Freshman Class of 2009

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Freshman enrollment presentation prepared with information from the Office of Institutional Research

and Assessment from Fall Terms 2005-2009.

3717 New Full Time Students

• 3698 Full time Students = 99.5%• 19 Part Time Students = .5%• 50.39% Male• 49.61% Female

Racial Population DemographicsDiversity increasing

• 81% Identify themselves as white• (5% decrease from 2008)

• 10% Identify as African – American• (3% increase from previous year)

• 3.7% Identify themselves as Asian• (1% increase from 2008)

• 2.3% Identify themselves as Hispanic• Unchanged

• 1.6% (400% increase in this demographic over last 4 years 17-59)

identifying themselves as American Indian • 1.1% in overall student population (59)

2009 Freshman Class Racial Composition

American Indian

Hispanic Black Asian White0

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Enrollment by Race

Enrollment by Race

2009 Freshman Class age follows same trend since 2005

• 60% Freshmen continue to be 18 (66% of women and 50% of men)• 37% are 19• Only 18 were under 18 (18 students) (.5%)• 27 were 20 (.7%)• 30 students (.8%) were older than 20

Freshman enrollment by College• 3717 new students enrolled in similar ratios since 2005• More than 2% increase in Engineering enrollment (36 students)• Offset by decreases in Business, Arts & Sciences, Architecture &

Design, Communication and information, and Nursing.• Arts & Sciences continue to enroll a third of enrollees, followed

by Undeclared students, Business Administration, Engineering, Education (Health & Human Services), Communication & information, Agriculture, Nursing, Architecture & Design, and Social Work

2009 Freshman College Distribution

Arts & SciencesUndeclaredSocial Work

Ag Science & Nat ResArch & Design

Bus AdminComm & Info

Ed, Health, & Hum SciEngineering

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2009 Freshman Class Enrollment by College

Average ACT score = 26.44.9% above national average, again!

• 60% of all students scores range between 26-32 • 36.5% Students scores range between 21 and 25• 4% (148) students scores range between 16 and 20• Average ACT score increased every year from 25.6 in 2005

69% of Freshman - 3.5 or higher GPA

• 23.9% graduated high school with a 3.0 -3.49 % GPA

• 5.6% enter freshman year with 2.5 – 2.99% High School GPA

• 1.2% (35 students) enter freshman year with a high school GPA of less than 2.49%

• Female students continue to enter college with more students in the 3.5-4.0 range.

88.8% 2009 Freshman class are Tennessee Residents

• 9.8% (366) are identified as students from other states.

• 1.3% (50) students are from other nations.

30% Freshman register for 14 semester hours

• 24.4% (908) registered for 15 hours• 18% (667) registered for 16 hours• 13.9% (517) registered for 13 hours• 5.95% (221) registered for 17 hours & 5.38%(200) for 12 hours

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