Common Data Set 2007-2008

The Purpose of the Common Data Set​​

The Common Data Set (CDS) was developed through collaboration among publishers of college guides, colleges and universities, representatives of higher education organizations, high school counselors, and the National Center for Education Statistics. Many of the items and definitions in the Common Data Set are being used on the surveys of several major publishers. The goal of CDS is to improve the comparability of data reported by colleges and universities, and to ease each institution's burden by asking questions in a standardized way on numerous surveys.

A. General Information
A.General Information    
         
A0 Respondent Information (Not for Publication)      
A0 Name:   Larry Levine    
A0 Title:   Research Analyst    
A0 Office:   Institutional Research, Planning, and Effectiveness    
A0 Mailing Address:   UAB101, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave    
A0 City/State/Zip/Country:   Albany, NY 12222    
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  https://www.albany.edu/institutional-research-planning-and-effectiveness/cds-2007-2008      
           
A0A We invite you to indicate if there are items on the CDS for which you cannot use the requested analytic convention, cannot provide data for the cohort requested, whose methodology is unclear, or about which you have questions or comments in general. This information will not be published but will help the publishers further refine CDS items.    
       
           
A1 Address Information      
A1 Name of College/University: University at Albany - SUNY      
A1 Mailing Address: 1400 Washington Avenue      
A1 City/State/Zip/Country: Albany, NY 12222      
A1 Street Address (if different):        
A1 City/State/Zip/Country:        
A1 Main Phone Number: (518) 442-3300      
A1 WWW Home Page Address: http://albany.edu      
A1 Admissions Phone Number: (518) 442-5435      
A1 Admissions Toll-Free Phone Nu        
A1 Admissions Office Mailing Addre University at Albany, Office of Undergraduate Admissions, University Hall, 1400 Washington Avenue    
A1 City/State/Zip/Country: Albany, NY 12222      
A1 Admissions Fax Number: (518) 442-5383      
A1 Admissions E-mail Address: [email protected]      
A1 If there is a separate URL for the UAlbany online application, please specify: ______________ https://www.albany.edu/admiss      
A1 If you have a mailing address other than the above to which applications should be sent, please provide:        
           
A2 Source of institutional control (Check only one):    
A2 Public X      
A2 Private (nonprofit)        
A2 Proprietary        
           
A3 Classify your undergraduate institution:      
A3 Coeducational college X      
A3 Men's college        
A3 Women's college        
           
A4 Academic year calendar:        
A4 Semester X      
A4 Quarter        
A4 Trimester        
A4 4-1-4        
A4 Continuous        
A4 Differs by program (describe):        
           
A4 Other (describe):        
           
           
A5 Degrees offered by your institution:      
A5 Certificate        
A5 Diploma        
A5 Associate        
A5 Transfer Associate        
A5 Terminal Associate        
A5 Bachelor's X      
A5 Postbachelor's certificate X      
A5 Master's X      
A5 Post-master's certificate X      
A5 Doctoral degree
research/scholarship		 X      
A5 Doctoral degree
professional practice		        
A5 Doctoral degree -- other        
B. Enrollment and Persistence
B. ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE    
               
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, 2007.    
B1   FULL-TIME PART-TIME    
B1   Men Women Men Women    
B1 Undergraduates            
B1 Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen 1223 1291 3 2    
B1 Other first-year, degree-seeking 512 424 11 8    
B1 All other degree-seeking 4258 4173 285 259    
B1 Total degree-seeking 5,993 5,888 299 269    
B1 All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses 41 37 99 122    
B1 Total undergraduates 6,034 5,925 398 391    
B1 First-Professional            
B1 First-time, first-professional students            
B1 All other first-professionals            
B1 Total first-professional 0 0 0 0    
B1 Graduate            
B1 Degree-seeking, first-time 342 603 71 159    
B1 All other degree-seeking 575 809 710 1113    
B1 All other graduates enrolled in credit courses 20 44 164 326    
B1 Total graduate 937 1456 945 1598    
B1 Total all undergraduates 12,748    
B1 Total all graduate and professional students 4,936    
B1 GRAND TOTAL ALL STUDENTS 17,684    
               
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, 2007. 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.    
B2   Degree-Seeking
First-Time
First Year		 Degree-Seeking
Undergraduates (include first-time first-year)		 Total
Undergraduates (both degree- and non-degree-seeking)		    
B2 Nonresident aliens 42 240 256    
B2 Black, non-Hispanic 228 1132 1145    
B2 American Indian or Alaska Native 4 23 23    
B2 Asian or Pacific Islander 173 705 713    
B2 Hispanic 203 931 937    
B2 White, non-Hispanic 1409 7273 7421    
B2 Race/ethnicity unknown 460 2145 2253    
B2 TOTAL 2,519 12,449 12,748    
               
  Persistence            
B3 Number of degrees awarded from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007      
B3 Certificate/diploma            
B3 Associate degrees            
B3 Bachelor's degrees 2770          
B3 Postbachelor's certificates 58          
B3 Master's degrees 1345          
B3 Post-Master's certificates 53          
B3 Doctoral degrees 161          
B3 First professional degrees            
B3 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 2007 Web-based survey.    
               
  For Bachelor's or Equivalent Programs          
               
  Please provide data for the fall 2001 cohort if available. If fall 2001 cohort data are
not available, provide data for the fall 2000 cohort.		      
               
