Characteristics of the D.S.W. Program

Number of Degrees per Year

For the last two years, average of the number of D.S.W. degrees awarded per academic year. Please note: The first D.S.W. graduation August 2024.

Graduation Rates

For the last two years, average of the percent of first-year doctoral students who graduated within ten years. (First-year doctoral students: Those students who have matriculated as doctoral students with a doctoral degree objective.)

Average Time to Degree

For the last two years, average of the graduates’ time to degree. (For each academic year, the time to degree is defined as beginning the year students matriculated with a doctoral degree objective until the year they graduated.)

Employment Profile (in field within one year of graduation)

For the last two years, the number and percent of graduates by year employed, those still seeking employment, and unknown.

Admissions Criteria

Description of admission factors.

Percentage of Full-time Students

FTS/number students enrolled (headcount) for last three fall semesters.

Average Institutional Financial Support Provided

For those receiving financial support, the average monetary institutional support provided per full-time graduate student for the prior year from assistantships, scholarships, stipends, grants, and fellowships (does not include tuition or benefits).

Percentage Full-time Students with Institutional Financial Support

In the period year, the number of FTS with at least $1000 of annual support/the number of FTS.

Number of Core Faculty

Core Faculty: Full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty who teach 50% or more in the doctoral program or other individuals integral to the doctoral program who can direct dissertation research.

Student-Core Faculty Ratio

For the last two years, average of full-time student equivalent (FTSE)/average of full-time faculty equivalent (FTFE) of core faculty.

Core Faculty Publications

For the last two years, average of the number of discipline-related refereed papers/publications, books/book chapters, juried creative/performance accomplishments, and notices of discoveries filed/patents issued per core faculty member.

Core Faculty External Grants

For the last two years, average of the number of core faculty receiving external funds, average external funds per faculty, and total external funds per program per academic year. (All external funds received by core faculty from any source including research grants, training grants, gifts from foundations, etc., reported as expenditures.)

Faculty Teaching Load

Total number of semester credit hours in organized teaching courses taught per academic year by core faculty divided by the number of core faculty.

Faculty Make Up

Core faculty by ethnicity (White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Other) and gender, updated when changed.

Student Body

Enrollment headcount by ethnicity (White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Other/Unknown) in program during the prior year.

Date of Last External Review

Date of last formal external review, updated when changed (THECB)
2022

External Program Accreditation

Student Publications or Presentations

For the last two years, the number of discipline-related refereed papers/publications, juried creative/performance accomplishments, book chapters, books, and external presentations per year by student FTE.