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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