  Fall 2001 Cohort            
  Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 2001. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 2001.      
B4 Initial 2001 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: 2,202    
B5 Of the initial 2001 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: death, permanent disability, service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions: 0    
B6 Final 2001 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions: (subtract question B5 from question B4) 2,202    
B7 Of the initial 2001 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2005): 1,136    
B8 Of the initial 2001 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2005 and by August 31, 2006): 220    
B9 Of the initial 2001 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2006 and by August 31, 2007): 43    
B10 Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9): 1,399    
B11 Six-year graduation rate for 2001 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6): 64%    
               
  Fall 2000 Cohort            
  Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 2000. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 2000.    
B4 Initial 2000 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: 2,208    
B5 Of the initial 2000 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: death, permanent disability, service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions:      
B6 Final 2000 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions: (subtract question B5 from question B4) 2,208    
B7 Of the initial 2000 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2004): 1,145    
B8 Of the initial 2000 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2004 and by August 31, 2005): 213    
B9 Of the initial 2000 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2005 and by August 31, 2006): 40    
B10 Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9): 1,398    
B11 Six-year graduation rate for 2000 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6): 63%    
               
               
  Retention Rates            
  Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelors (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 2006 (or the preceding summer term). The initial cohort may be adjusted for students who departed for the following reasons: death, permanent disability, 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 bachelors (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered your institution as freshmen in fall 2006 (or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the date your institution calculates its official enrollment in fall 2007? 84%    

 

C. First-Time, First-Year (Freshman) Admission
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 2007. 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 9514                      
C1 Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied 10735                      
                               
C1 Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted 4931                      
C1 Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted 5501                      
                               
C1 Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled 1223                      
C1 Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled 3                      
                               
C1 Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled 1291                      
C1 Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled 2                      
                               
C2                              
    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 2007 admissions:                        
C2 Number of qualified applicants offered a placed on waiting list                        
C2 Number accepting a place on the waiting list                        
C2 Number of wait-listed students admitted                        
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 2009.                    
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 2009, 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 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                      
C8C Not using essay component                            
                               
C8D In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for academic advising?                    
C8D   Yes No                        
                               
                               
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 2007, 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 2007 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.   Percent and number of traditionally admitted first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2007 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores. Excludes international students and students admitted under special circumstances. Total SAT scores include conversions from ACT.        
                               
C9 Percent submitting SAT scores 97% Number submitting SAT scores 2450   C9 Percent submitting SAT scores 98% Number submitting SAT scores 1909      
C9 Percent submitting ACT scores 22% Number submitting ACT scores 554   C9 Percent submitting ACT scores 24% Number submitting ACT scores 467      
                               
C9   25th Percentile 75th Percentile       C9   25th Percentile 75th Percentile          
C9 SAT Critical Reading 500 590       C9 SAT Critical Reading 520 600          
C9 SAT Math 510 610       C9 SAT Math 540 620          
  SAT Writing             SAT TOTAL 1070 1210          
  SAT Essay             SAT Essay              
C9 ACT Composite 22 26       C9 ACT Composite 23 26          
C9 ACT Math           C9 ACT Math              
C9 ACT English           C9 ACT English              
C9 ACT Writing           C9 ACT Writing              
                               
C9 Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range:   C9 Percent of traditionally admitted first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range:      
C9   SAT Critical Reading SAT Math SAT Writing     C9   SAT Critical Reading SAT Math          
C9 700-800 2.78% 3.02%       C9 700-800 3.57% 3.57%          
C9 600-699 18.61% 27.14%       C9 600-699 23.83% 34.17%          
C9 500-599 53.76% 53.39%       C9 500-599 60.26% 56.06%          
C9 400-499 23.18% 15.43%       C9 400-499 12.18% 6.14%          
C9 300-399 1.67% 1.02%       C9 300-399 0.16% 0.05%          
C9 200-299           C9 200-299              
  Totals should = 100% 100.00% 100.00% 0.00%       Totals should = 100% 100.00% 100.00%          
C9   ACT Composite ACT English ACT Math     C9   ACT Composite            
C9 30-36 4.15%         C9 30-36 4.93%            
C9 24-29 2.71%         C9 24-29 3.21%            
C9 18-23 92.42%         C9 18-23 91.86%            
C9 12-17 0.72%         C9 12-17              
C9 6-11           C9 6-11              
C9 Below 6           C9 Below 6              
  Totals should = 100% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00%       Totals should = 100% 100.00%            
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).                    
C10 Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class 15%                      
C10 Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class 49%                      
C10 Percent in top half of high school graduating class 90% Top half +                    
C10 Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class 10% bottom half = 100%                  
C10 Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class 0%                      
C10 Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshmen) students who submitted high school class rank: 69%                    
                               
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.                    
C11 Percent who had GPA of 3.75 and higher 11.95%                        
C11 Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74 19.38%                        
C11 Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49 27.20%                        
C11 Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24 21.76%                        
C11 Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.99 18.55%                        
C11 Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.49 1.07%                        
C11 Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99 0.08%                        
C11 Percent who had GPA below 1.0                          
  Totals should = 100% 100.00%                        
                               
C12 Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA: 3.4                      
C12 Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA: 99.96%                      
                               
  Admission Policies                            
C13 Application Fee                            
C13   Yes No                        
C13 Does your institution have an application fee? X                          
C13 Amount of application fee: $40.00                          
C13   Yes No                        
C13 Can it be waived for applicants with financial need? X                          
                               
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                          
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: 1/15                          
                               
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): 1-Jan                          
C16 By (date):                            
C16 Other:                            
                               
                               
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: