Student Achievement Data
The University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences is proud of its students’ achievements and the success of its programs. The University has internal processes for assessing student learning and program success, and it adheres to standards and assessment processes established by accrediting bodies at the institutional and program levels.
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The University holds institutional accreditation from the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) and various programmatic accreditations, including the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE), the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA), and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
The various accreditors sometimes have different requirements for data reporting. For example, some accreditors require data calculated for a calendar year; others require it calculated on an academic calendar; some calculate graduation rates on 100% of expected completion time; others use a 150%-time frame. Data presented on the USAHS website includes information on calculating data points to contextualize the information to be transparent. Please direct any questions to the University’s Office of Assessment and Institutional Research at [email protected].
Retention Rate
The University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) tracks retention rates by degree cohorts. USAHS bases the rates on institutional definitions and calculations, which may differ to some degree from calculation requirements by programmatic accreditation, state licensure, and other retention rate calculation definitions. The programmatic accreditations, state agencies, and/or Department of Education may utilize varying timeframes and/or student status when measuring retention and/or graduation.
The retention rate measures how many students enter the degree program and are retained one year later. It is the number of students who enrolled in the fall term and reenrolled the following fall. The following retention tables are for students who entered the degree programs for the first time.
The data is as of March 2026.
Retention Rate of New Enrollments by Program
| Reporting Term | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 FA | 2024 FA | 2025 FA | ||||
| Program | Cohort Sizea | % Retained | Cohort Sizea | % Retained | Cohort Sizea | % Retained |
| Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) | 302 | 96% | 247 | 93% | 304 | 91% |
| Flex Doctor of Physical Therapy (Flex DPT) | 71 | 89% | 79 | 92% | 77 | 90% |
| Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT)b | 168 | 94% | 160 | 95% | 248 | 92% |
| Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD)b | 96 | 93% | 92 | 97% | 89 | 93% |
| Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) | 111 | 94% | 127 | 94% | 127 | 91% |
| Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (PPOTD) | <10 | 100% | 21 | 86% | 15 | 100% |
| Doctor in Education (EdD) | <10 | 71% | <10 | 100% | < 10 | 50% |
| Master of Health Administration (MHA) | <10 | 33% | <10 | 67% | – | – |
| Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) | 31 | 77% | 43 | 72% | 65 | 60% |
| Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) | 19 | 79% | 10 | 80% | < 10 | 56% |
a To protect student anonymity, a cohort size of less than 10 is notated with <10.
b Includes all modalities (residential, flex and hybrid immersion).
Retention Rate of New Enrollments by Program and Gender
| Reporting Term | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 FA | 2024 FA | 2025 FA | |||||
| Program | Gender | Cohort Sizea | % Retained | Cohort Sizea | % Retained | Cohort Sizea | % Retained |
| Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) | Male Female | 137 165 | 98% 95% | 101 146 | 94% 92% | 120 184 | 94% 90% |
| Flex Doctor of Physical Therapy (Flex DPT) | Male Female | 33 38 | 88% 89% | 34 45 | 85% 98% | 28 49 | 93% 88% |
| Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT)b | Male Female | 21 147 | 90% 95% | 16 144 | 94% 95% | 28 220 | 93% 91% |
| Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD)b | Male Female | <10 90 | 83% 93% | 10 82 | 94% 98% | <10 80 | 89% 94% |
| Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) | Male Female | <10 107 | 75% 94% | <10 123 | 75% 95% | <10 119 | 75% 92% |
| Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (PPOTD) | Male Female | – <10 | – 100% | <10 20 | 0% 90% | <10 14 | 100% 100% |
| Doctor of Education (EdD) | Male Female | <10 <10 | 100% 67% | – <10 | – 100% | – <10 | – 50% |
| Master of Health Administration (MHA) | Male Female | <10 <10 | 100% 0% | <10 <10 | 50% 75% | – – | – – |
| Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) | Male Female Unknown | <10 24 – | 71% 79% – | <10 39 <10 | 100% 69% 100% | <10 59 – | 83% 58% – |
| Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) | Male Female | <10 18 | 100% 78% | <10 <10 | 100% 78% | <10 <10 | 100% 50% |
a To protect student anonymity, a cohort size of less than 10 is notated with <10.
b Includes all modalities (residential, flex and hybrid immersion).
