Situation
A university’s Nursing program graduation rate was far lower than comparable programs.
Nursing program cohort graduation rates over 18 terms.
Findings
Our analyses identified the key driver - High number of students who step out for three terms, and have a far lower graduation rate eventually.
By 10th term, the percent of students that step out for three terms rose to ~30% of a cohort.
The stepped-out students had significantly lower eventual graduation rate.
Results
Insights reshaped the program curriculum, and generated predictive, actionable recommendations to improve graduation rates.
- Potential step-outs could be predictively flagged up early using lower credit-hour load.
- Within course structure, a few specific courses (e.g., college-level Statistics course given to mid-career nurses), and unavailability of the next were contributing to step-outs.
