A0.  Respondent Information (Not for Publication)

• Name:   Patricia Ramsey    
  
• Title:  Assistant Director   
  
• Office: Institutional Research    
  
• Mailing Address, City/State/Zip/Country:  Research Pavilion, 12424 Research Parkway, Suite 215, Orlando, FL 32826-3269  
  
• Phone:   407.823.6271   
  
• Fax:    407.823.4769   
  
• E-mail Address:    ramsey@mail.ucf.edu            
  
• Are your responses to the CDS posted for reference on your institution's web site?
  yes: no:
  If yes, please provide the URL of the corresponding web page:
  http://www.iroffice.ucf.edu/
  

A1.  Address Information

• Name of College or University: University of Central Florida
  
• Mailing Address, City/State/Zip: Orlando, FL 32816
• Street Address (if different), City/State/Zip ........
• Main Phone: (407) 823-2001
• WWW Home Page Address: http://www.ucf.edu/
• Admissions Phone Number: (407) 823-3000
• Admissions Office Mailing Address: P.O. Box 160111, Orlando, FL 32816-0111
• Admissions Fax Number: (407) 823-5625
• Admissions E-mail Address: admission@mail.ucf.edu
  
• Admissions WWW Home Page Address:www.admissions.ucf.edu

	Public
	Private (nonprofit)
	Proprietary

A3. Classify your undergraduate institution:

	Coeducational college
	Men's college
	Women's college

A4. Academic year calendar

	Semester
	Quarter
	Trimester
	Other
	4-1-4
	Continuous
	Differs by program

A5. Degrees offered by your institution
 

	Certificate
	Diploma
	Associate
	Transfer
	Terminal
	Bachelor's
	Postbachelor's certificate
	Master's
	Post-Master's Certificate
	Specialist
	Doctoral
	First professional
	First professional certificate

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.

Total all undergraduates: 42,910
Total all graduate and professional students: 7,344

Grand total all students:  50,254

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 twocolumns.

Persistence

B3. Number of degrees awarded by your institution from July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008
 

* Master's Degree Detail

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 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.

For Two-Year Institutions:
Sections B12 - B21 do not apply to University of Central Florida (a four year institution).

Retention Rates
Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelor's (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:  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 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?  85.5%

C.  FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) ADMISSION

C1. First-time, first-year (freshman) 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.

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men applied	12,507
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women applied	16,152
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men and women applied	28,659

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men admitted	6,073
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women admitted	7,758
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men and women admitted	13,831

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled	2,867
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled	104
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled	3,281
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled	92
Total (full-time & part-time), first-time, first-year (freshman) men and women enrolled	6,344

C2. Freshman wait-listed students
(students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability)
Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list? yes: no:

If yes, please answer the questions below for fall 2008 admissions:

Admission Requirements

C3. High school completion requirement

	High school diploma is required and GED is accepted
	High school diploma is requried and GED is not accepted
	High school diploma or equivalent is not required

C4. Does your institution require or recommend a general college preparatory program for degree-seeking students?

	Require
	Recommend
	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.

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:

Open admission policy as described above for all students

Open admission policy as described above for most students, but
 

selective admission for out-of state students
selective admission to some programs
other (explain)

C7. Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in your first-time, first- year, degree-seeking (freshman) admission decisions.
 

	Very Important	Important	Considered	Not Considered
Academic
Rigor of Secondary school record
Class rank
Academic GPA
Standardized test scores
Application Essay
Recommendation(s)
Nonacademic
Interview
Extracurricular activities
Talent/ability
Character/personal qualities
First Generation
Alumni/ae relation
Geographical residence
State residency
Religious affiliation/commitment
Racial/ethnic status
Volunteer work
Work experience
Level of applicant's interest

SAT and ACT Policies

C8.  Entrance exams

a)  Does your institution make use of SAT Reasoning Test, ACT, or SAT Subject Yest scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants? yes  no

If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution's policies for use in admission for Fall 2010.
 

