Freshmen Class Profile Fall 2004 – Opening Week Over 884 students – Closed freshmen engineering class for the 2nd year in a row 26 states (Hawaii to New York) 14 foreign countries (Mexico to Nepal) Ave. ACT: 27.3 (upper 10% in nation) Ave. HS GPA: 75% have a 3.5 – 4.0 GPA 40% were in upper 10% of HS Class 86.3% interested in Engineering & Science 21.4% undecided on a specific Major

Demographics Women (23%) Men (77%) NOTE: In , UMR will launch a new Women’s Leadership Institute Age: 18 years or less (97.4%) 77% Missouri 22% out-of-state 1% international 61% are 2 nd generation college students NOTE: This is a 3% decrease over the 2003 class and 2% decrease over 2002 class

Academic Expectations 32% plan to earn a graduate degree at UMR 53% are likely to complete a graduate degree 69% plan to complete a BS in 4 years or less 82% plan to Co-op or Intern 52% plan to study more than 11 hours per week at UMR 73% studied less than 5 hours per week in high school 95% plan to earn a 3.0 or higher UMR GPA 49% plan to earn a 3.5 or higher UMR GPA 92% plan to join a student organization

Decision Factors 79% UMR: 1st choice college to attend 18% UMR: 2 nd choice college to attend 71% became interested in UMR during Jr/Sr years in high school 87% Financial Aid/scholarships was important in deciding to attend UMR 78% the personalized attention they received from UMR was important in deciding to enroll

Financial Issues $67,000: approx. average UMR family income 75% are receiving scholarships and financial aid 26% qualify for Pell Grants 73% plan to work while enrolled at UMR 24% already have/carry a credit card –45% have an existing monthly balance –10 students have 4 or more credit cards –5 have over $1000 of credit card debt before enrolling at UMR

Faculty/Student Relationships 92% plan to meet with faculty outside of the classroom/lab 53% feel faculty should be very involved in their career development

Computers 89% plan to bring a PC to campus –68% will be new computers –51% laptops –2% Macintosh/Apple 45% spend more than 6 hours per week on the internet 12% spend more than 15 hours per week on the internet