UNK Achieves Enviable Graduation Rate

Alone among its sister campuses in Nebraska, UNK has achieved in the latest reporting period a six-year graduation rate (57.7%) well above the average (51.5%) of its Regent-defined group of peers. In 2001 the rate was 51.9%. (The six-year rate is the most commonly used measure by campuses nationwide.) While it is difficult to document with precision the factors that contribute to overall graduation rate, UNK has undertaken a number of positive initiatives in the period leading up to and during the increase. They are consistent with UNK’s reputation as providing a student-oriented environment and include 1) adding a universal advising requirement; 2) keeping a tutoring service in place when other campuses did not; 3) initiating a “first-year experience” to better integrate freshmen into academic life; 4) organizing a program of “learning communities,” and 5) undergoing many campus improvements.