	Required	Recommended	Require for some	Considered if submitted	Not used
SAT or ACT
ACT only
SAT only
SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT
SAT Subject Tests

B. 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):

__X__ ACT with Writing component required.

_____ ACT with Writing component recommended.

_____ ACT with or without Writing component accepted.

C. Please indicate how your institution will use the SAT or ACT essay component; check all that apply:

 

	SAT essay	ACT essay
For admission
For placement
For advising
In place of an application essay
As a validity check on an application essay
No college policy as of now
Not using essay component

D. In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for academic advising? _X_ Yes

E. Latest date by which SAT or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission May 1

. Latest date by which SAT Subject Tests scores must be received for fall-term admission N/A

F. If necessary, use this space to clarify your test policies (e.g., if tests recommended for some students, or if tests not required of some students):__TOEFL may be required of applicants who are not native speakers of English.____

SAT
ACT
SAT Subject Tests
AP
CLEP
Institutional Exam
State Exam (specify) __________

Freshman Profile

C9.  Percent and number of first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2008 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% scored at or below; the 75th percentile score is the one that 25% scored at or above.

Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range
 

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).
 

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

Admission Policies

C13. Application fee

	Yes	No
Does your institution have an application fee?
Amount of application fee	__$30__
Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?

If you have an application fee and an on-line application option, please indicate policu for students who apply on-line:

Same fee __X__

Free ____

Reduced ____

Can on-line application fee be waived for applicants with financial need? _YES_

C14. Application closing date Does your institution have an application closing date?  yes  no
Application closing date (fall): May 1
Priority date:  January 1

C15.  Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall? yes  no

C16.  Notification to applicants of admission decision sent (fill in one only)
On a rolling basis beginning (date) _October 1_
By (date) __________
Other __________

C17.  Reply policy for admitted applicants (fill in one only)

Must reply by (date):
No Set date:

Must reply by May 1 or within specified weeks if notified thereafter

Other __________

Deadline for housing deposit (MMDD):__applications accepted as long as space is available____

Amount of housing deposit:_$250 prepayment due with application_

Refundable if students does not enroll?

____ Yes, in full

____ Yes, in part

__X_ No

(at UCF only refundable if student is not offered housing. Enrollment status does not matter)

C18. Deferred admission: Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission?

yes  no
If yes, maximum period of postponement: __________

C19.  Early admission of high school students: 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?  yes  no

C20.  Common Application: Question removed from CDS

Early Decision and Early Action Plans

C21.  Early decision: 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 which asks students to commit to attending if accepted) for first-time, first-year (freshman) applicants for fall enrollment?   yes  no

If "yes," please complete the following :
 

C22.  Early action: 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? 

yes  no
If yes please complete the following :
 
 

D.  TRANSFER ADMISSION

Fall Applicants

D1.  Does your institution enroll transfer students? yes no
        (If no, please skip to Section E)

If yes, may transfer students earn advanced standing credit by transferring credits earned from course work completed at other colleges/universities?  yes no

D2.  Provide the number of students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled as degree-seeking transfer students in fall 2008.
 

Application for Admission

D3.  Indicate terms for which transfers may enroll:
Fall Winter Spring Summer

D4.  Must a transfer applicant have a minimum number of credits completed or else must apply as an entering freshman?
yes no
        If yes, what is the minimum number of credits and the unit of measure?   12 semester hours

D5.  Indicate all items required of transfer students to apply for admission:
 
 

	Required of All	Recommended for All	Recommended for Some	Required for Some	Not Required
High School Transcript
College Transcript(s)
Essay or Personal Statement
Interview
Standardized Test Scores
Statement of Good Standing from Prior Institution

D6.  If a minimum high school grade point average is required of transfer applicants, specify
        (on a 4.0 scale): ____________________

D7.  If a minimum college grade point average is required of transfer applicants, specify
        (on a 4.0 scale):      2.0

D8.  List any other application requirements specific to transfer applicants:
        Only transfers with less than 60 semester hours of college credit are required to submit high school transcripts or SAT/ACT scores.

D9.  List application priority, closing, notification, and candidate reply dates for transfer students.  If applications are reviewed on a continuous or rolling basis, place a check mark in the "Rolling Admission" column.
 
 

	Priority Date	Closing Date	Notification Date	Reply Date	Rolling Admission
Fall		July 1
Winter
Spring		November 1
Summer		March 1

D10.  Does an open admission policy, if reported, apply to transfer students? yes no

D11.  Describe additional requirements for transfer admission, if applicable:  Applicants with fewer than 60 semester hours of transferable credit must meet freshman requirements and submit high school transcript and ACT or SAT Reasoning Test scores.  Some majors are limited access and GPA will vary.  Education majors are required to submit satisfactory ACT or SAT Reasoning Test scores. 

