COMMON DATA SET YEAR- 2022-23

SECTION C-FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR ADMISSION

APPLICATIONS

C1     First-time, first-year students Provide the number of degree-seeking students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in fall 2022. Include early decision, early action, and students who began studies during summer in this cohort. Applicants include all students who fulfilled the requirements for consideration for admission (including payment or waiving of the application fee, if any) 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have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).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 men who applied 9248
Total first-time, first-year women who applied 10753
Total first-time, first-year of another gender who applied

Total first-time, first-year men who were admitted 8147
Total first-time, first-year women who were admitted 9854
Total first-time, first-year of another gender who were admitted

Total full-time, first-time, first-year men who enrolled 2061
Total part-time, first-time, first-year men who enrolled 85

Total full-time, first-time, first-year women who enrolled 1944
Total part-time, first-time, first-year women who enrolled 52

Total full-time, first-time, first-year of another gender who enrolled
Total part-time, first-time, first-year of another gender who enrolled

C2     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
If yes, please answer the questions below for fall 2022 admissions:

Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list 794
Number accepting a place on the waiting list 445
Number of wait-listed students admitted 302
Is your waiting list ranked? No
If yes, do you release that information to students?
Do you release that information to school counselors?

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

C3     High school completion requirement
Check the appropriate box to identify your high school completion requirement for degree-seeking entering students.

High school diploma is required and GED is accepted X
High school diploma is required 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 X
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.

  Units Required Units Recommended
Total academic units 17 23
English 4 4
Mathematics 3 4
Science 2 3
Of the above Science units, units that must be lab 2 3
Foreign language 2 3
Social studies 3 4
History
Academic electives 3 5
Computer science
Visual/performing arts
Other (specify)

BASIS FOR SELECTION

C6     Basis for Selection 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 : No

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

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


Please provide additional information if the importance of any specific academic or nonacademic factors differ by academic program : Talent is an important factor considered for applicants to most majors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

SAT AND ACT POLICIES

C8     Entrance exams

A     Does your institution make use of SAT Reasoning Test, ACT, or SAT Subject Test scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants? Yes


    If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution's policies for use in admission for Fall 2024 .

ADMISSION

  Require Recommend Require for Some Consider If Submitted Not Considered
SAT or ACT X
ACT only
SAT only

B     C8B. Has been removed from the CDS.

C     C8C. Has been removed from the CDS.

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


E    
Latest date by which SAT or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission : First day of fall term
Latest date by which SAT Subject Test 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 are recommended for some students, or if tests are not required of some students due to differences by academic program, student academic background, or if other examinations may be considered in lieu of the SAT and ACT.)


G     Please indicate which tests your institution uses for placement (e.g., state tests):

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

FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR PROFILE

Provide percentages for ALL enrolled degree-seeking full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year students enrolled in fall 2022, including students who began studies during summer, international students/nonresident aliens, and students admitted under special arrangements.

C9     Percent and number of first-time, first-year students enrolled in fall 2022 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores. Include information for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year 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. If a student submitted multiple sets of scores for a single test, report this information according to how you use the data. For example:
- If you consider the highest scores from either submission, use the highest combination of scores (e.g., verbal from one submission, math from the other).
- If you average the scores, use the average to report the scores.

Percent submitting SAT scores 38%
Number submitting SAT scores 1560
Percent submitting ACT scores 3
Number submitting ACT scores 133


For each assessment listed below, report the score that represents the 25th percentile (the score that 25 percent of the first-time, first-year population scored at or below) and the 75th percentile score (the score that 25 percent scored at or above).

  25th Percentile Score 50th Percentile Score 75th Percentile Score
SAT Composite 1160 1240 1340
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 580 630 670
SAT Math 560 620 680
ACT Composite 25 28 31
ACT Math 23 26 28
ACT English 25 28 33
ACT Writing
ACT Science
ACT Reading


Percent of first-time, first-year students with scores in each range:

  SAT Composite
1400-1600 14.94%
1200-1399 50.26%
1000-1199 33.46%
800-999 1.35%
600-799 0.00%
400-599 0.00%
100.00%

  SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing SAT Math
700-800 16.73% 19.10%
600-699 51.99% 42.89%
500-599 28.91 34.55%
400-499 2.37% 3.27%
300-399 0.00% 0.19%
200-299 0.00% 0.00%
100.00% 100.00%

  ACT Composite ACT English ACT Math ACT Reading ACT Science
30-36 36.09% 45.11% 15.00%
24-29 51.13% 34.59% 54.10%
18-23 11.28% 18.05% 27.10%
12-17 1.50% 1.50% 3.80%
6-11 0.00% 0.75% 0.00%
Below 6 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

C10     Percent of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year 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).

Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class 15%
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class 43%
Percent in top half of high school graduating class 77%
Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class 23%
Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class 4%
Percent of total first-time, first-year students who submitted high school class rank 26%

C11     Percentage of all enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year 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.

Percent who had GPA of 4.0 27.70%
Percent who had GPA between 3.75 and 3.99 23.60%
Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74 21.30%
Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49 17.40%
Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24 9.00%
Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.99 1.00%
Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.49 0.00%
Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99 0.00%
Percent who had GPA below 1.0 0.00%
100.00%

C12     Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who submitted GPA: 3.69

Percent of total first-time, first-year students who submitted high school GPA: : 99.70%

ADMISSION POLICES

C13     Application fee

Does your institution have an application fee? X
Amount of application fee Varies
Can it be waived for applicants with financial need? X


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

Same fee: X
Free:
Reduced:
Can on-line application fee be waived for applicants with financial need?: X

C14     Application closing date

Does your institution have an application closing date? X
Application closing date (fall): Remains open on space available basis
Priority date: 11/1 for Early Action and 2/1 for Regular Decision

C15     Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall? X

C16     Notification to applicants of admission decision sent (fill in one only)

On a rolling basis beginning (date): For Regular Decision candidates starting in the winter
By (date): Mid-December for Early Action candidates
Other:

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

Must reply by (date): 1-May
No set date:
Must reply by May 1 or within how many weeks if notified thereafter?
Other:

Deadline for housing deposit (MMDD): 1-May
Amount of housing deposit: 300
Refundable if student does not enroll?
Yes, in full X
Yes, in part
No

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

If yes, maximum period of postponement: : 1 year

C19     Early admission of high school students: Does your institution allow high school students to enroll as full-time, first-time, first-year students one year or more before high school graduation? Yes

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 that asks students to commit to attending if accepted) for first-time, first-year applicants for fall enrollment? No

If "yes", please complete the following:
First or only early decision plan closing date
First or only early decision plan notification date
Other early decision plan closing date
Other early decision plan notification date
For the Fall 2022 entering class:
Number of early decision applications received by your institution
Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan
Please provide significant details about your early decision plan

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

If "yes", please complete the following:
Early action closing date November 1st
Early action notification date Mid-December

Is your early action plan a "restrictive" plan under which you limit students from applying to other early plans? No