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2023

2023 Academic Annual Report

Our mission

The mission of 澳门天天彩开奖记录 is to provide access to higher education opportunities that enable students to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve their professional goals, improve the performance of their organizations and provide leadersh颅颅ip and service to their communities.

Our vision

The vision of 澳门天天彩开奖记录 is to be recognized as the most trusted provider of career-relevant higher education for working adults. The University will earn that trust through our:

Deep understanding of students鈥 needs

Deep understanding of employers鈥 needs

World-class assessment, analytics and innovation

Operational excellence

Our guiding principles

We believe that our students:聽

  • Deserve quality academic programs that are career-relevant and are offered by an accredited institution.聽
  • Should be supported by qualified staff and faculty, as well as by University efforts to help aid them on the path to graduation.
  • Should be the singular reason we continue to advance the quality, career-relevance and convenience of our academic programs.
  • Are entitled to transparency so they can make informed choices about their educational and financial future.
  • Should have the freedom and ability to choose the educational institution that best meets their needs.聽

We believe that as an institution, we should:聽

  • Ensure we are valuing students鈥 time and money.
  • Market responsibly and demonstrate integrity in all of our materials, exposures and engagements.聽
  • Collaborate with employers,鈥痯ublic or government officials and鈥痳egulators, researchers and peer institutions to enhance the experiences and outcomes for our students.
  • Be accountable to our students, our regulators and the general public for delivering skills, knowledge and opportunities through our educational programs.
  • Maintain financial stability as a measure of accountability to students, a means to provide for the long-term viability of our programs, and an indicator of our ability to invest in the student experience.

Message from 澳门天天彩开奖记录 Provost & Chief Academic Officer John Woods for 2023 digital Academic Annual Report


Excellence for a new era

From our earliest beginnings as the University that changed higher education, 澳门天天彩开奖记录 has embraced excellence and innovation. Academic year 2023 was no different.

Like our students, we鈥檙e always pressing, never resting. Read on to discover how this came to life in 2023.

Trailblazers and dream chasers

In Greek mythology, the Phoenix is an immortal bird that rises to new life. Our students can relate. Many of our students went to the school of life before taking their first class.

Almost 8 in 10 work, and most are raising kids. Six in 10 are the first in their family to pursue a college degree.

Somewhere in these overlapping circles of statistics, our students can be found head down, grinding through deadlines and doubts 鈥 until, in true Phoenix form, they rise.

Who they are

Phoenixes are as diverse as they are determined. Here鈥檚 who they are statistically.

80,000

total degreed enrollment

71.1%

of our students are women

38

is the average age of new students

60.6%

report as ethnic minorities

60.4%

are first-generation students

78.1%

are employed while in school

63.5%

have dependents

How our students performed

University Learning Goals (ULGs) are a set of five overarching competencies that employers identify as top affective, or 鈥渟oft鈥 skills, and that 澳门天天彩开奖记录 incorporates into its academic programs.

The percentage of student work, aligned to University Learning Goals, that scored 70% or higher by faculty in FY23[1] was:

90.6%

Cultural competence and ethics

90.9%

Critical thinking and problem-solving

96.9%

Communication

91%

Digital fluency

92.7%

Collaboration

[1] Source: 澳门天天彩开奖记录, 2023, Learning Management System

High student satisfaction

From September 2022 through August 2023, students who took our end-of-course surveys reported high satisfaction in these areas:

Likely to recommend instructors to other students

9/10

9 out of 10 students were likely to recommend instructors to other students

Likely to recommend the University to colleague, friend or family

9.2/10

9.2 out of 10 students were likely to recommend the University to colleague, friend or family

澳门天天彩开奖记录 founder Dr. John Sperling knew what it meant to beat the odds. He grew up poor, he battled a learning disability, and he worked his way through school to earn a PhD.

The challenges he faced inspired him to create a better path for students like him. He saw adult learners struggling with rigid class schedules, often taking six to 10 years to earn a degree. And it gave him a revolutionary idea: What if he created a university for working adults?

His experiment didn鈥檛 make earning a degree easier 鈥 only more practical, with schedules that made sense for working adults and coursework that translated immediately to the real world.

Diverse colleges

100+

programs aligned with 300+ careers, 90% of which are in growing fields

Connecting curriculum to careers

In today鈥檚 competitive job market, skills can matter as much as a degree.鈥疧ur career-focused associate, bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 programs open for new enrollment align to skills important in today鈥檚 workplaces.

Gain skills

Our bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degree program courses include career-relevant skills that meet our long-standing academic standards.

Gain skills

Track progress

Students can track progress and display their University achievements on聽a personalized聽skills profile.

Track progress

Build resum茅

Students can build their resum茅 one course at a time, showcasing digital badges as proof of learning.

Build resum茅

45 plus years

continuously accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org)

From academic counseling and tools that help students manage their finances to our Career Services for Life庐聽commitment, here are some of the ways we help and support our students as they move toward their academic and career goals.