Transfer Credit Policies

D12.  Report the lowest grade earned for any course that may be transferred for credit:      D  

D13.  Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a two-year institution: ___  unit type: no limit

D14.  Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a four-year institution:   ___  unit type: no limit

D15.  Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn an associate's degree:  20 of the last 30

D16.  Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn a bachelor's degree:  last 30

D17.  Describe other transfer credit policies: ________________________________

E.  ACADEMIC OFFERINGS AND POLICIES

E1.  Special study options:  Identify those programs available at your institution.  Refer to definitions.

	Accelerated program
	Cooperative education program
	Cross-registration
	Distance learning
	Double major
	Dual enrollment
	English as a Second Language
	Exchange student program (domestic)
	External degree program
	Honors program
	Independent study
	Internships
	Liberal arts/career combination
	Student-designed major
	Study abroad
	Teacher certification program
	Weekend college
	Other (specify):

E2.  Has been removed from the CDS

E3.  Areas in which all or most students are required to complete some course work prior to graduation.

	Arts/fine arts
	Computer literacy
	English (including composition)
	Foreign languages
	History
	Humanities
	Mathematics
	Philosophy
	Science (biological or physical)
	Social science
	Other (describe):

E4-E8 Library Collections: The CDS publishers will collect library data again when a new Academic Libraries Survey is in place.

F.  STUDENT LIFE

F1.  Percentages of first-time, first-year (freshman) degree-seeking students and all degree-seeking undergraduates enrolled in fall 2008 who fit the following categories

F2.  Activities offered:

Campus Ministry	Literary magazine	Radio station
Choral groups	Marching band	Student government
Concert band	Model UN	Student newspaper
Dance	Music ensembles	Student-run film society
Drama/theater	Musical theater	Symphony orchestra
International Student Organization	Opera	Television station
Jazz band	Pep band	Yearbook

F3.  ROTC (program offered in cooperation with Reserve Officers' Training Corps)

Army ROTC is offered:

	On campus
	At cooperating institution (name) _______________________________

Naval ROTC is offered:

	On campus
	At cooperating institution (name) ________________________

Air Force ROTC is offered:

	On campus
	At cooperating institution (name) _______________________________

F4.  Housing: Check all types of college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing available for undergraduates at your institution.

Coed dorms	Special housing for disabled students
Men's dorms	Special housing for international students
Women's dorms	Fraternity/sorority housing
Apartments for married students	Cooperative housing
Apartments for single students	Theme housing
	Wellness housing
Other housing options (specify)  Affiliated student residences available across street from campus with university resident assistants. On-campus:  Honors Center; Living Learning Communities, Lead Scholars Center

G.  ANNUAL EXPENSES

Provide 2009-2010 academic year costs for the following categories that are applicable to your institution.

**2009-2010 costs are not available until July 2009.

G1.  Undergraduate full-time tuition, required fees, room and board

    List the typical tuition, required fees, and room and board for a full-time undergraduate student for the FULL 2009-2010 academic year  (30 semesters hours or 45 quarter hours for institutions that derive annual tuition by multiplying credit hour cost by number of credits). A full academic year refers to the period of time generally extending from September to June; usually equated to two semesters or trimesters, three quarters, or the period covered by a four-one-four plan.  Room and board is defined as double occupancy and 19 meals per week or the maximum meal plan.  Required fees include only charges that all full-time students must pay that are not included in tuition (e.g., registration, health, or activity fees.)  Do not include optional fees (e.g. parking, laboratory use).
 
 

* Health fee is now reported in tuition - based on credit hours with no minimum or maximum fee limit.

** Various plans available - price may differ for selected plan.

Comprehensive tuition/room/board fee (if your college cannot provide separate tuition/room/board/fees): ______________

Other: _________________

G2.  Number of credits per term a student can take for the stated full-time tuition  15 minimum  15 maximum

G3.  Do tuition and fees vary by year of study (e.g., sophomore, junior, senior)?yes no

G4.  If tuition and fees vary by undergraduate instructional program, describe briefly: __________________

G5.  Provide the estimated expenses for a typical full-time undergraduate student:
       [Visit http://finaid.ucf.edu/applying/app_costs.html for 2008-09 estimates.]  

