FSU moves up performance rankings

4th currently.

http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2017/06/22/florida-state-moves-up-performance-rankings-famu-slips/418980001/

Florida State University moved up two spots to place fourth among the state’s 11 public institutions in performance-based funding, according to a report Thursday from the Board of Governors.
Last year, FSU ranked sixth on the chart.

The University of Florida was No. 1 in the SUS rankings.
This means that FSU could receive an additional $38.5 million of the state’s allocation, along with the $43.2 million it contributed to the state’s total pot of $520 million.

FAMU will not receive any new money from the pot allocated to universities since it placed in the bottom three rankings, along with Florida Gulf Coast University and the University of North Florida.

The board said all universities netted year-over-year gains on six of the eight performance metrics that are common to all universities, including the number of students earning degrees in areas of strategic emphasis (such as STEM). The System’s graduation and retention rates have increased by roughly five points each during the same period.
“In the past four years, we’ve seen steady improvements at the System level and for individual universities,” BOG chairman Tom Kuntz said.
FSU President John Thrasher said he was pleased with the university’s ranking.
“Florida State University has always been focused on student success, and we’re pleased to see that improvements in several key areas, including our already excellent graduation rate, median wages of graduates and STEM degrees awarded, are reflected in the Board of Governors’ performance metrics,” Thrasher said. “FSU is one of the best public universities in the nation, and the performance funding allocated by the BOG will help us continue to put our students at the center of our mission as we strive even higher.”

Here are the rankings, based on points earned in meeting performance metrics and how much they can qualify from the  pool:

• University of Florida: 95; $55 million
• University of South Florida: 84; $45.4 million
• University of West Florida: 82; $20.9 million
• Florida State University: 81; $38.5 million
• University of Central Florida: 78; $35.7 million
• New College of Florida: 75; $2.4 million
• Florida Atlantic University: 72; $19.3 million
• Florida International University: 68; $27.4 million
• Florida Gulf Coast University: 66; $0
• Florida A&M University: 65; $0
• University of North Florida: 58; 0