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1. Admissions and Student Preparation

Data presented are for fall applicants for the years 1998-2002. Groupings are for freshmen, undergraduate transfers, returning undergraduates, post baccalaureate candidates, doctoral candidates, and transitory students.

Returning undergraduates are former students who left the university at some point in the past and reapplied for the indicated semester; some having enrolled in a community college or elsewhere in the interim.

Post baccalaureate candidates include candidates for both masters degrees and teaching credentials.

Data on doctoral candidates is limited: we do not have ethnic or gender breakdown on unsuccessful applicants and several of those appear as post baccalaureate applicants as well. In any case, the numbers are sufficiently small that an analysis of their distribution by gender or ethnicity would not be meaningful.

Transitory students include students who take courses through one of the university programs, Step to College, Unitrack, or 65+, who do not matriculate. Unitrack, a program in which high school students earn college credit for campus approved, typically advanced placement, classes taught in the high school, is the largest component in this area. Step to College students are also high school students but these students are attending regular classes on our campus. The 60+ program provides inexpensive course enrollment to seniors who are not seeking a degree or credential.

1.1 Admissions Activity by Level

		Fall 1998		Fall 1999		Fall 2000		Fall 2001		Fall 2002
		#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Freshmen
	Applicants (% accepted)	3798	89%	4398	91%	4813	87%	5191	89%	6308	95%
	Applicants accepted (% enrolled)	3363	48%	4000	43%	4178	46%	4630	43%	5990	39%
	Applicants actually enrolled (% of applicants)	1601	42%	1739	40%	1923	40%	1997	38%	2309	37%

Undergraduate transfers
	Applicants (% accepted)	2243	93%	2391	93%	2360	89%	2552	89%	2856	90%
	Applicants accepted (% enrolled)	2076	77%	2221	77%	2095	79%	2262	78%	2558	75%
	Applicants actually enrolled (% of applicants)	1604	72%	1714	72%	1651	70%	1774	70%	1929	68%

Returning undergraduates
	Applicants (% accepted)	1287	99%	1170	99%	1233	99%	1172	99%	907	97%
	Applicants accepted (% enrolled)	1275	79%	1161	76%	1223	77%	1160	79%	881	76%
	Applicants actually enrolled (% of applicants)	1011	79%	883	75%	944	77%	920	78%	669	74%

Post Baccalaureate
	Applicants (% accepted)	1664	93%	1601	94%	1616	92%	1853	89%	1852	89%
	Applicants accepted (% enrolled)	1547	68%	1507	71%	1488	68%	1648	64%	1647	64%
	Applicants actually enrolled (% of applicants)	1049	63%	1065	67%	1013	63%	1056	57%	1055	57%

Doctoral
	Applicants (% accepted)	37	54%	40	38%	36	50%	40	48%	44	41%
	Applicants accepted (% enrolled)	20	90%	17	87%	18	67%	19	89%	18	61%
	Applicants actually enrolled (% of applicants)	18	49%	13	33%	12	33%	17	43%	11	25%

Transitory
	Applicants (% accepted)	869	100%	933	100%	1177	100%	1494	100%	1655	100%
	Applicants accepted (% enrolled)	869	92%	933	83%	1175	94%	1492	92%	1655	89%
	Applicants actually enrolled (% of applicants)	803	92%	776	83%	1104	94%	1377	92%	1465	89%

1.2 Preparation/Selectivity of Entering Students

The SAT and ACT exams are required only for students with high school grade point averages below 3.00. Many students, however, take one or the other of the exams even when their GPA exceeds that value. Approximately 70% of entering freshmen do so.

Each entering freshman is required to take the English Placement Test and the Entry Level Math Test unless they exempt one or both tests on the basis of scores on certain national exams or the successful completion of the basic General Education in English or mathematics course prior to matriculation. Approximately 30% of students exempt each of the exams but while 60% of those taking the English Placement Test pass, only 7% of those taking the Entry Level Math Test do so.

Admission to the graduate program requires appropriate scores on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), the Graduate management Admission Test (GMAT), or the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) depending upon the major involved.

