C. FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) ADMISSION
Applications
C1 First-time, first-year, (freshmen) students: Provide the number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in Fall 2010. Include early decision, early action, and students who began studies during summer in this cohort. Applicants should include only those students who fulfilled the requirements for consideration for admission (i.e., who completed actionable applications) and who have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution). Admitted applicants should include wait-listed students who were subsequently offered admission.
C1 Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who applied 10832
C1 Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied 11128
C1 Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted 5214
C1 Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted 5137
C1 Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled 1103
C1 Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled 4
C1 Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled 1129
C1 Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled 6
C2 Freshman wait-listed students (students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability)
  Yes No
C2 Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list? X  
C2 If yes, please answer the questions below for Fall 2010 admissions:  
C2 Number of qualified applicants offered a placed on waiting list 1341
C2 Number accepting a place on the waiting list 584
C2 Number of wait-listed students admitted 155
C2 Is your waiting list ranked?
C2 If yes, do you release that information to students?
C2 Do you release that information to school counselors?
Admission Requirements
C3 High school completion requirement
C3 High school diploma is required and GED is accepted X
C3 High school diploma is required and GED is not accepted  
C3 High school diploma or equivalent is not required  
C4 Does your institution require or recommend a general college-preparatory program for degree-seeking students?
C4 Require X
C4 Recommend  
C4 Neither require nor recommend  
C5 Distribution of high school units required and/or recommended. Specify the distribution of academic high school course units required and/or recommended of all or most degree-seeking students using Carnegie units (one unit equals one year of study or its equivalent). If you use a different system for calculating units, please convert.
C5   Units
Required		 Units
Recommended		  
C5 Total academic units 18  
C5 English 4  
C5 Mathematics 2 4
C5 Science 2 3
C5 Of these, units that must be
lab		 2 3
C5 Foreign language 1 3
C5 Social studies 3  
C5 History 2  
C5 Academic electives 4  
C5 Computer Science    
C5 Visual/Performing Arts    
C5 Other (specify)    
Basis for Selection
C6 Do you have an open admission policy, under which virtually all secondary school graduates or students with GED equivalency diplomas are admitted without regard to academic record, test scores, or other qualifications? If so, check which applies:
C6 Open admission policy as described above for all students  
C6 Open admission policy as described above for most students, but--  
C6 selective admission for out-of-state students  
C6 selective admission to some programs  
C6 other (explain)  
   
