MEMORANDUM
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June 5, 2020 |
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To: |
Graduate Faculty, Graduate Coordinators and Graduate Staff |
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From: |
Henry Frierson |
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RE: |
Online PhD Profiles |
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The online Ph.D. Program Profiles have been updated and are now available for viewing. The Profiles contain information about admissions, enrollment, student demographics, completion rates and
time-to-degree, as well as post-graduation data including job placement and Ph.D. student indebtedness.
Since 2014 we have provided the PhD Profiles for department, prospective student and public viewing by a series of PDFs. We have received and posted feedback from some departments to clarify how
their PhD program is described.
The PhD Profiles have transitioned from static PDFs to data display using Tableau, an interactive data visualization software that allows users much more flexibility in viewing the information.
All data are pulled directly from UF databases, for the most part reflecting the most current and accurate information, as provided by the Colleges and Programs. The following items describe and
define key elements in the five main PhD Profile Pages, including data sources and the calculations used to generate the new PhD profiles:
ADMISSIONS: All admissions data are queried from Office of Admissions database tables. Average undergraduate GPA and Average GRE
scores represent only those students who matriculated to a PhD program as new students, not UF Master students who move to the PhD program.
ENROLLMENT: All of the enrollment data are queried from database tables from the Office of the Registrar.
COMPLETION:
All data used to calculate completion, attrition, and time to degree are queried from the Graduate School (GIMS) database tables.
We calculate PhD completion and attrition rates for the online PhD Profiles with the following rules:
ENROLLMENT BY COUNTRY: Country of origin data are queried from database tables in the Registrar’s office.
POST-GRADUATION: The Graduate School collects and maintains job placement data for graduated PhD students from all departments. Domestic
PhD student debt data are obtained by querying the university’s data warehouse through Enterprise Reporting Services.
The profiles are made available to the general public through The Graduate School’s website.
Please visit the PhD profiles at http://graduateschool.ufl.edu/prospective-students/phd-program-profiles/
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Thank you!