** Students may select from a variety of meal plans. These budgeting figures include estimated telephone expenses.

G6.  Undergraduate per-credit-hour charges:
 

H.  FINANCIAL AID

Aid Awarded to Enrolled Undergraduates

H1.  Enter total dollar amounts awarded to enrolled full-time and less than full-time degree-seeking undergraduates (using the same cohort reported in CDS Question B1, "total degree-seeking" undergraduates) in the following categories. (Note: If the data being reported are final figures for the 2007-2008 academic year (see the next item below), use the 2007-2008 academic year's CDS Question B1 cohort.) Include aid awarded to international students (i.e., those not qualifying for federal aid).  Aid that is non-need-based but that was used to meet need should be reported in the need-based aid columns.  (For a suggested order of precedence in assigning categories of aid to cover need, see the entry for "non-need-based scholarship or grant aid" on the last page of the definitions section).

Indicate the academic year for which data are reported for items H1, H2, H2A, and H6 below:

2008-2009 estimated

2007-2008 final

Which needs-analysis methodology does your institution use in awarding institutional aid? (Formerly H3)

	Federal methodology (FM)
	Institutional methodology (IM)
	Both FM and IM

 

	Need-based (include non-need-based aid use to meet need)	Non-need-based (Exclude non-need-based aid use to meet need.)
	$	$
Scholarships/Grants	.	.
Federal	27,357,482
State (i.e., all states, not only the state in which your institution is located)	8,017,826	55,093,947
Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below)	7,172,451	7,854,194
Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college	449,743	4,895,951
Total Scholarships/Grants	42,997,502	67,844,092
Self-Help	.	.
Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)	44,333,823	36,103,145
Federal Work Study	1,490,778	.
State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: excludes Federal Work-Study captured above)
Total Self-Help	45,824,601	36,103,145
Parent Loans	--	6,579,506
Tuition Waivers (Note: reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you report them. Do not report tuition waivers elswhere.)	--	--
Athletic Awards	--	2,303,754

Number of Enrolled Students Awarded Aid

H2.  List the number of degree-seeking full-time and less-than-full-time undergraduates who applied for and were awarded financial aid from any source.  Aid that is non-need-based but that was used to meet need should be counted as need-based aid.  Numbers should reflect the cohort awarded the dollars reported in H1.

Note:  In the chart below, students may be counted in more than one row, and full-time freshmen should also be counted as full-time undergraduates.
 

H2A. Number of Enrolled Students Receiving Non-need-based Grants and Scholarships: List the number of degree-seeking full-time and less-than-full-time undergraduates who had no financial need and who were awarded institutional - non-need-based scholarship or grant aid. Numbers should reflect the cohort awarded the dollars reported in H1. Note: In the chart below, students may be counted in more than one row, and full-time freshmen should also be counted as full-time undergraduates.

H3.  Incorporated into H1 above.

Note: These are the graduates and loan types to include and exclude in order to fill out CDS H4, H4a, H5 and H5a.

Include:

* 2008 undergraduate class who graduated between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008 who started at your institution as first time students and received a bachelor's degree between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008.

* only loans made to students who borrowed while enrolled at your institution.

* co-signed loans.

Exclude:

* those who transferred in.

* money borrowed at other institutions.

H4.  Provide the percentage of the class (defined above) who borrowed at any time through any loan programs (institutional, state, Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, private loans that were certified by your institution, etc.; exclude parent loans). Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.:43.7%

H4a. Provide the percentage of the class (defined above) who borrowed at any time through federal loan programs—Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans. NOTE: exclude all institutional, state, private alternative loans and parent loans. :42.7%

H5. Report the average per-borrower cumulative undergraduate indebtedness of those in line H4. $14,601

H5. Report the average per-borrower cumulative undergraduate indebtedness through federal loan programs—Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans. These are listed in line H4a. NOTE: exclude all institutional, state, private alternative loans and exclude parent loans. $14,005

Aid to Undergraduate Degree-seeking Nonresident Aliens (Note: Report numbers and dollar amounts for the same academic year checked in item H1.)

