Where Does UMKC Fit in the 2011 Rankings?

Why pay attention to the US News Rankings?Although rankings are imprecise, metrics are important

Prospective students pay attention and compare institutions on a number of indicators

Schools are categorized by mission derived from Carnegie classification National Universities

Offer full range of undergraduate majors, plus master’s and Ph.D. programs, and emphasize faculty research

260 institutions, including UMKC

Gather data from each college for up to 16 indicators of academic excellence Each factor is assigned a weight that reflects how much it

matters Colleges are ranked against their peers based on their

composite weighted score

Changes to the U.S. News RankingsChanged from a three-tier structure to a two-tier

structureTier 1 – top 75% of schoolsTier 2 – bottom 25% of schools

Graduation rate performance more heavily ratedNow accounts for 7.5% (up from 5%)

High school counselors’ opinion now includedAccounts for 7.5%

Weight assigned to peer ratings was reducedAccounts for 15% (down from 25%)

New Undergraduate Academic Reputation IndexWeighted combined results of both reputation surveysHighest score is an index of 100

US News Tier Structure

Tier 1 Institutions ranked 1 to 191

Tier 2 Institutions ranked 192 to 253

UMKC: Ranked 198th

UM-Kansas City 2007 Edition 2008 Edition 2009 Edition 2010 Edition 2011 Edition Increase 1%

Overall Rank 175th 172nd 165th 186th 198th  

Overall score 27 23 23 20 21Peer assessment score 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5

Graduation & Retention Rank 192nd 206th 208th 215th 214th  

Avg. freshman retention rate 73% 72% 72% 71% 72% 9 students

*Graduation rate:

Predicted 65% 63% 61% 62% 62%

Actual 47% 45% 43% 43% 45% 8 students

Difference -18% -18% -18% -19% -17%

Faculty Resources Rank 131st 116th 90th 144th 138th  

*Classes under 20 students 53% 56% 54% 53% 56% 15 sections

*Classes of 50 or more students 7% 7% 6% 9% 8% 14 sections

*Student/faculty ratio 11/1 13/1 9/1 12/1 13/1

*Faculty who are full-time 82% 83% 84% 82% 84% 21 positions

Selectivity Rank 106th 98th 99th 139th 115th  

*ACT 25th-75th percentile 21-27 20-27 21-28 21-27 21-28

*Freshman in top 10% of HS class 30% 34% 34% 31% 31% 10 students

*Acceptance rate 75% 71% 60% 73% 62% 39 students

Financial Resources Rank 131st 132nd 137th 146th 151st  

Alumni Giving Rank 229th 233rd 223rd 211th 196th  

Avg. alumni giving rate 5% 5% 6% 7% 7% 446 alumni

Univ. of SUNY at Temple Univ. of Univ. ofUMKC Pittsburgh Buffalo University Illinois-Chicago Cincinnati

Overall Rank 198 64 120 132 143 156

Peer Assessment Score 2.5 3.4 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.8

High School Counselor Score 3.3 3.7 3.4 3.7 3.7 3

Undergraduate academic reputation index 55 70 61 63 65 57

Graduation & Retention Rank 214 68 118 120 182 165Avg. freshman retention rate 72% 91% 88% 87% 79% 83%Six-year graduation rate 45% 78% 66% 67% 54% 55%Graduation rate performance Predicted 62% 77% 63% 57% 59% 49% Actual 45% 78% 66% 67% 54% 55% Difference -17% 1% 3% 10% -5% 6%

Faculty Resources Rank 138 124 119 221 232 229Classes under 20 students 56% 40% 38% 34% 33% 39%Classes of 50 or more students 8% 18% 20% 9% 19% 10%Student/faculty ratio 13/1 15/1 16/1 16/1 18/1 16/1Faculty who are full-time 84% 89% 87% 74% 90% 99%

Full-time faculty with terminal degree 75% 93% 94% 74% 73% 55%

Selectivity Rank 115 63 118 158 123 131ACT 25th-75th percentile1 21-28 25-31 23-28 21-27 21-26 22-27Freshman in top 10% of HS class 31% 49% 28% 21% 28% 22%Acceptance rate 72% 59% 52% 61% 63% 67%

Financial Resources Rank 151 36 107 151 32 107

Alumni Giving Rank 196 98 163 178 213 147Avg. alumni giving rate 7% 14% 9% 8% 6% 10%

George Univ. of Univ. of VirginiaUMKC Mason Univ. UAB Louisville South Florida Comm. Univ.

Overall Rank 198 143 151 176 183 167

Peer Assessment Score 2.5 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.8

High School Counselor Score 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.7

Undergraduate academic reputation index 55 65 60 59 56 62

Graduation & Retention Rank 214 137 230 206 182 189Avg. freshman retention rate 72% 85% 78% 78% 84% 83%Six-year graduation rate 45% 63% 39% 48% 48% 51%Graduation rate performance Predicted 62% 57% 51% 57% 57% 53% Actual 45% 63% 39% 48% 48% 51% Difference -17% 6% -12% -9% -9% -2%

Faculty Resources Rank 138 221 124 214 244 188Classes under 20 students 56% 30% 40% 24% 24% 38%Classes of 50 or more students 8% 17% 15% 13% 15% 16%Student/faculty ratio 13/1 16/1 17/1 18/1 27/1 18/1Faculty who are full-time 84% 76% 97% 84% 97% 84%

Full-time faculty with terminal degree 75% 91% 86% 89% 82% n/a

Selectivity Rank 115 146 135 138 102 180ACT 25th-75th percentile1 21-28 22-28 21-27 21-28 23-28 21-26Freshman in top 10% of HS class 31% 21% 27% 25% 35% 16%Acceptance rate 72% 63% 84% 73% 48% 59%

Financial Resources Rank 151 192 17 71 180 156

Alumni Giving Rank 196 221 119 106 102 196Avg. alumni giving rate 7% 5% 12% 13% 14% 7%

SummaryWhile our data has remained relatively flat,

UMKC has dropped from 165th in 2009 to 198th in 2011This places us in the bottom 25% of the rankingsWe cannot continue to do business as usual

Where can UMKC make the biggest impact?Graduation Rates

Our Aspirational Peers are retaining approximately 86% of their students on average

Our Aspirational Peers are graduating approximately 64% of their students on average

What can we do in these areas?