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Student Success Data

First-Year Retention Rate

Fall 2024 to Fall 2025
Three Year Average
Five-Year Average
First Time Freshman
65%
66%
65%
Transfers
77%
77%
78%
Graduate Students
88%
89%
91%

First-year retention rate is the percentage of students who return for their second consecutive fall semester.

Six-Year Graduation Rate for Undergraduate Students

Academic Year 2020 to 2025
Three Year Average
Five-Year Average
First Time Freshman
42%
47%
45%
Transfers
78%
77%
76%

The graduation rate for undergraduate students is 150% of normal completion time or within 6 years.

Graduation Rate for Graduate Students

Academic Year 2021 to 2024
Three Year Average
Five-Year Average
Graduate Students
87%
92%
92%

A graduation rate of 150% time (4 years), that is based on the longest graduate program, is used for all graduate students.

Licensure Pass Rates

MNU has undergraduate and graduate programs leading to licensure in the areas of counseling (M.A.C.), elementary education (B.S.) and nursing (B.S.N.) MNU’s licensure pass rates for those programs are listed below. All licensure pass rates are reported as a first-time pass rate.

Program
2021
2022
2023
2024
Counseling – Marriage, Couple & Family Track
95%
100%
88%
95%
Counseling – Mental Health Track
94%
96%
82%
96%
Counseling – School Counseling Track
90%
100%
100%
100%
Education -Elementary Education
50%
67%
50%
38%
Education -Elementary Education Unified
46%
42%
56%
45%
Nursing
83%
81%
89%
92%

Data sources: Licensure Pass Rates data are provided by the respective academic departments.

Dr. Abby Hodges

Vice President for Academic Affairs

PhD; Organic Chemistry, Yale University 
MS; Organic Chemistry, Yale University 
BS; Chemistry, Denison University

Dr. Hodges began her career in higher education at Azusa Pacific University as a chemistry professor from 2008 to 2014. She then moved to MNU where she taught and in 2018 was appointed Chair of the Department of Natural, Health, and Mathematical Sciences. From 2022-2023, before accepting the Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Hodges was the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Hodges’ career research has focused on protein folding and protein engineering, and she has mentored over twenty students in these research projects. She has also furthered the MNU first-year experience program and chaired the General Education committee for five years. Dr. Hodges was recognized as the MNU Faculty of the Year in 2021.

Dr. Hodges lives in Olathe with her husband Ryan and two boys.