The following page includes student outcomes and disclosures relating to student body information, financial aid, security and safety, athletics, and student rights. Please contact the Financial Aid Office at 607.729.1581 ext. 331 or by email at financialaid@davisny.edu or the Registrar’s Office at 607.729.1581 ext. 405 or by email at registrar@davisny.edu for more information regarding any consumer information.
The following list includes reports which are required to be disclosed:
Davis College Academic Catalog: The Academic Catalog contains all academic policies and procedures including program requirements and course descriptions. It contains policies and procedures for the Financial Aid Office and Student Accounts. Information regarding articulation agreements, official withdrawal, and policies for students with disabilities can also be found in the Academic Catalog.
Davis College Student Handbook: The Student Handbook contains all policies and procedures regarding student life, dress code, behavioral guidelines, and other helpful student information.
Equity in Athletics Report: This report contains information regarding statistics about athletes, salaries of coaches and athletic staff, and expenses for athletic programs.
Voter Registration: Students can register to vote by filling out paperwork at the Bible School Park Post Office on campus. Any other questions regarding voter registration can be directed to the Office of Student Development.
IT Acceptable Use Policy: All students, faculty, and staff are required to sign in agreement to this policy and abide by its rules and regulations.
Campus Safety and Security Report, and Fire Safety information is available on Campus Safety and Title IX. This report includes information regarding any on campus crimes, arrests, and disciplinary actions reported as well as any fires reported on campus for the previous three years as required by the Jeanne Clery Act. This handbook includes Title IX information regarding student Bill of Rights, reporting crime, campus safety personnel, policies for handling crime, fire, code of conduct, student rights, and missing persons, as well as information regarding drug and alcohol abuse.
Title IX Requirements: Policies and procedures for required disclosures and reporting for Title IX can be found in the Campus Security and Fire Safety Report (see link directly above).
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects the information of students and alumni. An education record is defined as a record maintained by an educational institution and includes information that makes a student personally identifiable. Davis College will permit students to inspect and review their education records. It will not disclose education records about students nor allow inspection of student records without a written request. Davis College will also release educational records to parents of students only upon receipt of a written request from both the student and parent. Davis College will maintain a record of each request for access to and each disclosure of personally identifiable information from the education records of each student. The college at its discretion may disclose directory information, but students may protect all or part of this data from disclosure. When an individual requests student information from Davis College, the college will respond in accordance with FERPA guidelines.
To see Davis College’s full FERPA policy please refer to the Student Handbook or Academic Catalog (links above).
The following policies can all be located in the Academic Catalog:
Net Price Calculator: This tool assists students in determining expected unmet financial need based on average aid received by the previous year’s first-time, full-time, degree seeking students.
For terms and conditions and repayment schedules for Direct Loans please visit www.studentaid.gov or www.studentloans.gov.
Book Voucher Policy: All Pell eligible students who have submitted their financial aid documentation to the Financial Aid Office may be eligible for a Book Voucher. To be eligible for a Book Voucher, students must complete their FAFSA Application for the current academic year, submit all financial aid documentation to the Financial Aid Office prior to the first day of the semester, and have a credit from Pell Grant and/or Federal Title IV funds after tuition, fees, housing, and meal charges are deducted. Students should notify the Business Office if they intend to use a book voucher to purchase their books and supplies. Students who qualify are not required to purchase their required books and supplies through the Davis College Bookstore but Book Vouchers are redeemable ONLY at the Davis College Bookstore.
Recent cohort default rates (Calculated by the National Student Loan Database System)
2013 official 3 year rate: 9.0%
2012 official 3 year rate: 7.2%
2011 official 3 year rate: 9.7%
Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy
The Office of Financial Aid administers the student aid Title IV federal programs under governmental guidelines. Governmental guidelines require students to maintain satisfactory academic progress to be eligible for federal student aid funds. The U.S. Department of Education allows each institution to develop its own policy concerning the standard of practice as long as it satisfies governmental guidelines. Davis College’s qualitative standard for SAP: students must achieve a 2.0 GPA in order to graduate. As students progress toward graduation, they must maintain the following cumulative GPA in the following increments:
| Completed Hours | 12 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 61+ |
| Minimum GPA | 1.00 | 1.25 | 1.50 | 1.75 | 2.00 |
Davis College’s quantitative standard for SAP: for financial aid purposes only, federal regulations require that students complete the program in no more than 150% of the normal program requirement. For example, for a BRE program requiring 121 completed credits, no financial aid will be given after 181 attempted hours. Students are considered to be making satisfactory academic progress if they have earned credits in the following increments:
| Attempted Hours | 12 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 96 | 120 | 144 | 168 | 181 |
| Completed Hours | 6 | 12 | 30 | 48 | 64 | 80 | 96 | 112 | 121 |
To comply with Federal regulations, students pursuing a certificate or AAS must meet the 150% standard for their program regardless of the chart above. For example, students in the 60-hour AAS program cannot receive financial aid after 90 attempted hours. Students who change programs will be required to meet the SAP standards for the new program.
Withdrawals: A grade of “VWD” (withdrew within 3 weeks of the start of the semester) will not count in SAP calculations. Grades of VWP or VWF will count as attempted hours but will not factor into GPA.
Repeated courses: All attempts will be counted as attempted hours, but prior attempts will not factor into GPA.
Incompletes will count as attempted hours and will factor into GPA once the course is either satisfactorily completed or earned an “F” grade when not completed.
Transfer credits will count as attempted and completed hours but will not be included in the GPA calculation.