1.2 Preparation/Selectivity of Entering Students – Freshmen

New Freshmen		Fall 1998		Fall 1999		Fall 2000		Fall 2001		Fall 2002
		Median	Range	Median	Range	Median	Range	Median	Range	Median	Range
SAT		#	Range	#	Range	#	Range	#	Range	#	Range
	Verbal	460	200	460	200	460	200	470	200	470	200
		1,130	800	1,188	760	1,550	780	1,662	760	1,900	760
	Quantitative	480	200	470	200	470	200	480	200	480	200
		1,130	740	1,188	790	1,550	790	1,662	800	1,900	790
ACT
	Composite	19	10	19	11	18	9	19	9	19	10
		407	31	400	30	438	34	460	32	480	31
	Mathematics	19	10	19	8	18	8	19	11	19	11
		407	35	400	33	438	36	460	32	480	32
	English	17	7	18	7	17	6	18	7	18	6
		407	29	400	31	438	35	460	34	480	35
	Natural Sciences	19	9	19	8	19	6	19	5	19	9
		407	34	400	34	438	35	460	34	480	33

Placement		English	Math	English	Math	English	Math	English	Math	English	Math
	Require Remediation	407	885	587	1,146	671	1,153	669	1,274	1,157	1,401
	Remediation Not Required	1,194	716	1,155	596	1,270	788	1,331	726	1,155	911
	% Requiring Remediation	25%	66%	34%	66%	35%	59%	34%	64%	50%	61%

1.2 Preparation/Selectivity of Entering Students – Graduate Students

Graduates		Fall 1998		Fall 1999		Fall 2000		Fall 2001		Fall 2002
		Median	Range	Median	Range	Median	Range	Median	Range	Median	Range
GMAT		#	Range	#	Range	#	Range	#	Range	#	Range
	Quantitative	31	13	34	16	36	14	32	5	35	11
		20	48	33	48	20	49	36	48	42	49
	Verbal	31	21	31	16	30	23	31	5	28	12
		20	44	33	38	20	41	36	41	42	42
	Total	530	222	540	350	550	370	540	270	530	270
		20	740	33	660	20	740	36	710	42	690
GRE
	Analytic	460	200	470	210	470	200	480	230	480	200
		351	760	317	800	424	800	460	780	529	800
	Quantitative	450	200	450	220	470	200	450	200	470	200
		352	790	317	800	422	800	458	800	547	800
	Verbal	420	200	410	210	410	200	410	200	430	200
		352	750	317	770	423	700	458	720	547	720
MAT
	Score	38	16	33	14	32	18	40	13	38	17
		60	76	40	71	61	73	42	82	48	74

1.3 Admissions by Gender

		Fall 1998			Fall 1999			Fall 2000			Fall 2001			Fall 2002
Freshmen		# F	# M	% F	# F	# M	% F	# F	# M	% F	# F	# M	% F	# F	# M	% F
	Applicants	2154	1644	57%	2470	1928	56%	2729	2084	57%	2949	2242	57%	3470	2843	55%
	Admits	1937	1426	58%	2279	1721	57%	2414	1764	58%	2685	1945	58%	3330	2665	56%
	Enrolled	948	653	59%	1020	719	59%	1154	769	60%	1204	793	60%	1344	970	58%

Transfers
	Applicants	1258	985	56%	1333	1058	56%	1309	1051	55%	1458	1094	57%	1589	1272	56%
	Admits	1176	900	57%	1243	978	56%	1185	910	57%	1321	941	58%	1442	1128	56%
	Enrolled	913	691	57%	960	754	56%	943	708	57%	1043	731	59%	1119	850	57%

Returning
	Applicants	719	577	55%	652	527	55%	723	519	58%	666	518	56%	520	392	57%
	Admits	716	568	56%	649	521	55%	717	515	58%	658	514	56%	506	380	57%
	Enrolled	581	437	57%	491	399	55%	563	389	59%	530	401	57%	386	288	57%

Post Baccalaureate
	Applicants	1030	640	62%	1053	554	66%	996	629	61%	1108	752	60%	1300	861	60%
	Admits	972	581	63%	1005	508	66%	931	566	62%	1010	645	61%	1213	727	63%
	Enrolled	678	377	64%	743	328	69%	642	375	63%	681	381	64%	826	409	67%

Doctoral
	Applicants
	Admits	10	10	50%	9	8	53%	10	8	56%	10	9	53%	11	7	61%
	Enrolled	8	7	53%	8	7	53%	8	5	62%	9	5	64%	7	4	64%

