internal enrollment trends

Internal Enrollment Trends

Some Important Patterns of Our Enrollment to Guide our

Thinking

Aggregate Enrollment Patterns Data from Fall SIRS Reports for

Last Five Years New Student Number Is Stable Continuing Student Number

Increasing Graduate Number Dips and

Returns

Chart of UG Enrollment

2261 2171 2238 2157 2305

43394606

4878 50875358

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Total New UG headcount Total continuing UG headcount

Graduate Student Trend

Graduate Headcount

1600

1700

1800

1900

2000

2100

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Graduate Headcount

Brief Summation Graduate Enrollment Returning to

Its High Point in 1998 UG Enrollment Reflects Retention

Efforts

Retention Complex Although # of New Students Stable Rejections of Applications

Increased Average SAT Score Has Gone Up Number of Suspensions Down Number in Learning Support Down Quantity Constant, Quality Up

Improved Quality Handouts on SAT Suspensions Rejections

Learning Support NumbersTotal # Learning Support

585538

757

475

292

132 153

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Total # LearningSupport

Retention Complex As First Year Retention Has

Increased, Retention Overall Has Increased

Thus, Higher Demand for Classes in Upper Division Areas

Running Out of Room Our Successes Have Created

Crowded Conditions Numbers Committee Problem –

Core Seats – Now a Larger Problem

Occupancy Rates Term for Enrollment Capacity A Section at Midterm with Five or

Fewer Available Seats is Full Percentage of Full Sections to Total

Sections = Section Occupancy Rate Or Percentage of Seats Taken to

Seats Offered = Seat Occupancy Rate

Graphs of Occupancy Charts

COAS, COE, RCOBLD = Lower-Division StudentsUD = Upper-Division StudentsGrad = Graduate StudentsSection OR = Section Occupancy

Rate

Lower Division

65.00%

70.00%

75.00%

80.00%

85.00%

90.00%

95.00%

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

COAS LD SectionOR

COE LD Section OR

RCOB LD SectionOR

Upper Division

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

COAS UD SectionOR

COE UD Section OR

RCOB UD SectionOR

Graduate Students

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

90.00%

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

COAS Grad SectionOR

COE Grad SectionOR

RCOB Grad SectionOR

Not All Areas Are Crowded Equally

Upper-Division Courses Have Some Room to Grow

Yet Not All Departments Follow Same Pattern

Department and Section Seat Occupancy

See Handouts of Charts for Fall 02 for All Three Colleges

Increased Class Size As Demand Has Increased So Has Class Size But Not As Much As Thought

Pattern of Large ClassesArts and Sciences

COAS # of Classes > 60

0102030405060708090

100

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

COAS # of Classes >60

EducationCOE # of Classes > 60

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

COE # of Classes >60

BusinessCOAS # of Classes > 60

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

COAS # of Classes >60

Majors Distribution Handout on Returning Students

Tentative Conclusion Implications