SAP is checked at the conclusion of the fall and spring semesters. For students taking summer classes, SAP will be checked at the conclusion of the summer session instead of the spring. When students fail to meet either the qualitative or quantitative standard, they are placed on financial aid probation for one semester. Students may receive financial aid during the period of probation. If, at the conclusion of the probational semester, the students have not achieved SAP, they will be ineligible for financial aid thereafter until achieving SAP. Exception: if students achieve a 2.0 semester GPA while taking at least 12 credits during the probational semester, yet still have not regained SAP, they will be considered to have made SAP but will continue on probation during the next semester and be able to receive financial aid. If, after that semester, they have still not regained SAP they will be ineligible to financial aid until attaining SAP. NOTE: students who receive a 0.00 GPA for a semester and fall short of SAP guidelines will not be placed on probation and will be ineligible for financial aid until regaining SAP. Students who receive a 0.00 GPA for a semester but still maintain SAP will be placed on probation.
Also note that taking a semester off or any period of absence does not “reset” or re-establish SAP. SAP is regained by meeting the above standards or being granted an appeal (see below).
Davis College Recent Graduate Ministry / Career Status
Of the graduates from the graduating classes of 2014 with whom we have contact (47 graduates), 43% of them (20 graduates) are currently employed in full-time or part-time ministry that is directly or indirectly related to their training received at Davis College, or are pursuing further ministry related graduate education, building upon the education they received at Davis College.
Retention rates measure the percentage of first-time students who are seeking bachelor’s degrees who return to the institution to continue their studies the following fall semester. 56% of the Fall 2014 full-time freshman class returned the following fall semester in 2015. Davis College experiences a retention rate which can be attributed to many factors, including the close-knit community which many students describe as “a second family” or “a home away from home.”
Graduation rates are reported annually by the college in accordance with the Student Right to Know Act. This rate is based on the progress of students who began their studies as full-time, first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking students and completed their programs of study within 150 percent of “normal time” for their selected programs. The college does not limit the amount of time it takes for a student to complete a program of study. Many students choose to extend or even post-pone the program length due to various reasons pertaining to employment, family, or overall academic goals. The Spring 2015 overall graduation rate for the Fall 2009 full-time, first-time freshman entering class was 33%. Often former students who chose to interrupt their programs of study return to Davis College as re-admitted students so that they may complete their academic goals.
Graduation rates by gender:
Male: 11%
Female: 27%
Graduation rates by ethnicity:
White: 21%
Two or more races: 100%
Student-to-faculty ratio 16 students to 1 faculty member (based on Fall 2015 enrollment)
Student gender ratio 51% male to 49% female (based on Fall 2015 enrollment)
Enrollment by ethnicity (based on Fall 2015 enrollment)
American Indian or Alaskan native: 0%
Asian: 5%
Black or African-American: 10%
Hispanic/Latino: 7%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 0%
White: 72%
Two or more races: 3%
Unknown: 1%
Non-Resident Alien: 2%
Enrollment by aid eligibility (based on Fall 2015 enrollment)
62% of students received financial aid
46% of students received the Pell grant
Headcount 390 students enrolled Fall 2015
For a more complete analysis, please contact the Office of the Registrar.
College Navigator is a free tool provided by the National Center for Education Statistics to help students, parents, and high school counselors. www.nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator
*Definitions are provided by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). All institutional data is reported on a yearly schedule to the NCES through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Due to data collection schedules, data that is posted will be for the prior academic year.
We will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship. This policy covers all aspects of student life, residence halls, dining, student services, and academics. Please contact the Office of Student Development for non-academic accommodation requests and Student Support Services for academic accommodation requests.
The Office of Student Development is committed to the students of Davis College. Concerns and complaints of our students are important to us. Please email studentdevelopment@davisny.edu.
It is expected that a student will cooperate fully in investigations by Davis College. For example, doing so means answering all questions completely and honestly and giving the investigator all documents and other material that might be relevant. All complaints will be handled as confidentially as possible. When the investigation is complete Davis College will take corrective action, if appropriate.
Davis College will not engage in or allow retaliation against any student who makes a good faith complaint or participates in an investigation. If a student believes that he or she is being subjected to any kind of negative treatment because a complaint was made or were questioned about a complaint, then the student should report the conduct immediately to the Vice President of Academic Affairs. If the complaint is not resolved by the Vice President of Academic Affairs, then the student may appeal the decision to the President’s Executive Cabinet.
Maryland Students: Davis College is subject to investigation of complains by the Office of the Attorney General or the Maryland Higher Education Commission.
The Department of Education requires that schools disclose certain information regarding programs that do not lead to a degree. The Bible Certificate and TESL Certificate are the only Gainful Employment programs offered at Davis College. Click the links below for detailed information regarding these certificates.
Bible Certificate Graduation Rate: 2 (2014-2015 graduates)
Teaching English as a Second Language Certificate Graduation Rate: 2 (2014-2015 graduates)
Davis College tracks various indicators of student achievement which are communicated by admissions counselors with prospective students and their parents. The Strategic Planning and Assessment Committee lead faculty and staff in comprehensive, yearly evaluations of institutional effectiveness in areas of student learning, research, and assessment. These evaluations, which are reported to the college’s accrediting agencies, provide information to the administration, faculty, and staff so that they may make data-driven decisions to implement positive and effective change. The results of this report are available for review. Please contact the Office of Academics for a copy of the report.
Davis College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education as well as the Association for Biblical Higher Education. For more information regarding accreditation click here. Full documents regarding accreditation can be found on the accrediting agencies’ websites or by contacting the President’s Office at 607.729.1581 ext.316.
