First-time Freshman Profile

Cohort Year ====> 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Freshmen  
Applied 11,060 12,227 12,040 11,835 12,153 12,852 13,947 13,620 15,500 16,376
Admitted 7,621 7,555 7,824 7,789 7,178 7,947 8,186 9,039 9,470 9,869
Admit/App % 68.9% 61.8% 65.0% 65.8% 59.1% 61.8% 58.7% 66.4% 61.1% 60.3%
Enrolled 3,641 3,553 3,748 3,831 3,628 3,851 3,847 4,253 4,559 4,791
Enroll/Admit % 47.8% 47.0% 47.9% 49.2% 50.5% 48.5% 47.0% 47.1% 48.1% 48.5%
Freshman Score Profile
SAT Verbal - Average 567 577 578 573 578 580 580 576 572 570
SAT Math - Average 592 602 607 602 615 615 613 610 610 604
SAT Writing - Average   555 557
SAT Total 1159 1179 1185 1175 1193 1195 1193 1186 1182 1174
Middle - 50 % Range
SAT Verbal 520-610 530-620 530-630 520-620 530-630 530-630 530-630 530-620 520-620 520-620
SAT Math 530-650 550-650 550-660 550-660 560-670 570-670 570-660 560-660 560-660 560-650
SAT Writing   510-600 510-610
 
High School GPA 3.80 3.86 3.94 3.91 4.00 4.05 4.09 4.07 4.11 4.12
High School Rank - Avg 81.2 82.7 82.8 81.7 83.1 84.2 84.6 82.9 83.2 82.5
% in top 10th of HS class 33.5 36.2 36.9 34.8 37.4 39.6 42.8 36.0 37.0 34.0
Number Valedictorians 97 75 99 89 72 88 75 70 77 70
Number Salutatorians 69 67 80 75 86 72 77 67 65 67
Freshman Demographics
Male (%) 58.1 57.6 56.6 57.2 57.0 56.8 56.0 55.1 54.9 54.5
Female 41.9 42.4 43.4 42.8 43.0 43.2 44.0 44.9 45.1 45.5
 
White (%) 80.4 82.8 80.4 80.6 81.3 82.3 79.9 80.2 79.3 79.4
African American 12.1 10.1 10.5 10.9 11.1 9.9 10.7 9.5 8.9 9.0
Native American 0.9 0.6 1.2 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.6
Asian 4.5 3.9 5.0 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.6 5.1 5.0
Hispanic 1.6 1.6 1.8 2.4 1.8 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.7
International 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6
Not Reported   1.1 2.3 3.2 2.8
 
In State (%) 88.7 87.3 88.9 87.5 89.2 88.8 90.0 90.7 91.2 91.4
Out of State 10.7 11.7 10.0 11.3 10.1 10.5 9.4 8.8 8.0 8.1
International 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.2 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.5
Freshman Persistence Rates
in 1 year 88 89 89 89 90 91 89 89 89  
2 years 79 81 81 82 83 84 83 83    
3 years 75 78 78 79 79 81 80      
Freshman Graduation Rates
in 4 years 30 36 37 37 39 42        
5 years 61 65 65 65 66          
6 years 67 71 70 70            

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