Student Achievements

 

Undergraduate Enrollment per academic year (Unduplicated count)

AY 2013-14	AY 2014-15	AY 2015-16	AY 2016-17	AY 2017-18	AY 2018-19	AY 2019-20	AY 2020-21
609	662	717	760	690	756	739	629

 

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Fall to Fall Retention

Retention rate is represented as the percentage of degree-seeking undergraduates from the previous fall who are again enrolled in the next fall.

	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
Fall to Fall	78%	80%	80%	72%	69%	74%

 

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Graduation Rates (vary by cohort and program)

The number of those degree seeking students who completed their degree in 4 years (100%) or 6 years (150%) as a percentage of those who entered the institution in a particular year (cohort). Overall for the College:

 

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On-time Completion Rates

Out of all students who graduated during a specific period of time (July 1st – June 30th) how many completed the degree on time (in 4 years).

	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
July 1st – June 30th	78%	66%	66%	51%	60%	65%

 

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Assessment of Student Learning

USV evaluates students’ learning and level of achievements of institutional (ILOs) and Program (PLOs) Learning Outcomes on an ongoing basis. Every Program does assessment during 4 consecutive years followed by a year of Program Review. Please follow the link below to see the results of USV ILOs and PLOs assessment.

Institutional and Program Learning Outcomes Assessment Results by Year

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Sampling of places where some University of Silicon Valley graduates have gone on to work

Apple, Cisco, Intel Corporation, Electronics Arts, Lockheed Martin, Crystal Dynamics, DreamWorks Animation, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, Sonoma Wire Works, Fantasy Studios, Cryptic Studios, Grimm Bros, Viscira, Mixamo, 2K Games, Industrial Light, Apex Systems, Artella, Creativity Inc., Dolby Laboratories, Dreamland Entertainment, PRO Unlimited, PSAV Presentation Solutions, Square Panda, Youspace, Pandora

 

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Some of University of Silicon Valley’s most celebrated alumni

University of Silicon Valley graduates below were part of the teams who created the following award-winning films:

Cogswell College graduates below were part of the teams who created the following award-winning films:

I-Wei Huang, Toy and Character Director at Toys for Bob

Lyndsay Pearson, Sr. Producer at EA Redwood Shores

Britney Thoreson, Background Designer at Cartoon Network/Nickelodeon

Cristopher Evart, Character TD at Walt Disney Animation Studios, ACADEMY AWARD “Best Animated Feature” - Frozen

Harnick Atur, Lead 3D Artist at Playstudios

Jake Levine, Technical Marketing Engineer, Intel RNB

Jessica ‘Psy” DeLacy, Simulation TD at Pixar Animation Studios, ACADEMY AWARD “Best Animated Feature” (team award) - Coco

Meenu Kaur, Character TD at Method Studios

Raymond Crook, Animation Lead at Double Fine Productions

Nathan Hillier, GOLDEN GLOBE “Best Animated Feature Film”- How to Train Your Dragon II

Chris Evart, ACADEMY AWARD “Best Animated Feature” - Frozen

Ryan Rogers, ACADEMY AWARD “Best Visual Effects”- Life of Pi

Jessica “Psy” DeLacy, ACADEMY AWARD “Best Animated Feature” (team award) - Coco

Caleb Madsen, founder of Acoustic Masterminds, awarded US Patent for "Digital camera system for acoustic modeling”

Vitaly Golomb, named Managing Director and Global Head of Principal Investments, IEG - Investment Banking Group

Julie Cortes – Manticore Games – Environment Artist

Drake Rose – Manticore Games – Gameplay Engineer

Dylan Rose – Manticore Games – Game Artist

Chase Adams – Barbed Wire Studios – Lead Animator

Brian Cofano – Outpost Vfx – Lighting Artist

Cassidy Robideaux – WB Games – Associate Sound Designer

Olivia Olortegui – Laika LLC – Jr. Animation Tech Director

Saba Salari – Magic Tavern – Jr. Game Developer

Turan Nguyen – QUALCOMM  - DevOps Engineer

Terrance Usher – Revature - .Net Software Engineer