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  A. General information
> B. Enrollment and persistence
  C. First-time, first-year (freshman) admission
  D. Transfer admission
  E. Academic offerings and policies
  F. Student life
  G. Annual expenses
  H. Financial aid
  I. Instructional faculty and class size
  J. Degrees conferred
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B. ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE
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B1. Institutional Enrollment - Men and Women

Provide numbers of students for each of the following categories as of the institution's official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2002.

 

FULL-TIME

PART-TIME

 

Men

Women

Men

Women

Undergraduates

 

 

 

 

Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen

930 1075 0 0

Other first-year, degree-seeking

36

38

2

0

All other degree-seeking

2710

2967

62

55

Total degree-seeking

3676

4080

64

55

All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses

7 7 22 35

Total undergraduates

3683

4087

86

90

First-professional

 

 

 

 

First-time, first-professional students

212 196 2 0

All other first-professionals

512

463

5

1

Total first-professional

724

659

7

1

Graduate

 

 

 

 

Degree-seeking, first-time

1106

819

286

227

All other degree-seeking

1648

1272

874

402

All other graduates enrolled in credit courses

18

11

14

18

Total graduate

2772

2102

1174

647

Total all undergraduates: 7946
Total all graduate and professional students: 8086
GRAND TOTAL ALL STUDENTS: 16,032

B2. Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category

Provide numbers of undergraduate students for each of the following categories as of the institution's official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2002. Include international students only in the category "Nonresident aliens." Complete the "Total Undergraduates" column only if you cannot provide data for the first two columns.

 

Degree-seeking
First-time First year

Degree-seeking Undergraduates (include first-time first-year)

Total Undergraduates
(both degree- and non-degree-seeking)

Nonresident aliens

110 368  

Black, non-Hispanic

103

488

 

American Indian or Alaskan Native

3 25  

Asian or Pacific Islander

360 1030  

Hispanic

116 405  

White, non-Hispanic

1202

4925

 

Race/ethnicity unknown

111 634  

Total

2005 7875  

B3. Number of degrees awarded by your institution from July 1, 2001, to June 30, 2002.

    Certificate/diploma 15
    Associate degrees _____
    Bachelor's degrees 1979
    Postbachelor's certificates _____
    Master's degrees 2554
    Post-master's certificates 47
    Doctoral degrees 349
    First professional degrees 392
    First professional certificates _____

Graduation Rates
The items in this section correspond to data elements collected by the IPEDS Web-based Data Collection System's Graduation Rate Survey (GRS). For complete instructions and definitions of data elements, see the IPEDS GRS instructions and glossary on the 2002 Web-based survey.

For Bachelor's or Equivalent Programs
Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 1996. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 1996.

B4.
Initial 1996 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: 1947
B5.
Of the initial 1996 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: deceased, permanently disabled, armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions: 0
B6.
Final 1996 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions:
(Subtract question B5 from question B4)
1947
B7.
Of the initial 1996 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2000): 1639
B8.
Of the initial 1996 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2000 and by August 31, 2001): 156
B9.
Of the initial 1996 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2001 and by August 31, 2002): 17
B10.
Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9): 1812
B11.
Six-year graduation rate for 1996 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6): 93%

For Two-Year Institutions:

B12.
Initial 1999 cohort, total of first-time, full-time degree/certificate-seeking students: _______
  B13. Of the initial 1999 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: deceased, permanently disabled, armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions: _______
B14.
Final 1999 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions
(Subtract question B13 from question B12)
_______
B15.

Completers of programs of less than two years duration (total):

_______
B16.
Completers of programs of less than two years within 150 percent of normal time: _______
B17.
Completers of programs of at least two but less than four years (total): _______
B18.
Completers of programs of at least two but less than four-years within 150 percent of normal time: _______
B19.
Total transfers-out (within three years) to other institutions: _______
B20.
Total transfers to two-year institutions: _______
B21.
Total transfers to four-year institutions: _______

Retention Rates

Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 2001 (or the preceding summer term). The initial cohort may be adjusted for students who departed for the following reasons: deceased, permanently disabled, armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government or official church missions. No other adjustments to the initial cohort should be made.

B22.
For the cohort of all full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered your institution as freshmen in fall 2001 (or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the date your institution calculates its official enrollment in fall 2002? 96 %

 

 


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