Retention Rate of New Enrollments by Program and Race/Ethnicity
As student numbers for race/ethnicity groups cannot be grouped with specificity, two categories, “Minority” and “Other”, were created to capture the information to display data. The “minority” category includes Hispanic/Latino, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black, African American, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. The “other” category includes two or more races, nonresident alien, and race and ethnicity unknown.
| Reporting Term | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 FA | 2024 FA | 2025 FA | |||||
| Program | Race/Ethnicity | Cohort Sizea | % Retained | Cohort Sizea | % Retained | Cohort Sizea | % Retained |
| Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) | White Person of Colorc Otherd | 124 161 17 | 99% 94% 100% | 127 115 <10 | 94% 91% 100% | 123 143 38 | 93% 91% 89% |
| Flex Doctor of Physical Therapy (Flex DPT) | White Person of Colorc Otherd | 24 44 <10 | 96% 86% 67% | 41 35 <10 | 95% 89% 100% | 26 43 <10 | 92% 88% 88% |
| Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT)b | White Person of Colorc Otherd | 93 68 <10 | 95% 94% 86% | 101 55 <10 | 97% 91% 100% | 116 117 15 | 96% 90% 73% |
| Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD)b | White Person of Colorc Otherd | 49 44 <10 | 94% 91% 100% | 59 32 <10 | 95% 100% 100% | 42 39 <10 | 93% 95% 88% |
| Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) | White Person of Colorc Otherd | 50 56 <10 | 92% 95% 100% | 77 44 <10 | 95% 93% 100% | 60 61 <10 | 92% 89% 100% |
| Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (PPOTD) | White Person of Colorc Otherd | <10 <10 – | 100% 100% – | 12 <10 <10 | 83% 88% 100% | <10 <10 <10 | 100% 100% 100% |
| Doctor of Education (EdD) | White Person of Colorc Otherd | <10 <10 <10 | 80% 100% 0% | <10 <10 – | 100% 100% – | <10 <10 <10 | 100% 33% 0% |
| Master of Health Administration (MHA) | White Person of Colorc Otherd | <10 <10 – | 0% 50% – | <10 <10 <10 | 100% 33% 100% | – – – | – – – |
| Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) | White Person of Colorc Otherd | 21 <10 <10 | 81% 67% 75% | 29 <10 <10 | 72% 56% 100% | 24 40 <10 | 63% 60% 0% |
| Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) | White Person of Colorc Otherd | 13 <10 <10 | 85% 60% 100% | <10 <10 <10 | 100% 75% 67% | <10 <10 <10 | 60% 33% 100% |
a To protect student anonymity, a cohort size of less than 10 is notated with <10.
b Includes all modalities (residential, flex and hybrid immersion).
c Person of Color category includes Hispanic/Latino, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black, African American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and two or more races.
d Other U.S. Nonresident and race and ethnicity unknown.
Graduation Rate
The University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) tracks graduation rates by degree cohorts. These rates are based on USAHS institutional definitions and calculations, which may differ to some degree from calculations required by programmatic accreditation, state licensure, and other graduation rate calculation definitions. The programmatic accreditations, state agencies, and/or Department of Education may utilize varying timeframes and/or student status when measuring retention and/or graduation. For example, programmatic accreditation examines data between January 1 to December 31.
The graduation rate is the percentage of students in a cohort who graduated within 150% of the expected completion time. Completion time is based on the time and credits required for completion as outlined in the USAHS catalog. The cohorts captured are based on the program length by reported calendar year.
CAPTE, ACOTE, and CAA accreditation requirements on graduation and licensure pass rates are located on the respective program’s web pages.
The data is as of March 2025.
Graduation Rate at 150% by Program
| Reporting Year | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||
| Program | Cohort Sizea | % | Cohort Sizea | % | Cohort Sizea | % |
| Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) | 673 | 97% | 741 | 93% | 767 | 90% |
| Flex Doctor of Physical Therapy (Flex DPT) | 160 | 89% | 165 | 93% | 134 | 91% |
| Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT)b | 355 | 94% | 373 | 94% | 331 | 94% |
| Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) | 198 | 95% | 262 | 96% | 324 | 95% |
| Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) | 120 | 93% | 120 | 94% | 218 | 91% |
| Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (PPOTD) | 16 | 100% | 55 | 76% | 84 | 81% |
| Doctor of Education (EdD) | 14 | 36% | 44 | 45% | 62 | 58% |
| Master of Health Administration (MHA) | <10 | 86% | 12 | 67% | 10 | 80% |
| Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) | 66 | 55% | 94 | 67% | 85 | 62% |
| Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) | 24 | 46% | 46 | 65% | 56 | 64% |
a To protect student anonymity, a cohort size of less than 10 is notated with <10.
b Includes all modalities (residential, flex and hybrid immersion).
