Common Data Set 2004-05
A. GENERAL INFORMATION
A0. Respondent Information (Not for Publication)
Name Jocelyn Clark
Title Director
Office Institutional Research
Mailing Address,
City/State/Zip/Country
Phone 678-915-7495
Fax 678-915-7496
E-mail Address jclark3@spsu.edu
Are your responses to the CDS
posted for reference on your institution’s Web site? Yes
If yes, please provide the URL of the corresponding Web page: http://www.spsu.edu/irpa/cds0405.htm
A1. Address Information
Name of College or
University Southern
Mailing Address,
City/State/Zip/Country
Street Address (if different), City/State/Zip/Country
Main Phone Number 678-915-7778
WWW Home Page
Address http://www.spsu.edu
Admissions Phone
Number 678-915-4188
Admissions Office
Mailing Address, City/State/Zip/Country
Admissions Fax
Number 678-915-7292
Admissions E-mail
Address admissions@spsu.edu
Is there a
separate URL application site on the Internet? If so, please specify: http://www.spsu.edu/home/prospective/apply/index.html
A2. Source of institutional control (check
one only)
Public
A3. Classify your undergraduate institution:
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Coeducational college |
A4. Academic year calendar
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Semester |
A5. Degrees offered by your institution
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Certificate |
Postbachelor’s certificate |
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Associate |
Master’s |
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Transfer |
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Bachelor’s |
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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, 2004.
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FULL-TIME |
PART-TIME |
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Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
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Undergraduates |
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Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen |
379 |
60 |
21 |
3 |
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Other first-year, degree-seeking |
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All other degree-seeking |
1,342 |
292 |
943 |
181 |
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Total degree-seeking |
1,721 |
352 |
964 |
184 |
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All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses
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7 |
2 |
15 |
10 |
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Total undergraduates |
1,728 |
354 |
979 |
194 |
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First-professional |
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First-time, first-professional students |
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All other first-professionals |
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Total first-professional |
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Graduate |
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Degree-seeking, first-time |
26 |
19 |
48 |
11 |
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All other degree-seeking |
64 |
53 |
180 |
87 |
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All other graduates enrolled in credit courses |
1 |
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29 |
28 |
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Total graduate |
91 |
72 |
257 |
126 |
Total all
undergraduates: 3,255
Total all graduate and
professional students: 546
GRAND TOTAL ALL STUDENTS: 3,801
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, 2004. Include international students only
in the category "Nonresident aliens." Complete the “Total
Undergraduates” column only if you c
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Degree-seeking First-time First year |
Degree-seeking Undergraduates (include first-time first-year) |
Total Undergraduates (both degree- and non-degree-seeking) |
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21 |
176 |
176 |
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Black, non-Hispanic |
66 |
677 |
682 |
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American Indian or Alaskan Native |
1 |
7 |
7 |
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Asian or Pacific Islander |
26 |
209 |
210 |
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Hispanic |
12 |
87 |
87 |
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White, non-Hispanic |
337 |
2,065 |
2,093 |
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Race/ethnicity unknown |
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Total |
463 |
3,221 |
3,255 |
Persistence
B3. Number of
degrees awarded by your institution from July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004.
Certificate/diploma 19
Associate degrees 5
Bachelor’s
degrees 421
Postbachelor’s
certificates 2
Master’s degrees 192
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 2004 Web-based survey.
For Bachelor’s or Equivalent Programs
Please provide data for the fall 1998 cohort if available. If fall 1998 cohort data are not available, provide data for the fall 1997 cohort.
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Fall 1998 Cohort |
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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. |
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B4. Initial 1998 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: 307 |
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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: 0 |
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B6. Final 1998 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions: 307 |
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(Subtract question B5 from question B4) |
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B7. Of the initial 1998 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2002): 19 |
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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): 31 |
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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): 21 |
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B10. Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9): 71 |
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B11. Six-year graduation rate for 1998 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6): 23 % |
Note: The Seven-year graduation
rate for the 1996 cohort of our
Architecture Program (5-year bachelors) was 28%.
Retention
Rates
Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time
bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in
fall 2003 (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 2003
(or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your
institution as of the date your institution calculates its official enrollment
in fall 2004? 68 %
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 2004. 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 898
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied 171
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted 574
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted 94
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled 364
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled 18
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled 52
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled 2
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? No
Admission
Requirements
C3. High school completion requirement
Check the
appropriate box to identify your high school completion requirement for
degree-seeking entering students:
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High school diploma is required and GED is not accepted |
C4. Does your
institution require or recommend a general college-preparatory program for
degree-seeking students?
Require
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.
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Units Required |
Units Recommended |
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Total academic units |
18 |
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English |
4 |
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Mathematics |
4 |
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Science |
3 |
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Of these, units that must be lab |
2 |
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Foreign language |
2 |
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Social studies |
3 |
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History |
2 |
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Academic electives |
2 |
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Other (specify) |
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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? No
C7. Relative
importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in your
first-time, first-year, degree-seeking (freshman) admission decisions.
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Very Important |
Important |
Considered |
Not Considered |
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Academic |
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