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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, 2005.

 

FULL-TIME

PART-TIME

 

Men

Women

Men

Women

Undergraduates

 

 

 

 

Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen

936 1,016 0 0

Other first-year, degree-seeking

55

57

0

0

All other degree-seeking

2,711

3,051

41

35

Total degree-seeking

3,702

4,124

41

35

All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses

28 18 33 42

Total undergraduates

3,730

4,142

74

77

First-professional

 

 

 

 

First-time, first-professional students

224 217 0 0

All other first-professionals

526

475

4

4

Total first-professional

750

692

4

4

Graduate

 

 

 

 

Degree-seeking, first-time

1,089

904

307

233

All other degree-seeking

1,971

1,496

887

511

All other graduates enrolled in credit courses

40

26

37

30

Total graduate

3,100

2,426

1,231

774

Total all undergraduates: 8,023
Total all graduate and professional students: 8,981
GRAND TOTAL ALL STUDENTS: 17,004

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, 2005. 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

88 410  

Black, non-Hispanic

124

427

 

American Indian or Alaskan Native

0 10  

Asian or Pacific Islander

339 1,349  

Hispanic

126 470  

White, non-Hispanic

1,169

4,788

 

Race/ethnicity unknown

106 448  

TOTAL

1,952 7,902 0

Persistence
B3. Number of degrees awarded by your institution from July 1, 2004, to June 30, 2005.

    Certificate/diploma 6
    Associate degrees _____
    Bachelor's degrees 2083
    Postbachelor's certificates _____
    Master's degrees 2504
    Post-master's certificates 96
    Doctoral degrees 366
    First professional degrees 432
    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 2005 Web-based survey.

For Bachelor's or Equivalent Programs
Please provide data for the fall 1999 cohort if available. If fall 1999 cohort data are not available, provide data for the fall 1998 cohort.

1998 Cohort
1999 Cohort
Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 1998. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 1998. Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 1999. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 1999.
B4.
Initial 1998 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: 1915
B4.
Initial 1999 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: 1952
B5.
Of the initial 1998 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: 3
B5.
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: 1
B6.
Final 1998 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions:
(Subtract question B5 from question B4)
1912
B6.
Final 1999 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions:
(Subtract question B5 from question B4)
1951
B7.
Of the initial 1998 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2002): 1601
B7.
Of the initial 1999 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2003): 1657
B8.
Of the initial 1998 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2002 and by August 31, 2003): 150
B8.
Of the initial 1999 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2003 and by August 31, 2004): 148
B9.
Of the initial 1998 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2003 and by August 31, 2004): 10
B9.
Of the initial 1999 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2004 and by August 31, 2005): 15
B10.
Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9): 1761
B10.
Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9): 1820
B11.
Six-year graduation rate for 1998 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6): 92%
B11.
Six-year graduation rate for 1999 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6): 93%

For Two-Year Institutions:

Please provide data for the 2002 cohort if available. If 2002 cohort data are not available, provide data for the 2001 cohort.

2001 Cohort
2002 Cohort
B12.
Initial 2001 cohort, total of first-time, full-time degree/certificate-seeking students: _______
B12.
Initial 2002 cohort, total of first-time, full-time degree/certificate-seeking students: _______
B13.
Of the initial 2001 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: _______
B13.
Of the initial 2002 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 2001 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions
(Subtract question B13 from question B12)
_______
B14.
Final 2002 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions
(Subtract question B13 from question B12)
_______
B15.

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

_______
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:

_______
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): _______
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: _______
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: _______
B19.
Total transfers-out (within three years) to other institutions: _______
B20.
Total transfers to two-year institutions: _______
B20.
Total transfers to two-year institutions: _______
B21.
Total transfers to four-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 2004 (or the preceding summer term). The initial cohort may be adjusted for students who departed for the following reasons: death, permanent disability, or service in the 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 2004 (or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the date your institution calculates its official enrollment in fall 2005? 97 %

 

 


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