Institutional Effectiveness

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness assists FIDM in its efforts to improve the effectiveness of institutional processes by leading and facilitating initiatives and projects related to planning and research, advancing the mission and values FIDM.

Student Performance Assessment Results

In academic year summer 2021 to spring 2022, FIDM conducted assessments of student performance for which rubrics were processed by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and results were reported. In terms of institutional achievement of learning outcomes overall, 90.9% of students performed at or above expected levels. Assessment at the academic program level is as follows:

Institutional effectiveness - Academic program level assessment
Major	Total Students Assessed	Met Outcomes	% of Students Meeting Outcomes (by major)
A.A. Apparel Industry Management	36	30	83.3%
A.A. Beauty Marketing & Product Development	166	166	100.0%
A.A. Digital Marketing	20	20	100.0%
A.A. Fashion Design	500	424	84.8%
A.A. Graphic Design	11	8	72.7%
A.A. Merchandising & Marketing	538	499	92.8%
A.A. Merchandise Product Development	87	80	92.0%
A.A. Visual Communications	89	87	97.8%
General Studies	180	167	92.8%
Menswear	34	31	91.2%
Advanced Fashion Design	33	33	100.0%
B.S. Apparel Technical Design	61	50	82.0%
B.S. Beauty Business Management	69	69	100.0%
B.S. Business Management	202	182	90.1%
B.A. Design	81	73	90.1%
B.A. Digital Cinema	45	44	97.8%
B.A. Digital Marketing	119	101	84.9%
B.A. Graphic Design	36	34	94.4%
Master’s in Business Administration	63	57	90.5%
Grand Total	2370	2155	90.9%

Graduation Rate

Higher Education Act Information and Disclosures

Fall 2017 Cohort Published for July 1, 2024

The Fall 2017 cohort only includes first time, degree seeking, full-time students. Students enrolled in the Fall quarter who attended a postsecondary institution for the first time in the prior summer term are included (thus Summer 2017 first time starts who were registered for Fall 2017 are included in the cohort). Since only first-time students may be included, transfer students, students in Professional Designation programs, and new bachelor’s/master’s program students may not be included in the cohort.

Students are allowed 150% of the normal time necessary to complete all requirements for a degree. Since the normal time for an associate degree is two years/bachelor’s four years, students must graduate within three years (associate)/six years (bachelor’s) to be included. Therefore, the Fall 2017 cohort had until June 2020 to graduate associate and June 2023 to graduate bachelors.

During this time period some students graduated from both an associate and a bachelor’s program. These students are to be reported only once, as a bachelor graduate.

FIDM's combined graduation rate for the Fall 2017 cohort.
IPEDS REPORTS FIDM’S COMBINED GRADUATION RATE ON THE COLLEGE NAVIGATOR. THIS RATE IS CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS:
Fall 2017 cohort	344
Fall 2017 cohort graduated through June 2020 (associate)/June 2023 (bachelor’s)	150/82
Graduation rate:	(150+82)/344 = 232/344 = 67%
Male graduation rate:	24/52 = 46%
Female graduation rate:	208/292 = 71%

FIDM's combined graduation rate for the Fall 2017 cohort.
GRADUATION RATE BY RACIAL/ETHNIC:
Non-Resident Alien	21/35 = 60.0%
Hispanic/Latino	55/79 = 69.6%
American Indian/Alaskan Native	0/1 = 0.0%
Asian	23/31 = 74.2%
Black or African American	10/21 = 47.6%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	2/3 = 66.7%
White	83/122 = 68.0%
Two or more races	12/20 = 60.0%
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	26/32 = 81.3%

Completion Rate by Financial Aid Type (2017 cohort):

Recipients of a Pell Grant 75/232 = 31.0%
Recipients of a federal subsidized Stafford loan who did not receive either a Pell grant or a federal unsubsidized Stafford loan: 1/232 = 0.4%
Recipients of a federal unsubsidized Stafford loan who did not receive either a Pell grant or a federal subsidized Stafford loan: 9/232 = 3.9%

Supplemental Rates

Graduation rate for Fall 2017 starts (including Summer 2017 starts registered for Fall 2017) enrolled in a two-year AA program (regardless of having prior college):

Fall 2017 cohort = 565
Fall 2017 cohort that graduated through June 2023 = 399
Graduation Rate = 399/565 = 70.6%

Graduation rate for Fall 2017 starts (including Summer 2017 starts registered for Fall 2017) enrolled in a two-year AA program who had prior college:

Fall 2017 cohort = 221
Fall 2017 cohort that graduated through June 2023 = 167
Graduation Rate = 167/221 = 75.6%

Graduation rate for Fall 2017 starts (including Summer 2017 starts enrolled in Fall 2017) enrolled in a Professional Designation program:

Fall 2017 cohort = 187
Fall 2017 cohort that graduated = 154
Graduation Rate = 154/187 = 82.4%

Graduation rate for bachelor’s program students who started junior year in Summer/Fall 2017:

Fall 2017 cohort = 36
Fall 2017 cohort that graduated through June 2023 = 31
Graduation Rate = 31/36 = 86.1%

NCES College Navigator: http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=114354#retgrad

Employment Data for 2019 Graduates

The following data was self-reported in accordance with California state guidelines. Please see the Performance Fact Sheets linked below for more information on how this data was collected.

Self-reported employment data
2019 Associate of Arts Program Grads	Percentage employed in the field
Apparel Industry Management (2 year A.A. only)	60.0%
Beauty Marketing & Product Development (2 year A.A. only)	69.2%
Beauty Industry Management (Adv. Study)	100.0%
Digital Marketing (2 year A.A. only)	33.3%
Digital Media (2 year A.A. only)	16.7%
Entertainment Set Design & Decoration (Adv. Study)	83.3%
Fashion Design (2 year A.A. only)	35.4%
Fashion Design (Adv. Study)	30.0%
Film & TV Costume Design (Adv. Study)	50.0%
Graphic Design (2 year A.A. only)	64.3%
Interior Design (2 year A.A. only)	42.9%
Menswear (Adv. Study)	75.0%
Merchandising & Marketing (2 year A.A. only)	58.7%
Merchandise Product Development (2 year A.A. only)	59.7%
Textile Design (2 year A.A. only)	66.7%
The Business of Denim (Adv. Study)	60.0%
Theatre Costume Design (Adv. Study)	75.0%
Visual Communications (2 year A.A. only)	62.5%

Self-reported employment data
2019 Bachelor’s and Master’s Program Grads	Percentage employed in the field
Apparel Technical Design (B.S.)	46.2%
Business Management (B.S.)	72.3%
Design (B.A.)	71.0%
Digital Cinema (B.A.)	50.0%
Graphic Design (B.A.)	61.5%
Interior Design (B.A.)	100.0%
Professional Studies (B.A.)	73.3%
Digital Marketing (B.A.)	66.7%
Master of Business Administration (MBA)	100.0%