Public Accountability
Department's Retention and Graduation Rates
The Department of Journalism and Mass Communications was the largest major in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences in the 2019-2020 academic year and was the third-largest major at Savannah State. In the fall of 2019, the department had a total of 290 majors or 8% percent of the university's total undergraduate enrollment.
| Cohort | Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communications |
|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | 65% |
| 2018-2019 | 68.1% |
| 2017-2018 | 63.6% |
| 2016-2017 | 65.2% |
| 2015-2016 | 62.9% |
| 2014-2015 | 65.2% |
| 2013-2014 | 71.8% |
| 2012-2013 | 74.4% |
| 2011-2012 | 66.9% |
| 2010-2011 | 79% |
| 2009-2010 | 84.8% |
| 2008-2009 | 76.2% |
| 2007-2008 | 82.8% |
| Average | 71% |
Savannah State University follows the University System of Georgia's requirements when reporting graduation rates, basing its percentage on a six-year period.
The following chart illustrates graduation rates for the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications.
| Cohort | Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communications |
|---|---|
| 2013-14 cohort (2019) | 40.90% |
| 2012-13 cohort (2018) | 33.75% |
| 2011-12 cohort (2017) | 25.6% |
| 2010-11 cohort (2016) | 23.1% |
| 2009-10 cohort (2015) | 35.6% |
| 2008-09 cohort (2014) | 26.3% |
| 2007-08 cohort (2013) | 32.6% |
| 2006-07 cohort (2012) | 33.3% |
| 2005-06 cohort (2011) | 38.7% |
| 2004-05 cohort (2010) | 45% |
| 2003-04 cohort (2009) | 40.28% |
| 2002-03 cohort (2008) | 40.3% |
| Average | 33.64% |
Other Retention-Related Data:
- Graduation Rate (Entering Fall 2013): The rate was 40.90% of first-time, first-year students who came in as mass communications majors and graduated with a mass communications degree in six years. The SSU 6-year graduation rate of fall 2013 first-time students was 29.2%.
- Retention Rate (Entering Fall 2019): The rate was 65% for first-time, first-year mass communication students who entered in Fall 2019 and are still registered for Fall 2020.