Appalachian State University’s four-year graduation rate, financial integrity, freshman to sophomore retention rate and utilization of space could soon determine how much state funding the campus receives.

University of North Carolina system leaders have spent much of the year studying a transition to a performance-based funding model. Currently, funding to the 17 UNC campuses based on campus enrollment growth.

All campuses will be evaluated based on five core measures: freshman to sophomore retention, six-year graduation rate, undergraduate degree efficiency, number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to Pell Grant recipients and financial integrity.

In addition, campuses have been asked to develop campus-specific measures. ASU’s measures are: transfer four-year graduation rate, four-year graduation rate, graduate student degree efficiency, investment per degree and space utilization.

Provost Lori Gonzalez said specific goals for each measure have not yet been approved by UNC General Administration.