UMD: Accreditation Review: Self-Study Report

INSTITUTIONAL SNAPSHOT

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH

The information and data presented below is intended to give the HLC Evaluation Team a basic impression of UMD’s overall scope and nature of operations prior to the on-site visit to Duluth on March 3-5, 2008. Where possible, data is included for fall 2006 and fall 2007; however, some of the data was not available for fall 2007 at the time the report was sent to the printer. In those cases, data for fall 2006 and fall 2005 is included.

1. Student Demography Headcounts

A. Undergraduate Enrollments by Class Levels (Freshmen-Senior)

Fall	Freshmen	Sophomore	Junior	Senior	Total
2007	2,876	2,040	1,858	2,410	9,184
2006	2,983	1,965	1,930	2,294	9,172

B. Undergraduate Students by Degree Seeking/Non-degree Seeking (IPEDS report)

Fall 2007
Gender	Am Indian	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Intl	Unknown	White	Total
Female	52	142	40	42	45	212	4,228	4,761
Male	33	120	81	62	76	208	4,666	5,246
Unknown	1	1	0	1	0	20	34	57
TOTAL	86	263	121	105	121	440	8,928	10,064

Fall 2006
Gender	Am Indian	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Intl	Unknown	White	Total
Female	38	136	39	38	56	225	4,200	4,732
Male	29	130	88	50	81	202	6,669	5,249
Unknown	4	3	0	2	0	29	57	95
TOTAL	71	269	127	90	137	456	8.926	10,076

C. Graduate/Professional by Degree Seeking and Non-degree Seeking Status (IPEDS Report)

Fall 2007
Gender	Am Indian	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Intl	Unknown	White	Total
Female	27	12	8	2	30	47	528	654
Male	21	11	9	1	57	28	337	464
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
TOTAL	48	23	17	3	87	75	867	1,120

Fall 2006
Gender	Am Indian	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Intl	Unknown	White	Total
Female	39	16	9	5	19	43	531	662
Male	18	11	9	0	56	20	330	444
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	8
TOTAL	57	27	18	5	75	66	866	1,114

D. Age Range of Undergraduates

Fall	24 & Under	25 & Older	Unknown	Total
2007	9,591	468	5	10,064
2006	9,560	505	11	10,076

E. Students by Residency Status

Fall	In-State	Out-of-State	Non-US Resident	Undefined	Total
2007	8,986	1,407	168	623	11,184
2006	8,966	1,456	158	610	11,190

2. Student Recruitment and Admissions

Freshman
Fall	Applications	Acceptances		Matriculations
2007	7,646	5,015		2,240
2006	7,338	5,569		2,315

Undergraduate Transfer
Fall	Applications	Acceptances	Matriculations
2007	974	574	408
2006	986	671	407

Graduate Professional
Fall	Applications	Acceptances	Matriculations
2007	540	285	225
2006	507	302	252

UMD requires ACT Composite test results for undergraduate admission.

Mean ACT Composite Score for Fall 2007 Admits = 23.3

Mean ACT Composite Score for Fall 2006 Admits = 23.3

3. Financial Assistance for Students

A. Percentage of students applying for any type of assistance:

Fall 2007^* Undergraduate = 72.4% Graduate = 60%

Fall 2006 Undergraduate = 74.1% Graduate = 66.9%

Number/percentage of students receiving any type of assistance:

Fall 2007^* Undergraduate = 7,157 / 70.7% Graduate = 616 / 65%

Fall 2006 Undergraduate = 7,029 / 69.2% Graduate = 682 / 65%

B. Percentage of students receiving:

Fall	Level	Loans	Work Study	Scholarships/ Grants	Academic Based Merit Scholarships
2007	Undergraduate	59.6%	4.2%	45.3%	24.8%
2007	Graduate	51.9%	1.0%	25.8%	25.7%
2006^*	Undergraduate	57.3%	4.8%	44.8%	26.0%
2006^*	Graduate	54.4%	0.9%	36.6%	38.5%

C. Tuition Discount Rate (TDR):

Fall 2007^* Undergraduate = 13.12% Graduate = 23.13%

Fall 2006 Undergraduate = 13.29% Graduate = 21.24%

*NOTE: Financial aid changes during a student's academic year. Thus, the percentages for fall 2007 will change as student needs change during spring 2008.

4. Student Retention and Program Productivity

A. Student retention data

Retention Rates by Race/Ethnicity -- One Year after Entry
First-Time/Full-Time New Entering Freshmen

Race/Ethnicity	Status*	Fall 2005 Entry		Fall 2006 Entry
Race/Ethnicity	Status*	N	%	N	%
American Indian	Enrolled	6	55%	11	79%
	Not Enrolled	5	45%	3	21%
	Total	11	100%	14	100%
Asian American	Enrolled	43	84%	51	80%
	Not Enrolled	8	16%	13</

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