Common Data Set Items 2005-06

 (for publication in August 2005)

 

 

 

 

Summary of key changes:

 

A1: New address requested (if relevant)

C2: Wait list question

C7: Several new categories added; some wording changes

C8: Significant changes to test requirement question

C11: New GPA bands

C13: Fee information for on-line applications

C17: Housing deposit item added

C22: Early action “restrictive” added

G6: per credit hour clarified (tuition only)

H7 and H8: Forms updated; H8 moved up to follow H6 (to keep international info together)

Section J: every CIP heading now has a row.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. GENERAL INFORMATION

 

A0.   Respondent Information (Not for Publication)

Name Lynn Boyce

Title Chief Information Officer

Office Information Services

Mailing Address, City/State/Zip/Country 1727 W. Alabama, Box 158, Chickasha, OK 73018

Phone 405-224-3140

Fax 405-574-1220

E-mail Address lboyce@usao.edu

 

 

Are your responses to the CDS posted for reference on your institution’s Web site?      Yes      No

If yes, please provide the URL of the corresponding Web page:

 

A0A. We invite you to indicate if there are items on the CDS for which you cannot use the requested analytic convention, cannot provide data for the cohort requested, whose methodology is unclear, or about which you have questions or comments in general. This information will not be published but will help the publishers further refine CDS items.

 

______________________________________

 

 

A1.   Address Information

Name of College or University University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

Mailing Address, City/State/Zip/Country 1727 W. Alabama, Chickasha, OK 73018

Street Address (if different), City/State/Zip/Country 17^th and Grand Ave.

Main Phone Number 405.224.3140

WWW Home Page Address http://www.usao.edu

Admissions Phone Number 405.574.1357

Admissions Toll-free Number 800.933.8726

Admissions Office Mailing Address, City/State/Zip/Country 1727 W. Alabama, Chickasha, OK 73018

Admissions Fax Number 405.574.1220

Admissions E-mail Address usao-admissions@usao.edu

If there is a separate URL for your school’s online application, please specify: ______________

If you have a mailing address other than the above to which applications should be sent, please provide:

 

A2.   Source of institutional control (check one only)

 Public

 Private (nonprofit)

 Proprietary

 

A3.   Classify your undergraduate institution:

Coeducational college

Men’s college

Women’s college

 

A4.  Academic year calendar

Semester	4-1-4
Quarter	Continuous
Trimester	Differs by program (describe):
Other (describe):

 

A5.  Degrees offered by your institution

Certificate	Postbachelor’s certificate
Diploma	Master’s
Associate	Post-master’s certificate
Transfer	Doctoral
Terminal	First professional
Bachelor’s	First professional certificate

 

 

B. ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE

 

B1.   Institutional Enrollment—Men and Women  Provide numbers of students for each of the following categories as of the institution’s official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2005.

 

 

Total all undergraduates: ___1,430____________

 

Total all graduate and professional students: ___0_________

 

GRAND TOTAL ALL STUDENTS: ____1,430________

 

B2. Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category. Provide numbers of undergraduate students for each of the following categories as of the institution’s official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2005. Include international students only in the category "Nonresident aliens." Complete the “Total Undergraduates” column only if you cannot provide data for the first two columns.

 

 

	Degree-seeking First-time First year	Degree-seeking Undergraduates (include first-time first-year)	Total Undergraduates (both degree- and non-degree-seeking)
Nonresident aliens	12	25
Black, non-Hispanic	13	72
American Indian or Alaska Native	25	153
Asian or Pacific Islander	1	12
Hispanic	14	37
White, non-Hispanic	217	923
Race/ethnicity unknown	0	0
Total	282	1,222

 

 

Persistence

B3.  Number of degrees awarded by your institution from July 1, 2004, to June 30, 2005.

Certificate/diploma                               _____

Associate degrees                               _____

Bachelor’s degrees                              _182_

Postbachelor’s certificates                 _____

Master’s degrees                                 _____

Post-master’s certificates                   _____

Doctoral degrees                                  _____

First professional degrees                  _____

First professional certificates             _____

 

Graduation Rates

The items in this section correspond to data elements collected by the IPEDS Web-based Data Collection System’s Graduation Rate Survey (GRS).  For complete instructions and definitions of data elements, see the IPEDS GRS instructions and glossary on the 2005 Web-based survey.