H6.  Indicate your institution's policy regarding institutional scholarship and grant aid for undergraduate degree-seeking non-resident aliens:

	Institutional need-based scholarship or grant aid is available
	Institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid is available
	Institutional scholarship and grant aid is not available

     If institutional financial aid is available for undergraduate degree-seeking non-resident aliens, provide the number of undergraduate degree-seeking non-resident aliens who were awarded need- or non-need-based aid: 80

     Average dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking non-resident aliens:  _$1195_

     Total dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to all undergraduate degree-seeking non-resident aliens:   $95,564

Process for First-Year/freshman Students

H7.  Check off all financial aid forms domestic first-year (freshman) financial aid applicants must submit:

	FAFSA
	Institution's own financial aid form
	CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE
	State aid form
	Noncustodial (Divorced/Separated) Parent's Statement
	Business/Farm Supplement
	Other:

H8.  Check off all financial aid forms non-resident alien first-year financial aid applicants must submit:

	Institution's own financial aid form
	CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE
	Foreign Student's Financial Aid Application
	Foreign Student's Certification of Finances
	Other:

H9.  Indicate filing dates for first-year (freshman) students:

Priority date for filing required financial aid forms:	March 1
Deadline for filing required financial aid forms:	June 30
No deadline for filing required forms (applications processed on a rolling basis):

H10.  Indicate notification dates for first-year (freshman) students (answer a or b):

a) Students notified on or about (date):
b) Students notified on a rolling basis yes no.  If yes, starting date:    March 15th

H11.  Indicate reply dates:

        Students must reply by (date):                         or within         3          weeks of notification.

Types of Aid Available

Please check off all types of aid available at your institution:

H12.  Loans

        FEDERAL DIRECT STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM (DIRECT LOAN)

	Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans
	Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
	Direct PLUS Loans

        FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM (FFEL)

	FFEL Subsidized Stafford Loans
	FFEL Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
	FFEL PLUS Loans
	Federal Perkins Loans
	Federal Nursing Loans
	State Loans
	College/university loans from institutional funds
	Other (specify):

H13.  Scholarships and Grants

        NEED-BASED:

	Federal Pell
	SEOG
	State scholarships/grants
	Private scholarships
	College/university scholarship or grant aid from institutional funds
	United Negro College Fund
	Federal Nursing Scholarship
	Other (specify):

H14.  Check off criteria used in awarding institutional aid.  Check all that apply.
 

Non-need	Need-based
		Academics
		Alumni affiliation
		Art
		Athletics
		Job skills
		Leadership
		Minority status
		Music/drama
		Religious affiliation
		ROTC
		State/district residency
		Other

I.  INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY AND CLASS SIZE

I-1. Please report number of instructional faculty members in each category for Fall 2008. Include Faculty who are on your institution's payroll on the census date your institution uses for IPEDS/AAUP.

The following definition of full-time instructional faculty is used by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) in its annual Faculty Compensation Survey (the part time definitions are not used by AAUP). Instructional Faculty is defined as those members of the instructional-research staff whose major regular assignment is instruction, including those with released time for research. Use the chart below to determine inclusions and exclusions:

	Full-Time	Part-Time
(a) instructional faculty in preclinical and clinical medicine, faculty who are not paid (e.g., those who donate their services or are in the military), or research-only faculty, post-doctoral fellows, or pre-doctoral fellows	Exclude	Include only if they teach one or more non-clinical credit courses
(b) administrative officers with titles such as dean of students, librarian, registrar, coach, and the like, even though they may devote part of their time to classroom instruction and may have faculty status.	Exclude	Include if they teach one or more non-clinical credit courses
(c) other administators/staff who teach one or more non-clinical credit courses even though they do not have faculty status	Exclude	Include
(d) undergraduate or graduate students who assist in the instruction of courses, but have titles such as teaching assistant, teaching fellow, and the like	Exclude	Exclude
(e) faculty on sabbatical or leave with pay	Include	Exclude
(f) faculty on sabbatical or leave without pay	Exclude	Exclude
(g) replacement faculty for faculty on sabbatical leave or leave with pay	Exclude	Include

    Full-time instructional faculty: faculty employed on a full-time basis for instruction (including those with release time for research)
    Part-time instructional faculty: Adjuncts and other instructors being paid solely for part-time classroom instruction. Also includes full-time faculty teaching less than two semesters, three quarters, two trimesters, or two four-month sessions. Employees who are not considered full-time instructional faculty but who teach one or more non-clinical credit courses may be counted as part-time faculty.
    Minority faculty: includes faculty who designate themselves as black, non-Hispanic; American Indian or Alaskan native; Asian or Pacific Islander; or Hispanic.
    Doctorate: includes such degrees as Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Education, Doctor of Juridical Science and Doctor of Public Health in any field such as arts, sciences, education, engineering, business, and public administration.
    First-professional: includes the fields of dentistry (DDS or DMD), medicine (MD), optometry (OD), osteopathic medicine (DO), pharmacy (DPharm or BPharm), podiatric medicine (DPM), veterinary medicine (DVM), chiropractic (DC or DCM), law (JD) and theological professions (MDiv, MHL).

