Graduate Enrollment Planning Update March 2006

Graduate Enrollment Trends Change MS % PhD % Total % Campus % Distance % Total %

2005 Graduate Student Composition Total Graduate Percentage Domestic Distance2.5% Domestic On-campus35.1% International On-campus62.4% Masters Domestic Distance3.3% Domestic On-campus37.7% International On-campus59% Doctoral Domestic Distance0.9% Domestic On-campus29.9% International On-campus69.2%

Sources of Graduate Students

2004 Strategic Planning: Graduate Student Enrollment Survey of Departments 1. How many total graduate students can your department support with existing academic resources (personnel and operations) and what are your current goals? # of Students Goal # MS (Thesis) MS (Non-thesis) Ph.D. Total 2. How many and what percentage of UMR UG graduates would you prefer to have in your graduate program? #%No preference (X) MS (Thesis) MS (Non-thesis) Ph.D. Total 3. What are the top 10 universities from which you would prefer to attract graduate students? 4. What is your desired ratio for international:U.S. domestic graduate students? International:USA MS (Thesis) MS (Non-thesis) Ph.D. Total 5. What is your desired ratio for on-campus:off-campus graduate students? On-Campus (Rolla) :Off-Campus (including online) MS (Thesis) MS (Non-thesis) Ph.D. Total

Graduate Student Capacity with Current Resources »MS (thesis): 436 »MS (non-thesis): 616 »PhD: 465  TOTAL: 1517 for existing programs  NEW GOAL: 1750 with new programs and expanded distance offerings  1025 on-campus graduate students  725 distance graduate students NOTE: This survey did not include projections/goals for the new MBA, geotechnics, biomaterials, materials science & technology, technical communication, and 19 new graduate certificates.

UMR Comparator Institutions California Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Colorado School of Mines Drexel University Georgia Institute of Technology Illinois Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michigan Technological University New Jersey Institute of Technology Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute South Dakota School of Mines Stevens Institute of Technology Worcester Polytechnic Institute

UMR Competitor Institutions UM-Columbia Washington University, St. Louis St. Louis University University of Illinois Champagne Urbana University of Kansas Kansas State University Oklahoma State University

Top 10 Colleges/Universities for Graduate Recruitment From Graduate Student Enrollment Planning Survey Spring 2004 Aerospace Engineering 1.Purdue Univ.6. Indian Institute of Technology, India 2.Iowa State Univ.7. Beijing Univ. of Aero & Astro, China 3.Univ. of Kansas8. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ., China 4.SIU-Carbondale9. USTC, China 5.Rose-Hulman Institute10.National Institute of Technology, India Biological Sciences No Preference Ceramic Engineering - Did not rank in any order Iowa State Univ. (MSE)Truman State Univ. (chemistry, physics, biology) Univ. of Illinois (MSE)SMSU (chemistry, physics, biology) Alfred Univ. (MSE)Rutgers Univ. (MSE) Penn State Univ. (MSE)Coe College (physics, chemistry) UM-Columbia (physics, chemistry, engineering)

Colleges/Universities for Graduate Recruitment Chemistry 1.Saint Louis Univ.6. MIT 2.UM-Columbia7. CalTech 3.UMSL8. Washington Univ. 4.UMKC9. Univ. of Kansas 5.SMSU10. Truman State Univ. Civil Engineering 1.UT-Austin6. Kansas State Univ. 2.Purdue7. Univ. of Kansas 3.UM-Columbia8. Univ. Wisconsin-Madison 4.Univ. of Illinois9. Univ. of Arkansas 5.Iowa State Univ.10. Penn State 6.Univ. of Iowa11. Georgia Tech

Colleges/Universities for Graduate Recruitment Computer Engineering 1.Rose-Hulman6. Univ. of Illinois 2.Harvey Mudd College7. Univ. of Wisconsin 3.Arkansas Tech8. Milwaukee School of Engineering 4.Marshall Univ.9. Gannon Univ. 5.Purdue10. Arkansas State Electrical Engineering 1.Rose-Hulman6. Univ. of Illinois 2.Harvey Mudd College7. Univ. of Wisconsin 3.Arkansas Tech8. Milwaukee School of Engineering 4.Marshall Univ.9. Gannon Univ. 5.Purdue10. Arkansas State

Colleges/Universities for Graduate Recruitment Computer Science 1.Univ. of Iowa6. Grinnell College 2.Iowa State Univ.7. Michigan Tech 3.Kansas State Univ.8. Buena Vista Univ. 4.Univ. of Kansas9. Harding Univ. 5.Univ. of Wisconsin10. Truman State Univ. Engineering Management 1.Stanford6. UM-Columbia 2.MIT7. Purdue 3.Univ. of Illinois8. Rose-Hulman 4.Univ. of Texas9. USC 5.UM-Roll10. Washington Univ.

Colleges/Universities for Graduate Recruitment Geological Engineering 1.Purdue 2.Colorado School of Mines 3.Texas A & M 4.Univ. of Texas 5.Michigan Tech Geology & Geophysics No preference; do not consider such a rating important. Information Science & Technology Small private, regional colleges; did not specify. Manufacturing Engineering 1.UM-Rolla5. Zhejiang Univ. 2.SIU-Edwardsville6. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ. 3.IIT Schools, India7. National Taiwan Univ. 4.Tsinghua Univ.8. National Cheng-Kung Univ.

Colleges/Universities for Graduate Recruitment Mechanical Engineering 1.Purdue6. Indian Institute of Technology, India 2.Iowa State Univ.7. Tsinghua Univ., China 3.Univ. of Arkansas8. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ., China 4.SIU-Carbondale9. USTC, China 5.Rose-Hulman10. National Institute of Technology, India Metallurgical Engineering 1.Colorado School of Mines6. Michigan Tech 2.Univ. of Texas-El Paso7. Indian Institute of Technology, India 3.Montana Tech8. Any Big 10 University 4.New Mexico Tech9. Any Big 12 University 5.South Dakota School of Mines Mining Engineering No preference. Petroleum Engineering No preference. Physics Only get students from small Midwestern schools; Fort Hays State has been good. Systems Engineering Did not specify colleges/universities, but companies.

Graduate Studies Info Needs 1.What are the numbers of GRAs (domestic/international) in each department? 2.What are the numbers of GTAs (domestic/international) in each department? 3.What budgeted G.O. Dollars go to support GTAs? 4.What budgeted G.O. Dollars go to support GRAs? 5.How does UMR compare with regional competitor institutions in support with GTAs, GRAs, Fellowship dollars? 6.How does UMR compare with comparator institutions in support with GTAs, GRAs, Fellowship dollars? 7.Can UMR be competitive if it paid a graduate student fee waiver and reduced the student stipend so the student wouldn’t be taxed by the IRS? We’ve debated this in the past. I suspect it’s time to revisit this. 8.What is the number of graduate students that UMR would (could) need to attract, pay their fee waiver and increase overall revenue? What is the break-even point? 9.What is a suitable target for non-thesis masters students in each department given the current negative campus attitude about non-thesis masters?

UMR PhD Graduation History A&S Domestic International SOMEER Domestic International SOE Domestic International Total

UMR PhD Graduation History

UMR Masters Degree Graduation History A&S Domestic International SOMEER Domestic International SOE Domestic International SMIS Domestic International Total

UMR Masters Degree Graduation History

Graduate Stipends for UMR Comparator/Competitor Institutions University Inst HealthEngr StipendSci StipendEngr StipendSci Stipend Tuition & Fees TATARARARemitted/GA Carnegie Mellon Uni (15-20 hrs)No$16,050$19,800$16,050$19,800$0 Georgia Tech (10 hrs)Yes (20%)$7,632$10,350$11,688$11,688$918 MIT (20 hrs)Yes (100%)$17,750$0$17,175$14,800$200 Texas A&M-College Stat (20-hrs)Yes$15,000$13,500$15,000$0$0 Univ IL - Urbana-Champ (20-hrs)Yes (100%)$16,717$0$16,717$0$0 University of Iowa (10- hrs)Yes (90%)$7,665$20,500$7,665$20,500$0 Cornell Univ (20-hrs)Yes (100%)$19,000$15,000$19,000$15,408$0 Univ of Kansas (20-hrs)Yes (75%)$10,045$15,272$9,302$13,862$286 Worcester Polytechnic Inst (20-hrs)-$14,400$14, South Dakota School of Mines---$17,000$17,000$0 Drexel University--$15,000$15,000-- Michigan Technological UniversityYes$10,252$10, RED=Full Year/Data Collected from TCHE 2004 Survey

UMR Graduate Stipends for

$1,000 Department (Paid By Campus) Non-Resident Fees

What Graduate Students Generate Tuition Revenue? l MS vs PhD l By Program l Campus vs Distance Education