Public Accountability
Department's Retention and Graduation Rates
In the fall of 2020, the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications was the largest major in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and the third-largest major at Savannah State University. In the fall of 2020, the department had a total of 239 majors or 7% percent of the university's total enrollment.
| Cohort | Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communications |
|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 69.05% |
| 2019-2020 | 67.50% |
| 2018-2019 | 66.18% |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 2015-16 cohort (2021) | 32.79% |
| 2014-15 cohort (2020) | 30% |
| 2013-14 cohort (2019) | 37.72% |
| 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 2015): The rate was 32.79% 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 2015 first-time students was 29.2%.
- Retention Rate (Entering Fall 2020): The rate was 69.05% for first-time, first-year mass communication students who entered in Fall 2020 and are still registered for Fall 2021.