Recognitions
McMurry University won national recognition again this year for its outstanding academic programs.
2023 U.S. News & World Report Rankings
- #23 Regional Colleges West
- #5 Best Value Schools
- #5 Best Colleges for Veterans
- #7 Top Performers in Social Mobility
Student Achievement Goals
Retention of First-Time Full Time Fall Enrollees
| Table 1: Retention by Semester | |||||||||
| McMurry University | |||||||||
| Fall Semester Cohorts | |||||||||
| First-time, Full-time Freshman | |||||||||
| Fall 2012 to Spring 2023 | |||||||||
| Entry | Entering | 2nd Sem | 3rd Sem | 4th Sem | 5th Sem | 6th Sem | 7th Sem | 8th Sem | Graduates |
| Sem | Class | % / # | % / # | % / # | % / # | % / # | % / # | % / # | % / # |
| F12 | 303 | 84 (256) | 59 (179) | 54 (163) | 39 (119) | 37 (112) | 34 (109) | 31 (94) | 34 (103) |
| F13 | 249 | 82 (204) | 52 (130) | 47 (118) | 43 (107) | 40 (99) | 34 (85) | 30 (74) | 35 (88) |
| F14 | 207 | 86 (178) | 63 (130) | 57 (117) | 45 (93) | 43 (90) | 40 (82) | 34 (71) | 37 (77) |
| F15 | 297 | 72 (213) | 52 (156) | 47 (140) | 39 (117) | 36 (106) | 32 (94) | 31 (92) | 32 (94) |
| F16 | 284 | 84 (239) | 62 (177) | 57 (161) | 49 (138) | 45 (127) | 42 (118) | 34 (97) | 37 (106) |
| F17 | 246 | 85 (208) | 62 (152) | 57 (141) | 50 (123) | 47 (116) | 42 (104) | 38 (93) | 37 (92) |
| F18 | 219 | 82 (179) | 70 (153) | 58 (128) | 53 (116) | 50 (110) | 44 (97) | 38 (84) | 37 (81) |
| F19 | 255 | 85 (217) | 65 (166) | 61 (156) | 55 (140) | 51 (129) | 44 (112) | 40 (102) | 6 (16) |
| F20 | 226 | 85 (192) | 66 (150) | 60 (136) | 44 (100) | 40 (91) | 1 (3) | ||
| F21 | 300 | 84 (251) | 64 (193) | 56 (167) | |||||
| F22 | 274 | 85 (232) | |||||||
| Revised 02/02/2023 – McMurry Office of Institutional Research | |||||||||
6-Year Graduation Rates of First-Time Full Time Fall Enrollees
| Table 2: Fall Freshmen Cohort Graduation Rates | |||||||||||
| McMurry University | |||||||||||
| First-time, Full-time Students | |||||||||||
| Through August 2022 Graduation | |||||||||||
| Number of graduates from the cohort graduated during the: | |||||||||||
| Total Grads after 4 years | Total Grads after 5 years | Total Grads after 6 years | Total Grads to date | ||||||||
| COHORT | Cohort # | 3rd year | 4th year | # (%) | 5th year | # (%) | 6th year | # (%) | 7th year | 8+ years | # (%) |
| 2012 | 303 | 5 | 73 | 78 (26) | 19 | 97 (32) | 3 | 100 (33) | 1 | 2 | 103 (34) |
| 2013 | 249 | 11 | 59 | 70 (28) | 11 | 81 (33) | 2 | 83 (33) | 4 | 1 | 88 (35) |
| 2014 | 207 | 5 | 47 | 52 (25) | 16 | 68 (33) | 5 | 73 (35) | 2 | 1 | 76 (37) |
| 2015 | 297 | 6 | 54 | 60 (20) | 28 | 88 (30) | 4 | 92 (31) | 2 | 94 (32) | |
| 2016 | 284 | 8 | 65 | 73 (26) | 25 | 98 (35) | 8 | 106 (37) | 106 (37) | ||
| 2017 | 246 | 9 | 58 | 67 (27) | 23 | 90 (37) | 90 (37) | ||||
| 2018 | 219 | 11 | 59 | 70 (32) | 70 (32) | ||||||
| 2019 | 255 | 8 | 8 ( 3) | ||||||||
| 2020 | 226 | 2 (0.9) | |||||||||
| 2021 | 300 | ||||||||||
| 2022 | 274 | ||||||||||
| Revised 9/08/2022 – McMurry Office of Institutional Research | |||||||||||
| Note : The year is measured from beginning of fall semester to end of the second summer session and includes August graduates. | |||||||||||
Retention of Transfer Enrollees
| Table 3: Retention by Semester | ||||||||||||||||