C7 Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in first-time, first-year, degree-seeking (freshman) admission decisions.
C7   Very Important Important Considered Not Considered
C7 Academic        
C7 Rigor of secondary school record X      
C7 Class rank X      
C7 Academic GPA X      
C7 Standardized test scores X      
C7 Application Essay   X    
C7 Recommendation(s) X      
C7 Nonacademic        
C7 Interview       X
C7 Extracurricular activities     X  
C7 Talent/ability     X  
C7 Character/personal qualities X      
C7 First generation     X  
C7 Alumni/ae relation     X  
C7 Geographical residence     X  
C7 State residency       X
C7 Religious affiliation/commitment       X
C7 Racial/ethnic status        
C7 Volunteer work     X  
C7 Work experience     X  
C7 Level of applicants interest        
SAT and ACT Policies
C8 Entrance exams
  Yes No
C8A Does your institution make use of SAT, ACT, or SAT Subject Test scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants? X  
C8A If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institutions policies for use in admission for Fall 2012.
C8A   ADMISSION
C8A   Require Recommend Require for Some Consider if Submitted Not Used
C8A SAT or ACT X        
C8A ACT only          
C8A SAT only          
C8A SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT        
C8A SAT Subject Tests only       X  
C8B If your institution will make use of the ACT in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants for Fall 2012, please indicate which ONE of the following applies: (regardless of whether the writing score will be used in the admissions process):
C8B ACT with Writing Component required X
C8B ACT with Writing component recommended  
C8B ACT with or without Writing component accepted  
C8C Please indicate how your institution will use the SAT or ACT writing component; check all that apply:
C8C SAT essay ACT essay
C8C For admission    
C8C For placement    
C8C For advising    
C8C In place of an application essay    
C8C As a validity check on the application essay    
C8C No college policy as of now X X
C8C Not using essay component    
C8D In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for academic advising?
C8D   Yes No
  X
C8E Latest date by which SAT or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission 3/1
C8E Latest date by which SAT Subject Test scores must be received for fall-term admission NA
C8F If necessary, use this space to clarify your test policies (e.g., if tests are recommended for some students, or if tests are not required of some students):
C8F  
C8G Please indicate which tests your institution uses for placement (e.g., state tests):
C8G SAT      
C8G ACT      
C8G SAT Subject Tests      
C8G AP      
C8G CLEP  
C8G Institutional Exam  
C8G State Exam (specify):  
Freshman Profile
Provide percentages for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in Fall 2010, including students who began studies during summer, international students/nonresident aliens, and students admitted under special arrangements.
C9 Percent and number of first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in Fall 2010 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores. Include information for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted test scores. Do not include partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not critical reading for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item. Do not convert SAT scores to ACT scores and vice versa. The 25th percentile is the score that 25 percent scored at or below; the 75th percentile score is the one that 25 percent scored at or above. C9 Percent and number of first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in Fall 2010 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores. Includes TRADITIONALLY ADMITTED enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted test scores. Do not include partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not critical reading for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item. Do not convert SAT scores to ACT scores and vice versa. The 25th percentile is the score that 25 percent scored at or below; the 75th percentile score is the one that 25 percent scored at or above.
Descriptive Statistics
C9 Percent submitting SAT scores 92% Number submitting SAT scores 2068 N Mean C9 Percent submitting SAT scores 89% Number submitting SAT scores 1592   1592
C9 Percent submitting ACT scores 28% Number submitting ACT scores 620 act_ir ACT for SDF 620 24.2839 C9 Percent submitting ACT scores 30% Number submitting ACT scores 527   527
satm_ir SAT math for SDF 2068 568.7814
C9   25th Percentile 75th Percentile satv_ir SAT verbal for SDF 2068 546.2911 C9   25th Percentile 75th Percentile
C9 SAT Critical Reading 500 590 totsat total SAT, ecludes ACT, from SDF 2068 1115.0725 C9 SAT Critical Reading 520 610
C9 SAT Math 530 610 newsat SAT total, includes ACT, from SDF 2208 1122.9710 C9 SAT Math 540 620
SAT Total 1040 1180 gpahs_ir GPA HS from SDF 2234 89.825 SAT Total 1080 1210
SAT Essay     Valid N (listwise) 479   SAT Essay    
C9 ACT Composite 22 26 C9 ACT Composite 23 27
C9 ACT Math     Statistics C9 ACT Math    
C9 ACT English     act_ir ACT for SDF satm_ir SAT math for SDF satv_ir SAT verbal for SDF totsat total SAT, ecludes ACT, from SDF newsat SAT total, includes ACT, from SDF C9 ACT English    
C9 ACT Writing     N Valid 620 2068 2068 2068 2208 C9 ACT Writing    
Missing 1622 174 174 174 34
C9 Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range: Percentiles 25 22.0000 530.0000 500.0000 1040.0000 1050.0000 Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range:
C9   SAT Critical Reading SAT Math SAT Writing 75 26.0000 610.0000 590.0000 1180.0000 1190.0000 C9   SAT Critical Reading SAT Math  
C9 700-800 2.32% 3.63%   C9 700-800 3.01% 4.08%
C9 600-699 20.60% 29.79%   C9 600-699 26.24% 36.22% cd9a
C9 500-599 53.53% 53.29%   TRAD No INTERNATIONAL Statistics C9 500-599 59.13% 54.49% Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
C9 400-499 22.29% 12.77%   act_ir ACT for SDF satm_ir SAT math for SDF satv_ir SAT verbal for SDF totsat total SAT, ecludes ACT, from SDF newsat SAT total, includes ACT, from SDF C9 400-499 11.49% 5.21% Valid 1.00 28 5.3 5.3 5.3
C9 300-399 1.21% 0.53%   N Valid 527 1592 1592 1592 1716 C9 300-399 0.13% 0.00% 2.00 341 64.7 64.7 70.0
C9 200-299 0.05% 0.00%   Missing 1191 126 126 126 2 C9 200-299 0.00% 0.00% 3.00 158 30.0 30.0 100.0
Totals should = 100% 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% Percentiles 25 23.0000 540.0000 520.0000 1080.0000 1090.0000 C9 Totals should = 100% 100.00% 100.00% Total 527 100.0 100.0  
C9   ACT Composite ACT English ACT Math 75 27.0000 620.0000 610.0000 1210.0000 1220.0000   ACT Composite  
C9 30-36 4.52%     C9 30-36 5.31%  
C9 24-29 55.48%     cd9v C9 24-29 64.71%  
C9 18-23 39.68%     Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent C9 18-23 29.98%   cd9v
C9 12-17 0.32%     Valid 1.00 48 2.3 2.3 2.3 C9 12-17 0.00%   Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
C9 6-11 0.00%     2.00 426 20.6 20.6 22.9 C9 6-11 0.00%   Valid 1.00 48 3.0 3.0 3.0
C9 Below 6 0.00%     3.00 1107 53.5 53.5 76.5 C9 Below 6 0.00%   2.00 418 26.2 26.2 29.3
Totals should = 100% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 4.00 461 22.3 22.3 98.7 C9 Totals should = 100% 100.00%   3.00 942 59.1 59.1 88.4
C10 Percent of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school class rank within each of the following ranges (report information for those students from whom you collected high school rank information). 5.00 25 1.2 1.2 100.0 4.00 183 11.5 11.5 99.9
C10 Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class 19% 6.00 1 .0 .0 100.0 5.00 2 .1 .1 100.0
C10 Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class 57% Total 2068 100.0 100.0   Total 1593 100.0 100.0  
C10 Percent in top half of high school graduating class 92% Top half +
C10 Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class 8% bottom half = 100% cd9m cd9m
C10 Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class 1% Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
C10 Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshmen) students who submitted high school class rank: 54% Valid 1.00 75 3.6 3.6 3.6 Valid 1.00 65 4.1 4.1 4.1
2.00 616 29.8 29.8 33.4 2.00 577 36.2 36.2 40.3
C11 Percentage of all enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school grade-point averages within each of the following ranges (using 4.0 scale). Report information only for those students from whom you collected high school GPA. 3.00 1102 53.3 53.3 86.7 3.00 868 54.5 54.5 94.8
C11 Percent who had GPA of 3.75 and higher 14.41% 4.00 264 12.8 12.8 99.5 4.00 83 5.2 5.2 100.0
C11 Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74 21.17% 5.00 11 .5 .5 100.0 Total 1593 100.0 100.0  
C11 Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49 28.87% Total 2068 100.0 100.0  
C11 Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24 22.78%
C11 Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.99 12.53% cd9a
C11 Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.49 0.18% Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
C11 Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99 0.04% Valid 1.00 28 4.5 4.5 4.5
C11 Percent who had GPA below 1.0 0.00% 2.00 344 55.5 55.5 60.0
Totals should = 100% 100.00% 3.00 246 39.7 39.7 99.7
        4.00 2 .3 .3 100.0
C12 Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA: 3.4 Total 620 100.0 100.0  
C12 Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA: 99.6% recalc
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Admission Policies Valid .00 3.75 and higher 322 14.4 14.4 14.4
C13 Application Fee 1.00 3.5 to 3.74 473 21.2 21.2 35.6
C13   Yes No 2.00 3.25 to 3.49 645 28.9 28.9 64.5
C13 Does your institution have an application fee? X   3.00 3 to 3.24 509 22.8 22.8 87.2
C13 Amount of application fee: $50.00 4.00 2.5 to 2.99 280 12.5 12.5 99.8
C13   Yes No 5.00 2 2.499 4 .2 .2 100.0
C13 Can it be waived for applicants with financial need? X   6.00 1-1.99 1 .0 .0 100.0
Total 2234 100.0 100.0  
C13 If you have an application fee and an on-line application option, please indicate policy for students who apply on-line:
C13 Same fee: X 89.02 Check GPA on 100 pt scale
C13 Free:  
C13 Reduced:  
C13   Yes No
C13 Can on-line application fee be waived for applicants with financial need? X  
C14 Application closing date
C14   Yes No
C14 Does your institution have an application closing date? X  
C14 Application closing date (fall): 3/1
C14 Priority date: 3/1
C15   Yes No
C15 Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall? X  
C16 Notification to applicants of admission decision sent (fill in one only)
C16 On a rolling basis beginning (date):    
C16 By (date):    
C16 Other: X  
Undergraduate Admissions notes that decisions will be sent after January 1.  
C17 Reply policy for admitted applicants (fill in one only)
C17 Must reply by (date):  
C17 No set date:  
C17 Must reply by May 1 or within __2___ weeks if notified thereafter X
C17 Other:  
   
