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Common Data Set 2023

C. First-Time, First-Year Admission

C1-C2 Applications

First-time, first-year, students:

Provide the number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in Fall 2023.

Include early decision, early action, and students who began studies during summer in this cohort.
Applicants should include only those students who fulfilled the requirements for consideration for admission (i.e., who completed actionable applications) and who have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, non-admission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).
Admitted applicants should include wait-listed students who were subsequently offered admission.
Since the total may include students who did not provide gender data, the detail need not sum to the total.
If your institution collects and reports non-binary gender data, please use the "Another Gender" category.
Note that recent high school graduates and other students without prior postsecondary experience will still be considered "first-time students" for fall enrollment reporting purposes even if they enrolled in the summer prior to fall enrollment.

	Men	Women	Another Gender
Total first-time, first-year students who applied in Fall 2023	26,183	28,089	7
Total first-time, first-year students who admitted in Fall 2023	20,810	22,810	4
Total first-time, first-year students who enrolled in Fall 2023	4,635	4,913	2
Full-time, first-time, first-year students who enrolled in Fall 2023	4,615	4,903	2
Part-time, first-time, first-year students who enrolled in Fall 2023	20	10	0

	In-State	Out-of-State	International	Total
Total first-time, first-year (degree-seeking) who applied	15,814	33,655	4,810	54,279
Total first-time, first-year (degree-seeking) who were admitted	11,985	28,241	3,398	43,624
Total first-time, first-year (degree-seeking) enrolled	5,161	3,957	432	9,550

First-time, first-year wait-listed students

Students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability.

			Yes	No
Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list?			X

If yes, please answer the questions below for Fall 2023 admissions:

WAITING LIST	TOTAL
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list	2,657
Number accepting a place on the waiting list	1,317
Number of wait-listed students admitted	1,143
	Yes	No
Is your waiting list ranked?		X
If yes, do you release that information to students?
Do you release that information to school counselors?

C3-C5 Admission Requirements

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

Does your institution require or recommend a general college-preparatory program for degree-seeking students?

Require		X
Recommend
Neither require nor recommend

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	34
English	8
Mathematics	7
Science	6
Of Science units, how many units must be lab	4
Foreign language	4
Social studies	4
History	2
Academic electives	3
Computer Science
Visual/Performing Arts
Other (specify)	Additional mathematics credits are recommended for students intending to pursue a science degree and additional world language credits are recommended for all students.

C6-C7 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
Open admission policy as described above for most students, but--
selective admission for out-of-state students
selective admission to some programs
other (explain):

C7

Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in your first-time, first-year, degree-seeking general (not including programs with specific criteria) admission decisions.

	Very Important	Important	Considered	Not Considered
Academic
Rigor of secondary school record	X
Class rank	X
Academic Grade Point Average (GPA)	X
Recommendations			X
Standardized test scores		X
Application Essay		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
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.

C8 SAT and ACT Policies

Entrance exams ntranceEntrance exams

			Yes	No
Does your institution make use of SAT, ACT, or SAT Subject Test scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants?			X

C8A

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	Require for Some	Recommend	Consider if Submitted	Not Considered
SAT and/or ACT		X
ACT only
SAT only

C8B

Has been removed from the CDS.

C8C

Has been removed from the CDS.

C8D

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

Yes	No
X

C8E

Latest date by which SAT or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission			2/1
Latest date by which SAT Subject Test scores must be received for fall-term admission			2/1

C8F

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):

C8G

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

SAT			X
ACT			X
AP			X
CLEP			X
Institutional Exam			X
State Exam (specify):

C9-C12 First-time, First-year Profile

Provide information for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year students enrolled in Fall 2023, including students who began studies during summer, international students/nonresidents, and students admitted under special arrangements.

C9

Percent and number of first-time, first-year students enrolled in Fall 2023 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	40.9%
Number submitting SAT scores	3,908

Percent submitting ACT scores	16.2%
Number submitting ACT scores	1,546

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).

