This report requires a breakdown on everything from student level, part-time/full-time enrollment status, age, race, gender, transfer in, high school graduates, breakdowns on majors, human resources, financial status, cost of attendance, financial aid, retention, completion, and graduation rates. This information is submitted in a report called Integrated Post-secondary Educational Data System (IPEDS). The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) requires all institutions to provide data on its institution (including all campuses) annually. I will demonstrate how the article in The New York Times is unjustified in stating that the University of Phoenix has a low graduation rate.įirst off the figure of 16% for the graduation rate quoted in The New York Times is taken out of context. The University of Phoenix (UOP) makes a big target as the nation's largest university and as with most sensationalism of the media this article lacks complete detail and accuracy of its information in its attack on the University.

A recent article in The New York Times 'Troubles Grow for a University Built on Profits' has indicated that the University of Phoenix has a low graduation rate for a wide variety of reasons including instructional shortcuts, unqualified professors, and recruiting abuses just to name a few.

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