Transitory
	Applicants	488	381	56%	534	399	57%	629	548	53%	927	567	62%	946	719	57%
	Admits	488	381	56%	534	399	57%	628	547	53%	926	566	62%	946	719	57%
	Enrolled	447	356	56%	433	343	56%	586	518	53%	843	534	61%	801	674	54%

Admission by Race/Ethnicity

The categories used are AM IND – American Indians and Alaskan Natives; ASIAN/PI – Asians and Pacific Islanders; AF AM – African Americans; HISPANIC – all Hispanic ethnicities; WHITE – non-Hispanic whites; and UNKNOWN – those marking Other or Decline on their application and those with no response. The UNKNOWN category, which constituted 12-15% of applicants and admits in earlier years grew dramatically in 2002, particularly among returning undergraduates and post baccalaureate candidates for whom it often constituted 50% of the responses. The increase is entirely in the no response category, rising from an approximately constant 6 percent of all applicants for 1998 through 2001 to 16 percent for 2002. A correlate and possible explanation for this phenomenon is the greatly increased use of the Web version of the application. Obviously, a very high non response rate calls into question the representativeness of the ethnic distributions based upon the responders. Our data are consistent with studies by others which suggest that white students are more likely to decline or not respond to such application items.

The Share percentages require further comment: for the five ethnic categories, the percentage shown is the percentage of those for whom ethnicity is known; for the UNKNOWN category, the percentage shown is the percentage of all students in the category.

					Count					Share
New Freshmen			1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
	Applicants
		AM IND	39	35	39	42	53	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
		ASIAN/PI	566	705	758	782	904	17%	18%	17%	17%	16%
		AF AM	307	389	455	433	568	9%	10%	10%	9%	10%
		HISPANIC	1106	1242	1356	1333	1580	33%	31%	31%	29%	28%
		WHITE	1306	1616	1733	2004	2445	39%	41%	40%	44%	44%
		UNKNOWN	474	411	472	619	763	12%	9%	10%	12%	12%
	Admits
		AM IND	35	32	34	33	51	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
		ASIAN/PI	501	635	630	660	821	17%	18%	17%	16%	16%
		AF AM	232	303	325	307	501	8%	8%	9%	8%	9%
		HISPANIC	958	1124	1168	1181	1510	33%	31%	31%	29%	29%
		WHITE	1221	1524	1617	1909	2407	41%	42%	43%	47%	46%
		UNKNOWN	416	382	404	540	705	12%	10%	10%	12%	12%
	Enrollees
		AM IND	20	9	17	11	13	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
		ASIAN/PI	255	323	340	333	370	18%	20%	20%	19%	18%
		AF AM	103	127	146	118	161	7%	8%	8%	7%	8%
		HISPANIC	517	544	585	551	616	37%	34%	34%	32%	30%
		WHITE	508	588	652	727	861	36%	37%	37%	42%	43%
		UNKNOWN	198	148	183	257	293	12%	9%	10%	13%	13%

					Count					Share
Undergraduate transfers			1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
	Applicants
		AM IND	33	38	29	31	33	2%	2%	1%	1%	1%
		ASIAN/PI	286	292	315	350	352	15%	14%	16%	16%	15%
		AF AM	99	97	96	120	119	5%	5%	5%	6%	5%
		HISPANIC	519	556	559	633	698	27%	27%	28%	29%	30%
		WHITE	954	1070	1001	1016	1096	50%	52%	50%	47%	48%
		UNKNOWN	352	338	360	410	563	16%	14%	15%	16%	20%
	Admits
		AM IND	27	35	27	28	27	2%	2%	2%	1%	1%
		ASIAN/PI	249	257	247	283	282	14%	14%	14%	15%	14%
		AF AM	87	83	80	86	97	5%	4%	5%	5%	5%
		HISPANIC	473	526	519	576	651	27%	28%	29%	30%	31%
		WHITE	913	1002	901	935	1010	52%	53%	51%	49%	49%
		UNKNOWN	327	318	321	354	503	16%	14%	15%	16%	20%
	Enrollees
		AM IND	24	29	20	22	19	2%	2%	1%	1%	1%
		ASIAN/PI	174	171	177	195	203	13%	12%	13%	13%	13%
		AF AM	66	61	65	70	70	5%	4%	5%	5%	4%
		HISPANIC	382	426	422	466	505	29%	29%	30%	31%	32%
		WHITE	688	783	716	747	788	52%	53%	51%	50%	50%
		UNKNOWN	270	244	251	274	384	17%	14%	15%	15%	20%