    Terminal master's degree: a master's degree that is considered the highest degree in a field: example, M. Arch (architecture) and MFA (master of fine arts in art or theater).

I-2. Student to Faculty Ratio

Report the Fall 2008 ratio of full-time equivalent students (full-time plus 1/3 part time) to full-time equivalent instructional faculty (full time plus 1/3 part time). In the ratio calculations, exclude both faculty and students in stand-alone graduate or professional programs such as medicine, law, veterinary, dentistry, social work, business, or public health in which faculty teach virtually only graduate level students. Do not count undergraduate or graduate student teaching assistants as faculty.

29.9 to 1 (based on _40,430_ FTE students and _1350_ FTE faculty)

I-3. Undergraduate Class Size

In the table below, please use the following definitions to report information about the size of classes and class sections offered in the Fall 2008 term.

Class Sections: A class section is an organized course offered for credit, identified by discipline and number, meeting at a stated time or times in a classroom or similar setting, and not a subsection such as a laboratory or discussion session. Undergraduate class sections are defined as any sections in which at least one degree-seeking undergraduate student is enrolled for credit. Exclude distance learning classes and noncredit classes and individual instruction such as dissertation or thesis research, music instruction, or one-to-one readings. Exclude students in independent study, co-operative programs, internships, foreign language taped tutor sessions, practicums, and all students in one-on-one classes. Each class section should be counted only once and should not be duplicated because of course catalog cross-listings.

Class Subsections: A class subsection includes any subsection of a course, such as laboratory, recitation, and discussion subsections that are supplementary in nature and are scheduled to meet separately from the lecture portion of the course. Undergraduate subsections are defined as any subsections of courses in which degree-seeking undergraduate students are enrolled for credit. As above, exclude noncredit classes and individual instruction such as dissertation or thesis research, music instruction, or one-to-one readings. Each class subsection should be counted only once and should not be duplicated because of cross-listings.

Using the above definitions, please report for each of the following class-size intervals the number of class sections and class subsections offered in Fall 2008. For example, a lecture class with 800 students who met at another time in 40 separate labs with 20 students should be counted once in the "100+" column in the class section column and 40 times under the "20-29" column of the class subsections table.

Number of Class Sections with Undergraduates Enrolled.

Undergraduate Class Size (provide numbers)

J.  DEGREES CONFERRED

Degrees conferred between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008

For each of the following discipline areas, provide the percentage of diplomas/certificates, associate, and bachelor's degrees awarded. To determine the percentage, use majors, not headcount (e.g., students with one degree but a double major will be represented twice). Calculate the percentage from your institutions Completions by using the sum of 1st and 2nd majors for each CIP code as the numerator and the sum of the Grand Total by 1st Majors and the Grand Total by 2nd major as the denominator. If you prefer, you can compute the percentages using 1st majors only.

Common Data Set Definitions

All definitions related to the financial aid section appear at the end of the Definitions document.

Items preceded by an asterisk (*) represent definitions agreed to among publishers which do not appear on the CDS document but may be present on individual publishers' surveys.

*Academic advisement: Plan under which each student is assigned to a faculty member or a trained adviser, who, through regular meetings, helps the student plan and implement immediate and long-term academic and vocational goals.

Accelerated program: Completion of a college program of study in fewer than the usual number of years, most often by attending summer sessions and carrying extra courses during the regular academic term.

Admitted student: Applicant who is offered admission to a degree-granting program at your institution.

*Adult student services: Admission assistance, support, orientation, and other services expressly for adults who have started college for the first time, or who are re-entering after a lapse of a few years.

American Indian or Alaska Native: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North America and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition.

Applicant (first-time, first-year): An individual who has fulfilled the institution's requirements to be considered for admission (including payment or waiving of the application fee, if any) and who has been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).

Application fee: That amount of money that an institution charges for processing a student's application for acceptance. This amount is not creditable toward tuition and required fees, nor is it refundable if the student is not admitted to the institution.

