Common Data Set 2008-2009

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
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A1 Address Information      
A1 Name of College/University: University at Albany - SUNY      
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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, 2008.        
B1   FULL-TIME PART-TIME        
B1   Men Women Men Women        
B1 Undergraduates                
B1 Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen 1,219 1,179 6 6        
B1 Other first-year, degree-seeking 543 445 12 6        
B1 All other degree-seeking 4,567 4,341 334 279        
B1 Total degree-seeking 6,329 5,965 352 291        
B1 All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses 51 44 105 109        
B1 Total undergraduates 6,380 6,009 457 400        
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 362 634 81 175        
B1 All other degree-seeking 555 822 729 1156        
B1 All other graduates enrolled in credit courses 14 24 151 253        
B1 Total graduate 931 1480 961 1584        
B1 Total all undergraduates 13,246        
B1 Total all graduate and professional students 4,956        
B1 GRAND TOTAL ALL STUDENTS 18,202        
                   
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, 2008. 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 67 318 340        
B2 Black, non-Hispanic 212 1,220 1,237        
B2 American Indian or Alaska Native 5 27 29        
B2 Asian or Pacific Islander 170 747 756        
B2 Hispanic 249 1,048 1,052        
B2 White, non-Hispanic 1,313 7,328 7,486        
B2 Race/ethnicity unknown 394 2,249 2,346        
B2 TOTAL 2,410 12,937 13,246        
                   
                   
                   
                   
  Persistence                
B3 Number of degrees awarded from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008          
B3 Certificate/diploma                
B3 Associate degrees                
B3 Bachelor's degrees 2734              
B3 Postbachelor's certificates 51              
B3 Master's degrees 1362              
B3 Post-Master's certificates 37              
B3 Doctoral degrees 150              
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 2008 Web-based survey.        
                   
  For Bachelor's or Equivalent Programs              
                   
  Please provide data for the fall 2002 cohort if available. If fall 2002 cohort data are
not available, provide data for the fall 2001 cohort.		          
                   
  Fall 2002 Cohort                
  Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 2002. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 2002.        
B4 Initial 2002 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: 2,273        
B5 Of the initial 2002 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 2002 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions: (subtract question B5 from question B4) 2,273        
B7 Of the initial 2002 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2006): 1,204        
B8 Of the initial 2002 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2006 and by August 31, 2007): 215        
B9 Of the initial 2002 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2007 and by August 31, 2008): 40        
B10 Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9): 1,459        
B11 Six-year graduation rate for 2002 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6): 64%        
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
  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%        
                   
                   
  Retention Rates                
  Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelors (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 2007 (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 2007 (or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the date your institution calculates its official enrollment in fall 2008? 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 2008. 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 10,679                                                                                                                                                                          
C1 Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied 11,213                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                   
C1 Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted 5,458                                                                                                                                                                          
C1 Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted 5,573                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                   
C1 Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled 1,219                                                                                                                                                                          
C1 Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled 6                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                   
C1 Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled 1,179                                                                                                                                                                          
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 2008 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)