Where Does UMKC Fit in the 2015 Rankings?

US News Rankings Schools are categorized by mission derived from Carnegie classification National Universities Offer full range of undergraduate majors, plus master’s and Ph.D. programs, and emphasize faculty research Must be regionally accredited and have at least 200 students 280 institutions, including UMKC Gather data from each school in 16 areas related to academic excellence Each factor is assigned a weight that reflects how much it matters Colleges are ranked against their peers based on their composite weighted score Two Tiers Tier 1 – top 75% of schools (Institutions ranked 1 to 201) Tier 2 – bottom 25% of schools (Institutions ranked 203 to 268) UMKC ranked 189 th in 2015 rankings

US News Rating Factors

2015 U.S. News Methodology Measures and Their Weights

Where Does UMKC Rank? U.S. News Measures2010 Edition2011 Edition2012 Edition2013 Edition2014 Edition2015 Edition Overall Rank186th198th181st179th201st189th Overall score Peer assessment score High school counselor score Academic reputation rank164th169th160th171st166th170th Graduation & Retention Rank215th214th218th215th216th213th Avg. freshman retention rate71%72%74%75%73% Six-year Graduation rate44% 45% 46%47% Predicted (single cohort)62% 64%63% Actual (single cohort)43%45%46%44%48%51% Overperformance/Underperformance-19%-17%-16%-18%-16%-12% Faculty Resources Rank144th138th125th106th121st110th Classes under 20 students53%56%57%55%53%57% Classes of 50 or more students9%8%7%8%9%10% Student/faculty ratio12/113/1 Faculty who are full-time82%84% 83%84% Number of full-time faculty Full-time faculty with terminal degree76%75%78%86%85%82% Selectivity Rank139th115th126th105th153rd129th ACT 25 th -75 th percentile Freshman in top 10% of HS class31% 27%28% 26% Acceptance rate73%62%69% 68%65% Financial Resources Rank146th151st158th160th162nd151st Instructional budget per student$23,616$23,531$22,238$22,330$22,807$24,809 Alumni Giving Rank211th196th180th177th173rd166th Avg. alumni giving rate7% 8%

Number of Institutions Above UMKC Total Number of Ranked Institutions Number of Institutions Above UMKC Overall Rank Graduation & Retention Rank Faculty Resources Rank Selectivity Rank Financial Resources Rank Alumni Giving Rank

UMKC’s Aspirational Peers SUNY atTempleUniv. of George UMKCBuffaloUniversityIllinois-ChicagoCincinnatiMason Univ. Overall Rank189th103rd121st149th129th138th Peer Assessment Score High School Counselor Score Academic Reputation Rank170th91st104th91st135th91st Graduation & Retention Rank213th99th114th170th144th124th Avg. freshman retention rate73%88% 80%85%87% Six-year graduation rate51%72%66%57%64%67% Graduation rate performance47%70%66%56%60%65% Predicted (for 2007 cohort)63%65%58%63%58%62% Actual (for 2007 cohort)51%72%66%57%64%67% Overperformance/Underperformance-12%7%8%-6%6%5% Faculty Resources Rank110th136th167th208th136th225th Classes under 20 students57%33%38% 42%29% Classes of 50 or more students10%21%7%19%13%15% Student/faculty ratio13/114/1 17/1 16/1 Faculty who are full-time84%87%75%89%99%75% Number of full-time faculty7721,2201,4741,2461,1571,222 Full-time faculty with terminal degree82%96%87%74%86%91% Selectivity Rank129th113th154th186th129th145th ACT 25 th -75 th percentile Freshman in top 10% of HS class26%28%20%24%22%20% Acceptance rate65%57%64%71%73%62% Financial Resources Rank151st103rd138th39th117th177th Instructional budget per student$24,809$30,176$26,375$55,057$28,785$21,510 Alumni Giving Rank166th147th178th236th90th210th Avg. alumni giving rate8% 7%4%13%5%

UMKC’s Operational Peers Univ. of VirginiaGeorgia State UMKCUABLouisvilleSouth FloridaComm. Univ.University Overall Rank189th149th161st 156th211th Peer Assessment Score High School Counselor Score Academic Reputation Rank170th135th 116th157th Graduation & Retention Rank213th203rd190th155th166th186th Avg. freshman retention rate73%80%78%89%86%83% Six-year graduation rate51%53% 63%57%53% Graduation rate performance47% 51%56%54%50% Predicted (for 2007 cohort)63%62%60%65%54%57% Actual (for 2007 cohort)51%53% 63%57%53% Overperformance/Underperformance-12%-9%-7%-2%3%-4% Faculty Resources Rank110th 188th239th225th264th Classes under 20 students57%42%31%28%31%19% Classes of 50 or more students10%15%10%14%17%15% Student/faculty ratio13/118/116/124/117/122/1 Faculty who are full-time84%97%85%89%85%88% Number of full-time faculty ,2062,1701,193 Full-time faculty with terminal degree82%86%88%85%N/A90% Selectivity Rank129th120th165th126th165th200th ACT 25 th -75 th percentile Freshman in top 10% of HS class26%30%20%36%20%N/A Acceptance rate65%87%71%45%64%54% Financial Resources Rank151st29th77th171st156th221st Instructional budget per student$24,809$58,986$36,302$22,401$23,821$17,800 Alumni Giving Rank166th104th75th90th210th196th Avg. alumni giving rate8%12%14%13%5%6%

Urban 21 OverallPeer Assess.HS CounselorGraduation &Faculty FinancialAlumni InstitutionRankScore RetentionResourcesSelectivityResourcesGiving University of Pittsburgh Temple University University of Cincinnati University of Illinois-Chicago University of Alabama-Birmingham Virginia Commonwealth University University of Missouri-Kansas City University of Houston UIPUI Bottom of the Top Tier in U.S. News = 201st Georgia State University University of Missouri-St. Louis UMASS-Boston University of Memphis University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wayne State University University of Toledo Florida A&M University Portland State University Cleveland State University University of New Orleans

System 24 OverallPeer Assess.HS CounselorGraduation &Faculty FinancialAlumni InstitutionRankScore RetentionResourcesSelectivityResourcesGiving University of Pittsburgh University at Buffalo-SUNY Temple University University of Cincinnati George Mason University University of Illinois-Chicago University of Alabama-Birmingham Virginia Commonwealth University University of Louisville University of South Florida University of Missouri-Kansas City University of Houston UIPUI University of Nevada-Reno Bottom of the Top Tier in U.S. News = 201st Georgia State University University of Memphis University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee University of Akron Wright State University Wayne State University University of Toledo East Tennessee State University University of South Alabama Cleveland State University University of Arkansas-Little Rock

Comparisons within Peer Groups UMKCRank Within 2015 ValueAspirational PeersOperational PeersUrban 21System 24 Overall Rank Peer Assessment Score High School Counselor Score Graduation and Retention Rank Faculty Resources Rank Student Selectivity Rank Financial Resources Rank Alumni Giving Rank

Institutions Directly Above UMKC OverallPeer Assess.HS CounselorGraduation &Faculty FinancialAlumni InstitutionRankScore RetentionResourcesSelectivityResourcesGiving Mississippi State University Texas Tech University University of Massachusetts-Lowell Virginia Commonwealth University University of Louisville University of Rhode Island University of South Florida University of Wyoming University of Idaho University of Hawaii-Manoa University of North Dakota University of South Dakota West Virginia University Ball State University Bowling Green State University University of Central Florida University of Maine Western Michigan University North Dakota State University South Dakota State University University of Alabama-Huntsville University of North Carolina-Greensboro University of Missouri-Kansas City

Potential Changes Overall Peer Assess.HS CounselorRetentionGraduationGrad. RateClasses RankScore Rate Perform.Under %47%-12%57% %50%-8%63% %54%-4%70% %57%0%78% %60%5%85% %64%9%92% %67%13%100% RetentionAdditional GraduationAdditional RateStudents Needed RateStudents Needed 76%33 50%24 79%66 54%60 83%110 57%87 86%143 60%114 90%187 64%150 93%220 67%177

Summary UMKC rose in the rankings from 201 st in 2014 to 189 th in National Universities are ranked higher than UMKC Improved in each of the individual factor rankings The data behind the rankings remains relatively unchanged There are three areas that could impact the rankings the most for UMKC: HS Counselor Score An increase from 3.3 to 3.5 would have raised UMKC to 181 st Retention Rates An increase from an avg. 73% to 76% (33 students) would have raised UMKC to 181 st Graduation Rates An increase from an avg. 47% to 50% (24 students) would have raised UMKC to 181 st