subplan Type (Academic Structure) | A code indicating the type of subplan, related to the degree or credential awarded to students who complete it. OPT = named option, HON = Honors, TRK = Track. |
Academic Planning, Student Record |
| Term | A period of instruction: Fall, Spring, or Summer. |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Time to Degree | Elapsed Calendar Time to Degree in years from academic career matriculation term start date to degree completion term conferral date. This is displayed to three decimal places. |
Academic Planning, Student Record |