Student Achievements

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Undergraduate Enrollment per academic year (Unduplicated count)

AY 2013-14

609

AY 2014-15

662

AY 2015-16

717

AY 2016-17

760

AY 2017-18

690

AY 2018-19

756

AY 2019-20

739

AY 2020-21

629

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

78%

2016-2017

80%

2017-2018

80%

2018-2019

72%

2019-2020

69%

2020-2021

74%

Disclosures

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:

On-time Completion Rates

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

2015-2016

78%

2016-2017

66%

2017-2018

66%

2018-2019

51%

2019-2020

60%

2020-2021

65%

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.

Sampling of places where some of our 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

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