Saving students time and money

In FY23, 澳门天天彩开奖记录 students saved over $100 million in tuition between discounts, scholarships and聽other savings.聽Here are some highlights:

$16.2M

approximate tuition saved through our Prior Learning Assessment

800,000

approximate number of transfer credits applied in FY23

2,900

organizations whose employees were eligible for education benefits

Up to $2,880

in potential alumni savings for a bachelor鈥檚 degree (up to $2,200 on a master鈥檚)

Responsible and appropriate borrowing

University representatives assist students (and prospective students) with tuition financing questions prior to and during students鈥 programs. And our Repayment Management team assists with understanding federal loan repayment options.

Last year, average student debt levels dropped for all certificate and degree levels at 澳门天天彩开奖记录. Bachelor鈥檚 and graduate degree students鈥 average debt levels are shown here.

University bachelor鈥檚 and graduate debt levels

Comparison bar chart of the University Bachelor鈥檚 and Graduate Debt Levels from 2021-2023

University retention and graduation rates

Data drives our efforts to support student success and improves our understanding of how to help students through the obstacles they face on the way to their degrees.

Since 2017, when the University鈥檚 leadership expanded tools to track retention and evolved its focus on retention outcomes, retention rates have experienced an overall positive trend.

澳门天天彩开奖记录 institutional retention rates

Line graph showing retention rates by degree type from 2017 to 2023

We believe students should be taught by accomplished professionals. Our seasoned professionals bring the classroom to life, combining their hands-on work experience with their passion for teaching.

When students rated how likely they would be to recommend their instructor to other students (0 to 10 scale, 10 = extremely likely), our faculty received 9/10.[2]

[2] Survey data is based on 144,080 student responses to our end-of-course survey. All responses were collected between 9/1/22 and 8/31/23.

28.8
years

Average professional experience

15.3
years

Average UOPX teaching experience

Faculty scholarship

Recognizing the role and value that practitioner鈥搒cholars bring to the classroom, we encourage a culture of research, scholarship and professional currency among our faculty.

Here is a visual summary from our seven colleges of the breadth of faculty scholarship activities over the year.

FY23  scholarly activities by college 1,240 total. See seven college activity percentages below.

College of Doctoral Studies 鈥 23%

College of Business and Information Technology 鈥 22%

College of Nursing 鈥 14%

College of Education 鈥 12%

College of Health Professions 鈥 10%

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences 鈥 10%

College of General Studies 鈥 9%

Our leadership team is deeply committed to helping adult learners reach their education and career goals through continuous innovation that evolves with advances in education, technology and the workplace.

We recognize the tremendous achievement of earning a college degree. Most of our students have worked years to reach this goal. In聽 FY23, 93% of our graduates were older than 23, and many are first-generation college students.

We have聽50聽alumni chapters, which welcomed 2,010 new members in FY23 and pushed our chapter membership to over 26,269.

FEATURED ALUMNI

Several of our alumni share what becoming a college graduate 鈥 and a Phoenix 鈥 has meant to them.聽

At聽University聽of Phoenix, we understand that community support and higher education go hand in hand. When we roll up our sleeves to help, we strengthen the communities we serve.

In 2023, the University:

  • Sponsored SHE Leads!, focused on creating a better life for Arizona鈥檚 women and children
  • Collaborated with tribal leadership to support Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students in overcoming educational barriers
  • Supported Future for KIDS, a nonprofit providing programs and camps for youths facing adversity
  • Continued our long-standing alliance with the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, publishing the annual 鈥淒ATOS: The State of Arizona鈥檚 Hispanic Market.鈥

At 澳门天天彩开奖记录, we focus on creating diverse, equitable, inclusive and belonging (DEIB) environments where all feel they belong.

To continue fostering DEIB initiatives, we:

  • Hosted the second annual Inclusive Leadership Summit
  • Led the President鈥檚 DEIB Advisory Council
  • Established Bravely Belong, a virtual student caf茅 offering a safe space for students and alumni to practice self-advocacy
  • Received the 2023 UPCEALeadership in Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Award
Section 10

Business alliances

Our 澳门天天彩开奖记录 Workforce Solutions team works with employers to create a range of tailored solutions that attracts new talent, upskills and reskills existing talent, and retains high-performing talent. Depending on employer needs, options can range from full degree programs, competency-based education, six-to-eight-month role-aligned certificates, individual courses, apprenticeship pathways and skill-building workshops.

In 2023 the number of students enrolled at 澳门天天彩开奖记录 who were able to continue their education at reduced or no cost based on the University鈥檚 relationship with their employer聽increased by 48.9% over 2022.

We currently offer upskilling education to more than 2,900聽 organizations ranging from healthcare to telecommunications through employer or benefits provider alliances.聽

Discover more聽about how 澳门天天彩开奖记录 supports the needs of organizations鈥 workforces.

Happy grad surrounded by loved ones

Thank you

This is just a snapshot of the work we did in 2023. Download the full report to learn more.