Graduation Rate at 150% by Program and Gender
| Reporting Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||
| Program | Gender | Cohort Sizea | % | Cohort Sizea | % | Cohort Sizea | % |
| Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) | Male Female Unknown | 316 357 – | 96% 98% – | 347 394 – | 92% 94% – | 354 411 <10 | 88% 91% 100% |
| Flex Doctor of Physical Therapy (Flex DPT) | Male Female | 81 79 | 86% 92% | 87 78 | 95% 91% | 62 72 | 92% 90% |
| Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT)b | Male Female | 47 308 – | 89% 95% – | 52 321 – | 88% 95% – | 55 275 <10 | 89% 95% 100% |
| Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) | Male Female | 17 181 | 100% 95% | 24 238 | 88% 97% | 42 306 | 93% 94% |
| Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) | Male Female | <10 116 | 50% 94% | <10 117 | 67% 95% | <10 210 | 88% 91% |
| Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (PPOTD) | Male Female | <10 14 | 100% 100% | <10 51 | 100% 75% | <10 76 | 50% 84% |
| Doctor of Education (EdD) | Male Female | <10 10 | 50% 30% | 14 30 | 43% 47% | 18 44 | 50% 61% |
| Master of Health Administration (MHA) | Male Female | <10 <10 | 75% 100% | <10 <10 | 100% 56% | <10 <10 | 100% 67% |
| Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) | Male Female | <10 62 | 25% 56% | <10 90 | 50% 68% | 11 74 | 55% 64% |
| Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) | Male Female | <10 22 | 50% 45% | <10 43 | 100% 63% | <10 53 | 67% 64% |
a To protect student anonymity, a cohort size of less than 10 is notated with <10.
b Includes all modalities (residential, flex and hybrid immersion).
Graduation Rate at 150% by Program and Race/Ethnicity
As student numbers for race/ethnicity groups cannot be grouped with specificity, two categories, “Minority” and “Other,” were created to capture the information to display data. The minority category includes Hispanic, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian, African American/Black, and Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian. “Other” includes two or more races, international students, and not specified/unknown.
| Reporting Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||
| Program | Race/Ethnicity | Cohort Sizea | % | Cohort Sizea | % | Cohort Sizea | % |
| Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) | White Person of Colorc Otherd | 286 248 139 | 97% 97% 98% | 278 270 193 | 92% 94% 94% | 292 323 152 | 92% 89% 88% |
| Flex Doctor of Physical Therapy (Flex DPT) | White Person of Colorc Otherd | 70 66 24 | 90% 89% 88% | 63 48 54 | 92% 96% 93% | 50 44 40 | 92% 93% 88% |
| Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT)d | White Person of Colorc Otherd | 150 128 77 | 95% 94% 95% | 170 155 48 | 95% 93% 94% | 156 143 32 | 96% 92% 88% |
| Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) | White Person of Colorc Otherd | 83 80 35 | 96% 95% 94% | 86 113 63 | 98% 96% 95% | 127 178 43 | 98% 90% 95% |
| Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (MS-SLP) | White Person of Colorc Otherd | 56 46 18 | 91% 93% 94% | 44 36 40 | 95% 97% 90% | 114 93 11 | 92% 90% 82% |
| Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (PPOTD) | White Person of Colorc Otherd | 10 <10 – | 100% 100% – | 37 13 <10 | 76% 77% 80% | 50 30 <10 | 84% 73% 100% |
| Doctor of Education (EdD) | White Person of Colorc Otherd | 11 <10 – | 36% 33% – | 31 <10 <10 | 55% 30% 0% | 39 19 <10 | 54% 68% 50% |
| Master of Health Administration (MHA) | White Person of Colorc Otherd | <10 <10 <10 | 50% 100% 100% | <10 <10 <10 | 67% 75% 0% | <10 <10 <10 | 60% 100% 100% |
| Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) | White Person of Colorc Otherd | 48 16 <10 | 58% 50% 0% | 50 40 <10 | 76% 53% 100% | 60 20 <10 | 68% 40% 80% |
| Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) | White Person of Colorc Otherd | <10 15 <10 | 29% 47% 100% | 25 18 <10 | 64% 67% 67% | 24 27 <10 | 63% 67% 60% |
a To protect student anonymity, a cohort size of less than 10 is notated with <10.
b Includes all modalities (residential, flex, and hybrid immersion)
c Person of Color category includes Hispanic/Latino, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black, African American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and two or more races.
d Other category includes U.S. Nonresident and race and ethnicity unknown.
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