 

For Bachelor’s or Equivalent Programs

 

Please provide data for the fall 1999 cohort if available. If fall 1999 cohort data are not available, provide data for the fall 1998 cohort.

 

Fall 1998 Cohort	Fall 1999 Cohort
Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 1998. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 1998.	Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 1999. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 1999.
B4.   Initial 1998 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: __________________	B4.   Initial 1999 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: ______261____________
B5.   Of the initial 1998 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: death, permanent disability, or service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions: ______________________	B5.   Of the initial 1999 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: death, permanent disability, or service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions: ______0________________
B6.   Final 1998 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions: _______________	B6.   Final 1999 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions: _____261__________
(Subtract question B5 from question B4)	(Subtract question B5 from question B4)
B7.   Of the initial 1998 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2002): ___________	B7.   Of the initial 1999 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2003): ___32________
B8.   Of the initial 1998 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2002 and by August 31, 2003): _________________	B8.   Of the initial 1999 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2003 and by August 31, 2004): ___33______________
B9.   Of the initial 1998 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2003 and by August 31, 2004): ______________	B9.   Of the initial 1999 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2004 and by August 31, 2005): ___19___________
B10. Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9): ______________	B10. Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9): ___84___________
B11. Six-year graduation rate for 1998 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6): ____________ %	B11. Six-year graduation rate for 1999 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6): ______32.2______ %

 

For Two-Year Institutions

 

Please provide data for the 2002 cohort if available. If 2002 cohort data are not available, provide data for the 2001 cohort.

 

2001 Cohort	2002 Cohort
B12. Initial 2001 cohort, total of first-time, full-time degree/certificate-seeking students: __________________	B12. Initial 2002 cohort, total of first-time, full-time degree/certificate-seeking students: __________________
B13. Of the initial 2001 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: death, permanently disability, or service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions: ___________________	B13. Of the initial 2002 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: death, permanently disability, or service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions: ___________________
B14. Final 2001 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions___________________	B14. Final 2002 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions___________________
(Subtract question B13 from question B12)	(Subtract question B13 from question B12)
B15. Completers of programs of less than two years duration (total): ___________________	B15. Completers of programs of less than two years duration (total): ___________________
B16. Completers of programs of less than two years within 150 percent of normal time: ____________	B16. Completers of programs of less than two years within 150 percent of normal time: ____________
B17. Completers of programs of at least two but less than four years (total): _______________	B17. Completers of programs of at least two but less than four years (total): _______________
B18. Completers of programs of at least two but less than four-years within 150 percent of normal time: ____________	B18. Completers of programs of at least two but less than four-years within 150 percent of normal time: ____________
B19. Total transfers-out (within three years) to other institutions: _________________	B19. Total transfers-out (within three years) to other institutions: _________________
B20. Total transfers to two-year institutions: __________________	B20. Total transfers to two-year institutions: __________________
B21. Total transfers to four-year institutions: __________________	B21. Total transfers to four-year institutions: __________________

 

 

Retention Rates

Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 2004 (or the preceding summer term). The initial cohort may be adjusted for students who departed for the following reasons: death, permanently disability, or service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government or official church missions. No other adjustments to the initial cohort should be made.

 

B22. For the cohort of all full-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered your institution as freshmen in fall 2004 (or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the date your institution calculates its official enrollment in fall 2005? _____60.5______ %

 

 

 

C. FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) ADMISSION

 

Applications

C1.  First-time, first-year (freshman) students: Provide the number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in fall 2005. 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, 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 (freshman) men who applied                          __203________

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied                     __245________

 

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted               __181________

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted         __216________

 

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled         __130________

Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled       ____6______

 

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled   ___137_______

Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled  _____9_____

 

C2.  Freshman 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     No

        If yes, please answer the questions below for fall 2005 admissions:

Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list _____

Number accepting a place on the waiting list                              _____

Number of wait-listed students admitted                                     _____

 

Is your waiting list ranked?

          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

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

 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	15	21
English	4
Mathematics	3	4
Science	2	3
Of these, units that must be lab	2	3
Foreign language		2
Social studies	1
History	2
Academic electives	3
Other (specify) Music, art, drama, speech		2

 

Basis for Selection

C6.  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: No

 

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 (freshman) admission decisions.

 

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