Asian or Pacific Islander: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, or Pacific Islands. This includes people from China, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, American Samoa, India, and Vietnam.

Associate degree: An award that normally requires at least two but less than four years of full-time equivalent college work.

Bachelor's degree: An award (baccalaureate or equivalent degree, as determined by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education) that normally requires at least four years but not more than five years of full-time equivalent college-level work. This includes ALL bachelor's degrees conferred in a five-year cooperative (work-study plan) program. (A cooperative plan provides for alternate class attendance and employment in business, industry, or government;thus, it allows students to combine actual work experience with their college studies.) Also, it includes bachelor's degrees in which the normal four years of work are completed in three years.

Black, non-Hispanic: A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa (except those of Hispanic origin).

Board (charges): Assume average cost for 19 meals per week or the maximum meal plan.

Books and supplies (costs): Average cost of books and supplies. Do not include unusual costs for special groups of students (e.g., engineering or art majors), unless they constitute the majority of students at your institution.

Calendar system: The method by which an institution structures most of its courses for the academic year.

*Career and placement services: A range of services, including (often) the following: coordination of visits of employers to campus;aptitude and vocational testing;interest inventories, personal counseling;help in resume writing, interviewing, launching the job search;listings for those students desiring employment and those seeking permanent positions;establishment of a permanent reference folder;career resource materials.

Carnegie units: One year of study or the equivalent in a secondary school subject.

Certificate: See Postsecondary award, certificate, or diploma.

Class rank: The relative numerical position of a student in his or her graduating class, calculated by the high school on the basis of grade-point average, whether weighted or unweighted.

College-preparatory program: Courses in academic subjects (English, history and social studies, foreign languages, mathematics, science, and the arts) that stress preparation for college or university study.

Common Application: The standard application form distributed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals for a large number of private colleges who are members of the Common Application Group.

*Community service program: Referral center for students wishing to perform volunteer work in the community or participate in volunteer activities coordinated by academic departments.

Commuter: A student who lives off campus in housing that is not owned by, operated by, or affiliated with the college. This category includes students who commute from home and students who have moved to the area to attend college.

Contact hour: A unit of measure that represents an hour of scheduled instruction given to students. Also referred to as clock hour.

Continuous basis (for program enrollment): A calendar system classification that is used by institutions that enroll students at any time during the academic year. For example, a cosmetology school or a word processing school might allow students to enroll and begin studies at various times, with no requirement that classes begin on a certain date.

Cooperative housing: College-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing in which students share room and board expenses and participate in household chores to reduce living expenses.

Cooperative education program: A program that provides for alternate class attendance and employment in business, industry, or government.

*Counseling service: Activities designed to assist students in making plans and decisions related to their education, career, or personal development.

Credit: Recognition of attendance or performance in an instructional activity (course or program) that can be applied by a recipient toward the requirements for a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal award.

Credit course: A course that, if successfully completed, can be applied toward the number of courses required for achieving a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal award.

Credit hour: A unit of measure representing an hour (50 minutes) of instruction over a 15-week period in a semester or trimester system or a 10-week period in a quarter system. It is applied toward the total number of hours needed for completing the requirements of a degree, diploma, certificate, or other formal award.

Cross-registration: A system whereby students enrolled at one institution may take courses at another institution without having to apply to the second institution.

Deferred admission: The practice of permitting admitted students to postpone enrollment, usually for a period of one academic term or one year.

Degree: An award conferred by a college, university, or other postsecondary education institution as official recognition for the successful completion of a program of studies.

Degree-seeking students: Students enrolled in courses for credit who are recognized by the institution as seeking a degree or formal award. At the undergraduate level, this is intended to include students enrolled in vocational or occupational programs.

Differs by program (calendar system): A calendar system classification that is used by institutions that have occupational/vocational programs of varying length. These schools may enroll students at specific times depending on the program desired. For example, a school might offer a two-month program in January, March, May, September, and November;and a three-month program in January, April, and October.

Diploma: See Postsecondary award, certificate, or diploma.

Distance learning: An option for earning course credit at off-campus locations via cable television, Internet, satellite classes, videotapes, correspondence courses, or other means.

