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
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 | |||||||||
Course Completion Rate
| Table 3: 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 2017 | 5414 | 297 | 119 | 78 | 15 | 1 | 510 | 90.58% | 9.42% |
| Spring 2018 | 4888 | 302 | 137 | 81 | 27 | 17 | 564 | 88.46% | 11.54% |
| 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% |
| 3-year Totals | 31797 | 1564 | 821 | 519 | 103 | 170 | 3463 | 89.07% | 10.93% |
| * 259 F grades were converted to No Pass (NP) due to COVID-19 | |||||||||
| Updated 1/29/21 | |||||||||
TExES Certification Exam Combined Results for 2017-2020
| Table 4: TExES Certification Exam Combined Results for 2017-2020 | |||
| Area | # Tests Attempted | # Tests Passed | Success Rate |
| McMurry Totals for Years Reported | 209 | 190 | 90.90% |
| Pedagogy & Professional Responsibilities | 129 | 125 | 96.90% |
| State Expectation: 85% pass rate | |||
| Core Subjects EC-6 and Generalist (Grades EC-6) | 40 | 32 | 80.00% |
| Art/Music/Theatre* | 6 | 6 | 100.00% |
| Business/Technology Applications* | 0 | 0 | — |
| English Language Arts & Reading (Grades 7-12) | 5 | 3 | 60.00% |
| English as a Second Language Supplemental | 0 | 0 | — |
| History (All levels)/Social Studies (4-8)* | 8 | 5 | 62.50% |
| Math (All levels)* | 4 | 3 | 75.00% |
| Physical Education | 14 | 13 | 92.86% |
| Science (All levels)/Life Science/Physical Science* | 2 | 2 | 100.00% |
| Spanish | 1 | 1 | 100.00% |
| State Expectation: 75% pass rate | |||
| Updated 1/29/21 | |||
*Combined scores in similar areas. For disaggregated scores in these areas, request from Office of Institutional Effectiveness
(sechrist.jori@mcm.edu).
| Table 5: NCLEX-RN Certification Pass Rates | |||
| Track | Year | # Students Taking NCLEX-RN | NCLEX-RN Pass Rate for First Time Test Takers |
| BSN | 2010 | 136/161 | 84.47% |
| BSN | 2011 | 104/148 | 70.27% |
| BSN | 2012 | 68/83 | 81.93% |
| BSN | 2013 | 47/56 | 83.93% |
| BSN | 2014 | 58/84 | 69.05% |
| 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% |
| State Expectation: 80% pass rate | |||
| Updated 1/29/21 | |||
Graduate Survey
| Graduate Survey | ||||||||
| Employment Survey | Ongoing Education | |||||||
| Year* | # Responses | Full-time Employed | Part-time Employed | Intern- ship | Full-time Employment Rate | Full-time | Part-time | Ongoing Education Rate |
| Five-year Totals | 487 | 296 | 19 | 5 | 60.8% | 127 | 0 | 26.1% |
| 2019 | 91 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 56.% | 28 | 0 | 30.8% |
| 2018 | 96 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 68.8% | 26 | 0 | 27.1% |
| 2017 | 92 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 56.5% | 32 | 0 | 34.8% |
| 2016 | 80 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 65% | 16 | 0 | 20% |
| 2015 | 128 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 58.6% | 25 | 0 | 19.5% |
| Updated 1/29/21 | ||||||||