College Performance Data

The Cost of Attendance (COA) is an estimate of school-related expenses the a learner can expect to have for the academic year of enrollment. The COA is composed of the following categories: tuition and fees, books and supplies, room and board, transportation, and some personal expenses. These components are determined by law, Higher Education Act of 1965, section 472, and are designed to cover the educational-related expenses of the learner.

The Cost of Attendance is based on estimated figures and may not accurately reflect individual learner costs. The combination of the direct and indirect costs will be used to determine financial aid.

2025-2026 Cost of Attendance - Undergraduate Programs

2025-2026 Cost of Attendance - Graduate Programs

Diversity

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NCES Information

Glossary

Associate’s Degree: An award that normally requires at least 2 but less than 4 years of full-time equivalent college work.

Bachelor’s Degree: An award (baccalaureate or equivalent degree, as determined by the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education) that normally requires at least 4 but not more than 5 years of full-time equivalent college-level work. Also includes bachelor's degrees in which the normal 4 years of work are completed in 3 years.

Full-Year Cohort: This is a group of learners entering at any point during the 12-month period for tracking and reporting. For Graduation Rate (GR), a full-year cohort consists of an academic year that runs from the fall semester through the summer semester, standardized to the *Bachelor’s Degree starting cohort of 2018-19 for the 2024-25 reporting year.

On-Time: Learners who completed their program within 150% of the normal (or expected) time for completion.

On-Time Completion Rate: The percentage of learners belonging to the *Full-Year Cohort who have enrolled into either the *Associate’s Degree program or the *Bachelor’s Degree program and of those learners how many are considered *On-Time. ((n on-time completers / n full-year cohort enrollments) * 100)

Enrolled Learner: A learner enrolled to the institution for a degree-seeking program. (May possess transfer credits from other institutions.)

Annual Retention Rate: The percentage of newly entering *Enrolled Learners from a fall cohort that are still enrolled (retained) or have graduated as of the following fall semester. (((n retained learners + n graduated learners) / n newly entering enrolled learners) * 100)

Semester Retention Rate: The percentage of non-graduating *Enrolled Learners in a semester that are still enrolled (retained) as of the following semester. ((n retained learners / n non-graduating enrolled learners) * 100)

Overall Persistence Rate: The percentage of *Enrolled Learners who are still enrolled (retained) or have graduated, all-time. (((n retained learners + n graduated learners) / n enrolled learners) * 100)

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics