Enrollment Update November 16, 2010 Founded 1870 | Rolla, Missouri

Succeeding while Swimming Against the Tide: A Pipeline Enhancement Strategy RECORD GROWTHDECLINING STEM INTEREST Strategic Enrollment Missouri S&T

Enrollment

Total Enrollment Fall % Enrollment Growth: 2,580 Additional Students

TOTAL Enrollment7,206  Undergraduate students 5,504  Graduate students1,702  New freshman class* 1,170  New transfer class 388 Enrollment * 24% of the 2010 Freshman Class attended at least one S&T Summer Camp Program

 49% Increase in Undergraduates  53% Increase in Female Students  83% Increase in Graduate Students  124% Increase in URM Minority Students  88% Increase in African-American Students  43% Increase in Non-Engineering Majors  Since 2005, 60% of Growth due to Increased Retention Rates  24% Freshman attended a S&T Summer Program/Camp  66% Graduation Rate Achieved Enrollment Change

Missouri S&T: 90% engineering, science & computing majors 19 th in Nation for Largest Undergraduate Engineering Enrollment 17 th in Nation for Number of Engineering Degrees Granted to African-Americans 19 th in Nation for Number of BS Engineering Degrees Granted

Source: ASEE, Profiles of Engineering and Engineers Technology Colleges, 2010,

 High School Seniors:72,467  High School Graduates:61,752  ACT Testers/College Bound: 47,240  Any Engineering Interest (all testers):1,768  Any Engineering Interest, (+21 testers):1,256 (21 = MO average score / 50%)  Engineering Interest, +24 comp. score: 961 (24 = UM minimum for auto admission)  Missouri S&T Freshmen Engineering Enrollees: 681 Missouri’s 2008 student pipeline for engineering SOURCES: MODESE 2009, ACT EIS 2008, PeopleSoft

Fall , Total Enrollment  48 states & 52 nations  70% Missouri residents  10% minority students  9% international students DC 1 4 Students’ Home States 1 2

UndergraduateGraduate 2003 $ 47,305 $ 52, $ 46,567 $ 52, $ 49,181 $ 53, $ 51,059 $ 58, $ 53,669 $ 62, $ 55,975 $ 63, $ 57,521 $ 67, $ 57,800 $ 64,243 Reported Starting Salaries at Commencement SOURCE: S&T COC Graduating Student Survey

Capacity Chancellor’s Charge: Assess whether the fall 2009 student population was at, below, or above the university’s capacity to provide each student with a quality education.

Fall 1981 Total Students:7,480 On-campus: 7,039 Distance/EEC: 441 Undergraduate:6,313 Freshmen:1,488 Graduate:1,167 Fall 2010 Total Students:7,206 On-campus: 6,520 Distance/EEC: 686 Undergraduate:5,504 Freshmen:1,170 Graduate:1,702 7,000 in 2010 not the same 7,000 from 1981 Fall 2000 Total Students:4,626 On-campus: 4,393 Distance/EEC: 233 Undergraduate:3,698 Freshmen: 696 Graduate: 928

FALL 1999FALL 2009CHANGEPERCENT CHANGE UGGRADTOTALUGGRADTOTALUGGRADTOTALUGGRADTOTAL Engineering2, ,5014,0051,2325,2371, ,73637%110%50% Math & Science %41%17% Business & Soc Sci %100%161% Humanities %100%48% Undec & Non Deg %-81%-19% TOTAL3, ,7155,2051,6096,8141, ,10034%93%45% Total Enrollment by Academic Grouping

Collective Findings of Subcommittees and Data Reviews

 “ …the university was very close to exceeding its overall capacity to provide all enrolled students with a quality education in the fall 2009 semester.” Teaching Capacity Task Force Conclusion

Enrollment Diversity

Tight Markets for Minority & Female Engineers Missouri’s 2008 ACT Tested Seniors, +24 ACT and Interested in Engineering  High School Senior Cohort:72,467  High School Graduates:61,752  All Engineering Interest, +24 comp. score: 961 (24 = UM minimum for auto admission)  Female Engineering, +24 comp. score: 176  African-Amer Engineering, +24 comp. score: 21  Asian-Amer Engineering, +24 comp. score: 25  Native Amer Engineering, +24 comp. score: 7  Hispanic Engineering, +24 comp. score: 24

Enrollment by Academic Area – African American Undergraduates %

S&T’s Underrepresented Minority (URM) Student Outreach Red pins represent prospective URM students whose contact information was purchased by S&T Admissions Purple-shaded areas represent areas targeted for URM recruitment

