US News

Recognitions

McMurry University won national recognition again this year for its outstanding academic programs.

  • #1 in the State of Texas for highest percentage of graduates with jobs 10 years after graduation by Zippia.
  • Second best among all public and private universities in Texas by College Consensus.
  • McMurry is ranked #19 nationally, joining other universities such as Texas A&M, Purdue, University of Southern California and The Ohio State University in the Top 20 by College Consensus survey of the Best Colleges for Veterans for 2018.
  • Ranked #8 in small colleges for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math-related (STEM) program by the College Best Degree Programs website.
  • Ranked #12 in Western Region in US News and World Report rankings
  • Ranked #6 in ethnic diversity in the Western Region in US News and World Report rankings
  • Ranked #7 in Great Schools, Great Prices in the Western Region in US News and World Report rankings
  • Ranked #9 in Best Colleges for Veterans in the Western Region in US News and World Report rankings
Goals

Student Achievement Goals

Retention by Semester

Table 1: Retention by Semester
McMurry University
 Fall Semester Cohorts
First-time, Full-time Freshman
Fall 2010 to Fall 2020
Entry Entering 2nd Sem 3rd Sem 4th Sem 5th Sem 6th Sem 7th Sem 8th Sem Graduates
Sem Class % (#) % (#) % (#) % (#) % (#) % (#) % (#) % (#)
F10 280 85 (237) 61 (170) 53 (147) 44 (124) 43 (119) 37 (104) 33 ( 92) 37 (103)
F11 330 84 (278) 60 (199) 53 (174) 46 (152) 45 (148) 36 (119) 31 (101) 38  (126)
F12 303 84 (256) 59 (179) 54 (163) 39 (119) 37 (112) 34 (109) 31 ( 94) 34  (102)
F13 249 82 (204) 52 (130) 47 (118) 43 (107) 40 ( 99) 34 ( 85) 30 ( 74) 35   ( 87)
F14 207 86 (178) 63 (130) 57 (117) 45 ( 93) 43 ( 90) 40 ( 82) 34 ( 71) 35   ( 73)
F15 297 72 (213) 52 (156) 47 (140) 39 (117) 36 (106) 32 ( 94) 31 ( 92) 30   ( 88)
F16 284 84 (239) 62 (177) 57 (161) 49 (138) 45 (127) 42 (118) 34 ( 97) 26   ( 73)
F17 246 85 (208) 62 (152) 57 (141) 50 (123) 47 (116) 42 (104) 3   (  8)
F18 219 82 (179) 70 (153) 58 (128) 53 (116) 1   (  2)
F19 255 85 (217) 65 (166)
F20 225
Revised 1/29/21 – McMurry Office of Institutional Research
Table 2: Fall Freshmen Cohort Graduation Rates
McMurry University
First-time, Full-time Students
Through August 2020 Graduation
Number of graduates from the cohort graduated during the:
6th Year Total Total Grads
Cohort Cohort # 3rd year 4th year 5th year 6th year 7th year 8+ years #   (%)   #   (%)
2010 280 8 71 17 5 2 0 101 (36) 103 (37)
2011 330 14 77 24 5 2 4 120 (36) 126 (38)
2012 303 5 73 19 3 1 1 100 (33) 102 (34)
2013 249 11 59 11 2 4 83 (33)  87 (35)
2014 207 5 47 16 5 73 (35)  73 (35)
2015 297 6 54 28  88 (30)
2016 284 8 65  73 (26)
2017 246 8   8 (  3)
2018 219   2 (  1)
2019 255
2020 225
Note: The year is measured from beginning of fall semester to end of the second summer session and includes August graduates.
Revised 9/03/20 – McMurry Office of Institutional Research