Doctoral degree: The highest award a student can earn for graduate study. The doctoral degree classification includes such degrees as Doctor of Education, Doctor of Juridical Science, Doctor of Public Health, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in any field such as agronomy, food technology, education, engineering, public administration, ophthalmology, or radiology. For the Doctor of Public Health degree, the prior degree is generally earned in the closely related field of medicine or in sanitary engineering.

Double major: Program in which students may complete two undergraduate programs of study simultaneously.

Dual enrollment: A program through which high school students may enroll in college courses while still enrolled in high school. Students are not required to apply for admission to the college in order to participate.

Early action plan: An admission plan that allows students to apply and be notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification dates. If admitted, the candidate is not committed to enroll;the student may reply to the offer under the college's regular reply policy.

Early admission: A policy under which students who have not completed high school are admitted and enroll full time in college, usually after completion of their junior year.

Early decision plan: A plan that permits students to apply and be notified of an admission decision (and financial aid offer if applicable) well in advance of the regular notification date. Applicants agree to accept an offer of admission and, if admitted, to withdraw their applications from other colleges. There are three possible decisions for early decision applicants: admitted, denied, or not admitted but forwarded for consideration with the regular application pool, without prejudice.

English as a Second Language (ESL): A course of study designed specifically for students whose native language is not English.

Exchange student program-domestic: Any arrangement between a student and a college that permits study for a semester or more at another college in the United States without extending the amount of time required for a degree. See also Study abroad.

External degree program: A program of study in which students earn credits toward a degree through independent study, college courses, proficiency examinations, and personal experience. External degree programs require minimal or no classroom attendance.

Extracurricular activities (as admission factor): Special consideration in the admissions process given for participation in both school and nonschool-related activities of interest to the college, such as clubs, hobbies, student government, athletics, performing arts, etc.

First professional certificate (postdegree): An award that requires completion of an organized program of study designed for persons who have completed the first professional degree. Examples could be refresher courses or additional units of study in a specialty or subspecialty.

First professional degree: An award in one of the following fields: chiropractic (DC, DCM), dentistry (DDS, DMD), medicine (MD), optometry (OD), osteopathic medicine (DO), rabbinical and Talmudic studies (MHL, Rav), Pharmacy (BPharm, PharmD), podiatry (PodD, DP, DPM), veterinary medicine (DVM), law (LLB, JD), divinity/ministry (BD, MDiv).

First-time student: A student attending any institution for the first time at the level enrolled. Includes students enrolled in the fall term who attended a postsecondary institution for the first time at the same level in the prior summer term. Also includes students who entered with advanced standing (college credit earned before graduation from high school).

First-time, first-year (freshman) student: A student attending any institution for the first time at the undergraduate level. Includes students enrolled in the fall term who attended college for the first time in the prior summer term. Also includes students who entered with advanced standing (college credits earned before graduation from high school).

First-year student: A student who has completed less than the equivalent of 1 full year of undergraduate work;that is, less than 30 semester hours (in a 120-hour degree program) or less than 900 contact hours.

Freshman: A first-year undergraduate student.

*Freshman/new student orientation: Orientation addressing the academic, social, emotional, and intellectual issues involved in beginning college. May be a few hours or a few days in length;at some colleges, there is a fee.

Full-time student (undergraduate): A student enrolled for 12 or more semester credits, 12 or more quarter credits, or 24 or more contact hours a week each term.

Geographical residence (as admission factor): Special consideration in the admission process given to students from a particular region, state, or country of residence.

Grade-point average (academic high school GPA): The sum of grade points a student has earned in secondary school divided by the number of courses taken. The most common system of assigning numbers to grades counts four points for an A, three points for a B, two points for a C, one point for a D, and no points for an E or F. Unweighted GPAs/assign the same weight to each course. Weighting gives students additional points for their grades in advanced or honors courses.

Graduate student: A student who holds a bachelor's or first professional degree, or equivalent, and is taking courses at the post-baccalaureate level.

*Health services: Free or low cost on-campus primary and preventive health care available to students.

High school diploma or recognized equivalent: A document certifying the successful completion of a prescribed secondary school program of studies, or the attainment of satisfactory scores on the Test of General Educational Development (GED), or another state-specified examination.

Hispanic: A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.

Honors program: Any special program for very able students offering the opportunity for educational enrichment, independent study, acceleration, or some combination of these.

Independent study: Academic work chosen or designed by the student with the approval of the department concerned, under an instructor's supervision, and usually undertaken outside of the regular