Assessment	25th Percentile Score	50th Percentile Score	75th Percentile Score
SAT Composite	1180	1280	1380
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing	590	640	690
SAT Math	580	640	710
ACT Composite	27	30	32
ACT Math	26	28	31
ACT English	26	30	34
ACT Reading	28	32	34
ACT Science	26	29	32
ACT Writing	7	8	8

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

Score Range	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing	SAT Math
700-800	21.6%	28.4%
600-699	51.1%	41.7%
500-599	24.0%	26.7%
400-499	3.1%	3.1%
300-399	0.2%	0.2%
200-299	0.0%	0.0%
Totals should = 100%	100.0%	100.0%

Score Range	SAT Composite
1400-1600	22.7%
1200-1399	49.5%
1000-1199	25.2%
800-999	2.5%
600-799	0.1%
400-599	0.0%
Totals should = 100%	100.0%

Score Range	ACT Composite	ACT English	ACT Math	ACT Reading	ACT Science
30-36	57.9%	55.2%	37.7%	67.1%	47.7%
24-29	33.5%	33.0%	51.3%	24.1%	41.5%
18-23	8.1%	10.2%	9.7%	7.4%	9.8%
12-17	0.5%	1.4%	1.3%	1.3%	1.0%
6-11	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
Below 6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Totals should = 100%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

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).

Assessment	Percent
Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class	31.0%
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class	63.4%
Percent in top half of high school graduating class	93.8%	Top half +
Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class	6.2%	bottom half = 100%
Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class	0.7%
Percent of total first-time, first-year students who submitted high school class rank:		30.6%

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.

If you are able to report GPA ranges separately for students that also submitted at least one test score verses those who did not submit a test score, please do so in the respective columns. If you are unable to report these data, please report the ranges for all students.

Score Range	Percent of students who submitted scores	Percent of students who did not submit scores	Percent of all enrolled students
Percent who had GPA of 4.0	51.77%	29.41%	41.65%
Percent who had GPA between 3.75 and 3.99	23.00%	24.38%	23.63%
Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74	13.33%	21.95%	17.23%
Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49	7.84%	15.41%	11.27%
Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24	3.47%	6.90%	5.02%
Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.99	0.54%	1.90%	1.16%
Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.49	0.04%	0.05%	0.04%
Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Percent who had GPA below 1.0	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Totals should = 100%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

C12

Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who submitted GPA:			3.78
Percent of total first-time, first-year students who submitted high school GPA:			94.88%

C13-C20 Admission Policies

C13

Application Fee

If your institution has waived its application fee for the Fall 2024 admission cycle please select no.

	Yes	No
Does your institution have an application fee?	X
Amount of application fee:	$65.00
	Yes	No
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:

	Yes	No
Can on-line application fee be waived for applicants with financial need?	X

C14

Application closing date

	Yes	No
Does your institution have an application closing date?		X

Application closing date (fall):
Priority date:	2/1

C15

			Yes	No
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):
By (date):	1/15
Other:

C17

Reply policy for admitted applicants (fill in one only)

Must reply by (date):
No set date:
Must reply by May 1 or within _____ weeks if notified thereafter	3
Other:

Deadline for housing deposit (MM/DD):		5/11
Amount of housing deposit:		$200.00

Refundable if student does not enroll?
Yes, in full
Yes, in part
No	X

C18

Deferred admission

			Yes	No
Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission?			X

If yes, maximum period of postponement:

1 year

C19

Early admission of high school students

			Yes	No
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?				X

C20

Common Application: Question removed from CDS. (Initiated during 2006-2007 cycle)

C21-C22 Early Decision and Early Action Plans

C21

Early Decision

			Yes	No
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?				X

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 2023 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

			Yes	No
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?			X

If “yes,” please complete the following:

Early action closing date			11/1
Early action notification date			1/15

Is your early action plan a “restrictive” plan under which you limit students from applying to other early plans?

Yes	No
	X