| McMurry University | ||||||||||||||||
| Transfer Cohorts | ||||||||||||||||
| Fall 2017 to Spring 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cohort | Entering | 2nd Sem | 3rd Sem | 4th Sem | 5th Sem | 6th Sem | 7th Sem | 8th Sem | Graduates | |||||||
| Class | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % (#) | |
| F17 | 112 | 87 | 97 | 71 | 80 | 65 | 73 | 64 | 72 | 60 | 67 | 59 | 66 | 56 | 63 | 54 (61) |
| S18 | 36 | 86 | 31 | 83 | 30 | 78 | 28 | 75 | 27 | 72 | 26 | 75 | 27 | 69 | 25 | 69 (25) |
| F18 | 110 | 85 | 94 | 76 | 84 | 68 | 75 | 69 | 76 | 67 | 74 | 62 | 68 | 61 | 67 | 60 (66) |
| S19 | 40 | 78 | 31 | 70 | 28 | 70 | 28 | 65 | 26 | 65 | 26 | 65 | 26 | 60 | 24 | 53 (21) |
| F19 | 93 | 85 | 79 | 75 | 70 | 71 | 66 | 68 | 63 | 68 | 63 | 65 | 60 | 62 | 58 | 54 (50) |
| S20 | 18 | 78 | 14 | 67 | 12 | 56 | 10 | 50 | 9 | 56 | 10 | 50 | 9 | 39 (7) | ||
| F20 | 80 | 81 | 65 | 71 | 57 | 65 | 52 | 60 | 48 | 60 | 48 | 30 (24) | ||||
| S21 | 31 | 68 | 21 | 55 | 17 | 52 | 16 | 52 | 16 | 3 (1) | ||||||
| F21 | 106 | 83 | 88 | 75 | 79 | 65 | 69 | 2 (2) | ||||||||
| S22 | 26 | 73 | 19 | 62 | 16 | 4 (1) | ||||||||||
| F22 | 102 | 82 | 84 | |||||||||||||
| S23 | 31 | 87 | 97 | |||||||||||||
| Revised 02/02/2023 – McMurry Office of Institutional Research | ||||||||||||||||
| *% and (#) reflect retained and graduated students from cohort | ||||||||||||||||
Total Graduation Rates of Transfer Enrollees
| Table 4: Transfer Cohort Graduation Rates | |||||||
| McMurry University | |||||||
| Transfer Cohorts | |||||||
| Through August 2021 Graduation | |||||||
| Number of graduates from the cohort graduated during the: | |||||||
| Total Grads | |||||||
| Cohort | Cohort # | 1st year | 2nd year | 3rd year | 4th year | After 4th year | % (#) |
| F17 | 112 | 0 | 15 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 54 (61) |
| S18 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 69 (25) |
| F18 | 110 | 2 | 23 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 60 (66) |
| S19 | 40 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 53 (21) | |
| F19 | 93 | 2 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 54 (50) | |
| S20 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 39 (7) | ||
| F20 | 80 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 30 (24) | ||
| S21 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 3 (1) | |||
| F21 | 106 | 1 | 1 | 2 (2) | |||
| S22 | 26 | 1 | 4 (1) | ||||
| F22 | 102 | ||||||
| S23 | 31 | ||||||
| Note: The year is measured from beginning of fall semester to end of the second summer session and includes August graduates. | |||||||
| Revised 02/02/2023 – McMurry Office of Institutional Research | |||||||
Measure 1: Successful Course Completion Rates
| Table 5: Course Completion Rate | |||||||||
| Semester | # Grades Awarded | # Non-completion Grades | Sum of Non-completion Grades | Completion Rate | Non-completion Rate | ||||
| F | W | WP | WF | I | |||||
| Fall 2018 | 5616 | 340 | 150 | 66 | 17 | 12 | 585 | 89.58% | 10.42% |
| Spring 2019 | 5116 | 346 | 137 | 80 | 13 | 39 | 615 | 87.98% | 12.02% |
| Fall 2019 | 5767 | 279 | 181 | 85 | 19 | 41 | 605 | 89.51% | 10.49% |
| Spring 2020 | 4996 | 286* | 97 | 129 | 12 | 60 | 584 | 88.31% | 11.69% |
| Fall 2020 | 5209 | 312 | 144 | 256 | 19 | 29 | 760 | 81.53% | 14.59% |
| Spring 2021 | 4669 | 371 | 177 | 113 | 37 | 48 | 746 | 84.02% | 15.98% |
| Fall 2021 | 5479 | 410 | 203 | 148 | 49 | 30 | 840 | 84.67% | 15.33% |
| Spring 2022 | 4814 | 445 | 196 | 104 | 12 | 52 | 809 | 83.19% | 16.81% |
| Fall 2022 | 5721 | 487 | 189 | 120 | 18 | 48 | 862 | 84.93% | 15.07% |
| Spring 2023 | 5065 | 383 | 188 | 96 | 12 | 134 | 813 | 83.95% | 16.05% |
| 5-year Totals | 52452 | 2408 | 1662 | 1197 | 208 | 493 | 5968 | 87.58% | 12.42% |
| * 259 F grades were converted to No Pass (NP) due to COVID-19 | |||||||||
| Updated 8/24/23 | |||||||||
Measure 2: Proportion of Students Completing all Courses Successfully
| Table 6: Student Course Completion | |||||
| Semester | % Students Completing All Courses | % Students and # of Non-Completion Grades | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4+ | ||
| Fall 2018 | 74.0% | 14.0% | 6.4% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Spring 2019 | 71.9% | 14.3% | 6.2% | 3.1% | 4.6% |
| Fall 2019 | 74.1% | 14.2% | 5.8% | 2.1% | 3.9% |
| Spring 2020* | 69.7% | 17.4% | 6.1% | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| Fall 2020 | 68.5% | 15.0% | 6.3% | 3.8% | 6.4% |
| Spring 2021 | 66.9% | 16.1% | 5.5% | 3.9% | 7.6% |
| Fall 2021 | 66.1% | 17.1% | 6.9% | 2.9% | 6.9% |
| Spring 2022 | 64.5& | 16.4% | 8.1% | 4.1% | 6.9% |
| Fall 2022 | 68.4% | 15.1% | 6.8% | 3.4% | 6.4% |
| Spring 2023 | 67.7% | 16.9% | 7.6% | 3.0% | 4.9% |
| 5-year Averages | 69.70% | 15.65% | 6.57% | 3.13% | 5.51% |
| * The 259 F grades converted to No Pass (NP) are reported as Non-Completion Grades | |||||
| Updated 8/24/23 | |||||
Measure 3: Proportion of Students in Academic Good Standing
| Table 7: Student Academic Standing at the End of Semester | ||||||||||||
| Semester | % Students in Good Standing | % Students on Academic Probation | % Students Suspended | |||||||||
| Fr. | So. | Jr. | Sr. | Fr. | So. | Jr. | Sr. | Fr. | So. | Jr. | Sr. | |
| Fall 2018 | 87.3% | 91.4% | 96.2% | 98.5% | 9.8% | 5.8% | 3.1% | 0.0% | 2.6% | 2.2% | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Spring 2019 | 89.6% | 88.5% | 94.8% | 98.1% | 5.8% | 6.4% | 3.1% | 0.4% | 3.5% | 3.8% | 1.7% | 0.4% |
| Fall 2019 | 90.3% | 95.1% | 95.8% | 99.3% | 8.1% | 2.7% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 1.6% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 0.0% |
| Spring 2020 | 95.2% | 97.1% | 97.8% | 99.0% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 0.4% | 0.0% | * | * | * | * |
| Fall 2020 | 84.6% | 92.4% | 94.6% | 98.9% | 11.4% | 4.9% | 2.9% | 0.4% | 3.7% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 0.0% |
| Spring 2021 | 84.0% | 94.4% | 95.0% | 98.7% | 10.3% | 3.7% | 3.2% | 0.6% | 5.7% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 0.0% |
| Fall 2021 | 82.7% | 92.0% | 95.0% | 97.2% | 14.7% | 6.4% | 3.6% | 0.4% | 2.1% | 1.6% | 0.9% | 0.0% |
| Spring 2022 | 82.7% | 89.1% | 96.1% | 99.2% | 9.1% | 5.7% | 2.2% | 0.4% | 6.6% | 3.9% | 0.9% | 0.4% |
| Fall 2022 | 82.8% | 91.9% | 95.7% | 96.4% | 10.9% | 6.2% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 6.3% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 0.0% |
| Spring 2023 | 85.7% | 92.3% | 94.8% | 97.1% | 7.2% | 4.1% | 2.4% | 0.0% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 1.9% | 1.8% |