C17 Deadline for housing deposit (MM/DD):  
C17 Amount of housing deposit: $125
C17 Refundable if student does not enroll?
C17 Yes, in full X
C17 Yes, in part  
C17 No  
C18 Deferred admission
C18   Yes No
C18 Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission? X  
C18 If yes, maximum period of postponement: 1 year
C19 Early admission of high school students
C19   Yes No
C19 Does your institution allow high school students to enroll as full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students one year or more before high school graduation? X  
C20 Common Application Question removed from CDS. (Initiated during 2006-2007 cycle)
Early Decision and Early Action Plans
C21 Early Decision
C21   Yes No
C21 Does your institution offer an early decision plan (an admission plan that permits students to apply and be notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date and that asks students to commit to attending if accepted) for first-time, first-year (freshman) applicants for fall enrollment?   X
C21 If yes, please complete the following:
C21 First or only early decision plan closing date  
C21 First or only early decision plan notification date  
C21 Other early decision plan closing date  
C21 Other early decision plan notification date  
C21 For the Fall 2010 entering class:
C21 Number of early decision applications received by your institution  
C21 Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan  
C21 Please provide significant details about your early decision plan:
C22 Early action
C22   Yes No
C22 Do you have a nonbinding early action plan whereby students are notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date but do not have to commit to attending your college? X  
C22 If yes, please complete the following:
C22 Early action closing date 11/15
C22 Early action notification date 1/15
C22 Is your early action plan a restrictive plan under which you limit students from applying to other early plans?
C22 Yes No
C22   X

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Section B : Enrollment and Persistence

Section C : First Time, First Year (Freshman) Admission

Section D : Transfer Admission

Section E : Academic Offerings and Policies

Section F :  Student Life

Section G : Annual Expenses

Section H : Financial Aid

Section  I :  Instructional Faculty and Class Size

Section  J : Degrees Conferred