Access to Success GOAL: By 2015, increase the low-income Pell Grant and under-represented minority students by 50%

2015 Strategic Plan Targets: Enrollment by Ethnicity TOTAL UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT

Total On-Campus Minority Enrollment ( )

Total On-Campus Underrepresented Minority Enrollment (Undergraduate, ) Diversity Scholarships reduced from $4k/year to $1k/year due to decreased corporate support

Recruitment

Challenge: changes in the college-bound student markets I.The Midwest and Northeast will experience a 4% to 10% decline in high school graduates between 2009 – 2014 (WICHE 2008) II.Profile of college-bound students is rapidly becoming more ethnically diverse and female dominant (NCES, WICHE, ACT, College Board) III.The number of students interested in engineering, computer science, and natural science degrees has declined to record lows (ACT, CIRP) IV.More full-time college freshmen are choosing to start at two-year colleges (IPED, MODHE) V.More students are enrolling in more than one college at a time (National Student Clearinghouse) VI.Future student market growth will include more students requiring financial aid and loans to complete a degree (WICHE 2008) VII.Less students are attending their first-choice college or university (CIRP, Post Secondary EDUCATION)

New Student Enrollments

New Freshmen Enrollments by Ethnicity

New Transfer Enrollments by Ethnicity

Inquiries8,3618,4569,629 11,427 11,51411,510 Applicants1,8981,9842,3052,2602,5152,693 Admits1,8091,8702,1542,0882,3432,479 Enrollees ,0401,0311,1051,155 % Admits Enrolled 48% 51% 48% 49% 47%47% % Inquiries Enrolled 10% 11% 11% 9% 10%10% Domestic Overall Freshmen Enrollment Yield Funnel FS2005-FS2010 Name Change

Applicants Admits Enrollees % Admits Enrolled 41% 49% 42% 45% 42% 41% Domestic Under-represented Freshmen Enrollment Yield Funnel FS2005-FS2010

Applicants Admits Enrollees % Admits Enrolled 36% 58% 41%54% 44% 34% Domestic African American Freshmen Enrollment Yield Funnel FS2005-FS2010

Retention

UndergraduateGraduate 2003 $ 47,305 $ 52, $ 46,567 $ 52, $ 49,181 $ 53, $ 51,059 $ 58, $ 53,669 $ 62, $ 55,975 $ 63, $ 57,521 $ 67, $ 57,800 $ 64,243 Reported Starting Salaries at Commencement SOURCE: S&T COC Graduating Student Survey

Graduates

Student Success: Freshman Retention & Graduation

African American Student Success: Freshman Retention & Graduation

International Enrollment

International Student Enrollment

Students and Alumni from Over 70 Countries 149 Students from China, fall 2010

Strategic Partnerships in China 2+2 Dual Degree and Exchange Programs 1.Beijing Institute of Technology - BIT 2.Dalian University of Technology - DUT 3.Harbin Institute of Technology - HIT 4.Hong Kong University of Science and Technology – HKUST 5.China Northeast Petroleum University - NEPU 6.China University of Petroleum - CUP 7.Shenzhen University 8.Tongji University - Tongji 9.Xian University of Science and Technology - XUST 10.Xian Technological University - XTU

Student Pipeline Challenges Multi-Race Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Ethnicity Not Specified

Challenge: changes in the college-bound student markets I.The Midwest and Northeast will experience a 4% to 10% decline in high school graduates between 2009 – 2014 (WICHE 2008) II.Profile of college-bound students is rapidly becoming more ethnically diverse and female dominant (NCES, WICHE, ACT, College Board) III.The number of students interested in engineering, computer science, and natural science degrees has declined to record lows (ACT, CIRP) IV.More full-time college freshmen are choosing to start at two-year colleges (IPED, MODHE) V.More students are enrolling in more than one college at a time (National Student Clearinghouse) VI.Future student market growth will include more students requiring financial aid and loans to complete a degree (WICHE 2008) VII.Less students are attending their first-choice college or university (CIRP, Post Secondary EDUCATION)

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac Projected change in high school graduates > 20% +11% to +20% 0% to +10% Decreases

WICHE, 2008 National vs. Regional Trends

Changes in Race/Ethnicity: US SOURCE: WICHE, 2008

, Missouri will have 2,400 to 4,000 fewer high school graduates each year

SOURCE: ACT, EIS 2008 > 5% Weak Student Interest in STEM

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