| 5-year Totals | 86.5% | 92.4% | 95.6% | 98.2% | 9.0% | 4.9% | 2.5% | 0.53% | 4.0% | 2.1% | 1.2% | 0.3% |
| * Due to COVID-19, no students were placed on suspension following the spring 2020 semester | ||||||||||||
| NOTE: Classification is measured at the beginning of the semester | ||||||||||||
| Updated 8/24/23 | ||||||||||||
Measure 1: TExES Certification Exams Scores
| Table 8: TExES Certification Exam Combined Results for 2019-2023 | ||
| Area | # Students Testing | % Passing in 1st or 2nd Attempt |
| Pedagogy & Professional Responsibilities | 228 | 91% |
| Subject Area Exams | ||
| Core Subjects EC-6 and Generalist (Grades EC-6) | 76 | 88% |
| Science of Teaching Reading (Grades EC-6) | 47 | 100.0% |
| Art/Music/Theatre* | 16 | 93.8 |
| English Language Arts & Reading (All levels)* | 5 | 100% |
| English as a Second Language Supplemental | 3 | 100% |
| History (All levels)/Social Studies (All levels)* | 8 | 62.5% |
| Math (All levels)* | 13 | 84.6% |
| Physical Education | 16 | 87.4% |
| Science (All levels)/Life Science/Physical Science* | 2 | 100% |
| Spanish | 1 | 0.0% |
| State Expectation: 75% Pass Rate | ||
| Updated 8/24/23 | ||
| *Combined scores in similar areas. For disaggregated scores in these areas, request from Office of Institutional Effectiveness (sechrist.jori@mcm.edu). | ||
Measure 2: NCLEX-RN Certification Exams Scores
| Table 9: NCLEX-RN Certification Pass Rates | |||
| Track | Year | # Students Taking NCLEX-RN | NCLEX-RN Pass Rate for First Time Test Takers |
| BSN | 2015 | 42/56 | 75.00% |
| BSN | 2016 | 27/35 | 77.14% |
| BSN | 2017 | 23/25 | 92.00% |
| BSN | 2018 | 29/31 | 93.55% |
| BSN | 2019 | 10/11 | 90.91% |
| BSN | 2020 | 17/17 | 100.00% |
| BSN | 2021 | 15/18 | 83.33% |
| BSN | 2022 | 23/28 | 82.14% |
| BSN | 2023 | 25/24 | Pending TXBON verification Jan 2024 |
| State Expectation: 80% Pass Rate | |||
| Updated 1/29/21 | |||
Measure 1: Proportion of students employed or continuing on to graduate school after graduation
Table 10: Placement of Graduating Seniors | |||||||||
| Employment | Continuing Education | Total Students with placement after graduation | |||||||
| Year | # Responses | Currently employed | Accepted an offer | Rate | Applied | Accepted to school | Rate | ||
| 5-year Totals | 543 | 50.8% | 19.1% | 69.9% | |||||
| 2022 | 232* | 66 | 13 | 34.0% | 28 | 9 | 3.9% | 37.9% | |
| 2021 | 124 | 42 | 18 | 44.4% | 21 | 18 | 14.5% | 58.9% | |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2019 | 91 | — | — | 56.0% | — | — | 30.8% | 86.8% | |
| 2018 | 96 | — | — | 68.8% | — | — | 27.1% | 95.9% | |
| Updated 10/31/23 | |||||||||
| *2022 first time graduation survey was required of all graduates the survey is completed 2 months before graduation. | |||||||||
| NOTE: Survey changed format in 2021 | |||||||||
Measure 2: Proportion of graduates employed or continuing on to graduate school after graduation
| Table 11: Placement of Graduates Approximately 2 years following Graduation | ||||||
| Employment | Continuing Education | Total Students with placement after graduation | ||||
| Year | # Responses | Currently employed | Rate | Attending school | Rate | |
| 2022 | 70 | 52 | 74.3% | 13 | 18.6% | 91.4% |
| Updated 10/31/23 | ||||||
| 2022 first time recent alumni survey was conducted. | ||||||