Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

Measures of Excellence

Specific metrics were chosen to track progress in each of these areas over the most recent five-year period in comparison with Carolina’s ten public peer universities:

• undergraduate education
• graduate and professional education
• faculty, staff, public service and engagement
• internationalization
• finance and facilities
• athletics

These comparisons are reviewed each year by administrators and the Board of Trustees as they determine how to further enhance the University’s effectiveness in accomplishing its mission. Download the latest Measures of Excellence presentation made to the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees, Fall 2007, and the companion Measures of Excellence booklet published at the same time.

Selected tables and graphs from the Fall 2007 Measures of Excellence:

• Percentage of Course Sections with an Enrollment of Fewer than 20 in 2006
• Percentage of Course Sections with an Enrollment of 50 or More in 2006
• SAT Scores of Entering First-Year Students 2006
• Four-Year Graduation Rates for Freshmen Entering in 2002
• Six-Year Graduation Rates for Freshmen Entering in 2000
• Federal Funding for Fellowships, Traineeships, and Training Grants 2005
• Undergraduate Ratings of Quality of Instruction
• Salary Comparisons For Faculty
• Public Service Scholars Program
• Student Participation in Study Abroad 2007
• Average Alumni Giving Rate 2006
• Endowment per Student Headcount 2005
• Six-Year NCAA Graduation Rates for Freshman Student-Athletes Entering in 1999