26th Annual Special College Issue • 2019-2020How to Read the Data

How to Read the Data

The material has been drawn from various sources, including IPEDS, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. IPEDS data is mostly from the 2017 academic year. Our thanks to DOE, IPEDS, and particularly Sam Barbett of IPEDS for his years of support.SCHOOL NAMEFull name of college or universityCITYLocationWEBSITEGo here to find more information, to contact admissions, and to find out how to apply.Dividing Rule 1TYPE

Public

Private — Not for Profit

Private — for Profit

Tribal

SETTING

City

Suburban

Town

Rural

DIFFICULTY: Degree of difficulty

More Selective Usually in top 20% of school rankings; most entering students: ACT (25th) > 21; SAT (V+M) > 980

Selective Broad range, in 35th–75th percentile of rankings; most entering students: ACT 18–21; SAT > 860–1010

Inclusive Accepts a wide range of students; most entering students: ACT < 18; SAT < 860

RELIGIONReligious denomination or affiliation; most do not require any religious courses, attendance at services, or other commitment, but please be sure to consult with the college for specific information; see list below for key abbreviations
AmBap American BaptistBaptst BaptistChChrst Church of ChristDChrst Disciples of ChristEvChrst Evangelical ChristianLDS Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsPresb PresbyterianRC Roman CatholicSBap Southern BaptistUMeth United MethodistWsly Wesleyan ChurchDividing Rule 2ENROLLMENTFull time and part time (total)DEGREESDegrees available/awarded:

Associate’s

Bachelor’s

Master’s

Doctorate

Dividing Rule 3TOP MAJORSAgric Agriculture, Agriculture OperationsAnthro AnthropologyAviation AviationBioMed BiomedicineBiolSci Biological & Biomedical SciencesBusns Business Mgmt.Mark MarketingCompSci Computer & Information Sci.Const Construction TradesConsumrSci Family/Consumer/Human ScienceCrimJ Criminal JusticeEcon EconomicsEduc EducationEng EngineeringEngTech Engineering TechnologiesEnvSci Environmental ScienceGov’t GovernmentHealth Health ProfessionsIntDisc Multi/Interdisciplinary StudiesJourn Communications, JournalismLawEnf Homeland Sec., Law Enf., FirefightingLibArts Liberal ArtsScience Humanities MEng Mechanical EngineeringMedia Media, AdvertisingNatRes Natural Resources & ConservationParks Parks/Rec.Leisure/Fitness PerfArt Visual & Performing ArtsPhysSci Physical SciencesPsych PsychologyPubAdmin Public Admin./Social Svcs.ReligPhil Philosophy & Religious StudiesRelTheol Theology & Religious VocationsSocSci Social SciencesTechnc Mechanic & Repair TechniciansTransp Transportation & Materials MovingDividing Rule 4# APPLICATIONSNumber of applications received% ACCEPTED% of applicants acceptedSATSAT scores — average of the 25th & 75th percentile scores for Verbal (Reading) and for MathACTACT score — average of the 25th & 75th percentile scoresDividing Rule 5TUITION/FEES*
Tuit./Fees - Res. (resident),Tuit./Fees - Non-Res.ROOM & BOARDEstimated, on campus# DORM ROOMS ON CAMPUS% RECEIVING FINANCIAL AIDAVG. AWARD PER STUDENTAverage financial aid award per studentDividing Rule 6FULL-TIME FACULTY Full-time instructional staffINDIGENOUS FACULTYFACULTY-STUDENT RATIODividing Rule 7ALL STUDENTS
# BAC. DEGREES
Total baccalaureate degrees awarded in current year6-YEAR GRADUATION RATE% of all students who graduated with bac. degree within six years% EARNING STEM BAC. DEGREE% bac. degrees in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics — to all graduates — from IPEDS data; see Note 1 at bottom of page% WOMEN% of enrollment — female students% PART-TIME% of enrollment — part-time studentsDividing Rule 8INDIGENOUS STUDENTS**“Indigenous” below includes American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, First Nations, and other Indigenous peoples of North America; data derived from several files and the latest data from the Department of Education’s IPEDS database# DEGREES AWARDEDDegrees to Indigenous students — weighted average of 2016, 2015, and 2014 (3, 2, 1)% EARNING DEGREE6-YEAR GRADUATION RATE% of Indigenous students graduating within six years% EARNING STEM BAC. DEGREE% bachelor’s degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math to Indigenous students# UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTSAll Indigenous undergraduate students% OF ALL UNDERGRADS# FULL-TIME UNDERGRAD. STUDENTSFull-time undergraduate Indigenous students% OF ALL FULL-TIME UNDERGRADS# GRAD. STUDENTSAll Indigenous graduate students% OF ALL GRAD. STUDENTS** The percentages below each number in this section are the percentages of Indigenous students in that category.Information taken from prior data, websites, personal contacts, and returned Top 200 surveys. A special thank-you to all who returned the surveys. Please contact the Winds of Change editor at kenglish@aises.org for a copy of the survey for the next issue.Dividing Rule 9PROGRAMS FOR INDIGENOUS STUDENTS
» Not all support programs are listed. Check with individual colleges for more information.
Information taken from prior data, websites, personal contacts, and returned Top 200 surveys. A special thank-you to all who returned the surveys. Please contact the Winds of Change editor at kenglish@aises.org for a copy of the survey for the next issue.

Notes

To estimate the STEM baccalaureate degrees, we selected and totaled the number of degrees both total and Indigenous in the 422 CIP codes that are identified as STEM (Homeland Security-STEM-CIP web). This is current (2017) data from IPEDS; no other analysis had been done since 2008. The % STEM is shown here for all baccalaureate graduates; the % STEM Indigenous baccalaureate degrees is shown in the “Indigenous students” section.

If information was not available or applicable (all listings), that section was left blank.

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