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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%

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:

4 year and 6 year graduation rates of full-time fall cohorts line chart

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