Concordia University Texas (CTX) documents undergraduate and graduate student achievement outcomes that reflect its mission of empowering students of all backgrounds to lead lives of critical thought, compassionate action and courageous leadership.
Student achievement is measured, evaluated, and tracked using six outcomes that fall within three broad categories:
- Retention and Completion
- Academic Engagement and Proficiency
- Licensure, Certification, and Post-Graduate Activities
Current measurement, evaluation, and tracking of achievement outcomes are summarized
below. Thresholds of acceptability for student achievement are generally set by CTX
to align or exceed those of national student samples, our IPEDS Comparison Group,
private institutions of similar size, or standards set by licensing bodies such as
the Texas Education Agency. Measures of student achievement that consistently fall
below a set threshold are identified by academic leadership and targeted for improvement.
Retention & Completion
- Between Fall 2013 and Fall 2021, an average of 61% of first-time, full-time CTX freshman returned for their second year.
- Over this same time period, CTX reduced three-fourths of gap between its retention rate and that of its IPEDS Comparison Group.
- On average, 39% of first-time, full-time freshman entering CTX between Fall 2010 and Fall 2016 graduated within six years.
Licensure, Certification & Post-Graduate Activities
Student achievement is also measured and evaluated using licensure, certification, and employment rates of CTX graduates.
Graduates of our both our undergraduate and graduate education programs have on average historically high rates of passing Texas Education Agency (TEA) exams required for public school certification as teachers and administrators. CTX has a pass rate goal of 80% for both the Pedagogy and Content Pedagogy exams. According to the most recent published data from TEA, CTX’s aggregate Pedagogy Exam pass rate was 100% in 2023, and the aggregate Content Pedagogy Exam pass rate in 2022 was 98%.
Achievement of students enrolled in our undergraduate Nursing program (BSN) is tracked annually using completion rates, National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) pass rates for first-time test takers, and graduate employment rates within six months of program completion. CTX’s goal for program completion is 70%; for the 2023-2024 academic year, the program completion rate was 80%. For NCLEX first-time test taker pass rates, CTX’s pass rate goal is 80%; according to the most recent published data from 2023, the pass rate for first-time test takers was 79.86%. Finally, CTX’s goal for graduate employment rates within six months of program completion is 80%; for the 2023-2024 academic year, the rate was 84.75%.
CTX began tracking undergraduate employment outcomes and participation in postgraduate education in 2017 using the Higher Education Data Sharing (HEDS) Consortium's First Destination Survey. Results from the HEDS First Destination Survey in 2020 found that 63% of respondents reported being employed full-time after graduation, almost double that of other institutions participating in the survey (38%). In addition, 12% reported continuing with the education at the post-graduate level, and 18% seeking employment.
[This page was last updated in September 2024.]