EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Enrollment and Academic Planning Information for Strategic Planning Sub- Committee: Part 1 Enrollment Growth and Academic Planning Sub- Committee March 4, 2010 Jennifer Brown Office of Institutional Research & Policy Studies

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Fall 2005 to Fall 2009 Enrollment History ▸Headcount Enrollment at UMass Boston has increased 26% to 14,912 in Fall 2009 ▸Undergraduate enrollment by 2,083 (23%) ▸Graduate enrollment by one third (967) ▸Instructional Full Time Equivalent (IFTE) counts which are based upon credit activity have increased at a higher pace than enrollment 46% due to increased full time attendance ▸Undergraduate IFTE has increased 40% ▸Graduate IFTE has increased 68%

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Actual Enrollment Change, Undergraduate and Graduate ▸The table shows the total headcount enrollments FALL 2005 FALL 2006 FALL 2007 FALL 2008 FALL 2009 Undergraduate Graduate Total Enrollment

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Undergraduate Trends –Admissions View

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Undergraduate Trends ▸Increases have occurred among ▸continuing students (the majority of the undergraduate enrollment), ▸new students ▸readmitted students ▸Declines have occurred in ▸non-degree ▸certificate enrollments

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Graduate Enrollment Trends – Admissions View

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Graduate Trends ▸All categories of graduate enrollment have increased but the most substantial changes are in ▸New Masters and CAGS ▸Non-Degree ▸Certificate Seeking ▸The next slide shows the composition of graduate enrollments While the numbers have increased, the proportion of the enrollment that is continuing master’s students has decreased Graduate doctoral continuing is somewhat volatile (no upward trend) Graduate non-degree has become a more substantial piece of the total

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Graduate Enrollment Composition – Admissions View

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Attendance Status of Students ▸Both Full-Time and Part-Time enrollments have grown ▸The percentage of undergraduate attending part time has declined from 36% to 30% of all undergraduate enrollment ▸The percentage of graduate students attending part time has remained stable at 68% for the last three years after a high of 71% in Fall 2006

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 College Undergraduate Enrollments: Fall 2005 to Fall 2009 ▸Our enrollments are within academic colleges. Colleges may have different enrollment trends from the university as a whole, and from each other. College enrollments include students with majors and/or are undeclared but within the college. ▸The next slide shows the undergraduate headcount enrollments by college ▸All have increased in enrollment except CPCS ▸CLA remains the largest undergraduate college with 47% of the headcount ▸CNHS has increased its headcount from 10% to 15% of the total ▸CSM has increased its headcount from 15% to 18% of the total

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Undergraduate Headcounts by College

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 College Graduate Enrollments: Fall 05 to Fall 09 ▸Graduate enrollments have risen in all colleges except CPCS ▸The Dispute Resolution graduate program moved from CPCS to MGS as of Fall 08, approximately 50 students. The CPCS ‘share’ dropped to 1% of the total with that move. ▸GCE/CEHD’s percentage of the total enrollment declined from 45% to 39% of all the graduate enrollment from Fall 05 to Fall 09 ▸The CM ‘share’ increased from 11% to 18% of the total ▸CNHS rose from 5% to 7% of the total (using Fall counts) ▸The CLA, CSM and MGS ‘share’ remained relatively stable

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Graduate Headcounts by College

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 College Undergraduate Freshmen Admission Trends

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Freshmen by College ▸The lion’s share goes to CLA (60% in Fall 09) ▸CSM’s share has increased to one quarter this Fall (from about 17% in prior years) ▸Relatively few freshmen enter other colleges (I note there has been a moratorium on CPCS, but even before this there were few freshmen entrants)

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 College Undergraduate Transfer Admissions Trends

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Transfers by College ▸The percentage of transfers entering CLA has declined from 51% to 44% ▸CSM’s share has hovered around 18-19% was 20% in Fall 09 ▸CNHS (including EHS) takes about 19% of the total ▸CM takes 15% ▸This was the first year for GCE to accept undergraduate students and 11 transfers entered the program ▸CPCS accepted 20 transfer students this Fall

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Online and On-Ground Enrollment of Degree Seeking Students: Fall 2009 Undergrad Full-Time Graduate Full-Time Undergrad Part-Time Graduate Part-Time All online Mix online/on- ground All on- ground Total

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Online Enrollments ▸In Fall 09 7% of our enrollees were taking all online classes ▸An additional 8% were taking mixed online and on-ground classes ▸However, 85% of all students were attending on-ground only ▸Looking separately at part time attendees – 77% were on- ground only

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Strategic Questions ▸What is the enrollment composition we wish to achieve? Why? ▸What are our online enrollment goals? ▸Redistribution of students to reduce stress on facilities ▸More students ▸Can we support more? Where? Undergrad? Graduate? ▸What programs? ▸New Student Mix – freshmen, transfers, graduate? ▸What happens with CPCS? ▸Undergraduate Part-time students – enhance numbers or continue reduction? Is it something we control?

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Strategic Questions Continued ▸Higher percentage Full-Time students means more instructional activity even without continued enrollment growth – how do we manage this? ▸Do we need to consider and plan student growth by college – do colleges have different student body composition goals? ▸Do we need to consider new students by College/Program Mix? Law school prep? Med School prep? ▸Are the current array of programs attracting the students we will need to serve in the future? And the needs of the Commonwealth and Region? ▸How will University College impact enrollment? Faculty needs?

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Strategic Questions continued ▸Additional questions to consider ▸How does the plan to go to 4 credit courses impact student enrollment? Freshmen? Transfers? ▸ What are the assumptions about student behavior with 4 credit courses? ▸Will the typical student continue to carry 4 or 5 courses or will that change to 3 or 4 courses? ▸How does the plan to go to 4 credit courses impact faculty load and the availability of classroom and faculty office/lab space? ▸Are there changes in feeder schools planned that may change our enrollment patterns (eg Quincy College to 4 year?)