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Fall 2008

Five Year Enrollment Trends by Student Classification

	Fall Term					%Change
Student Classification	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	1-Year	5-Year
Freshman	3,393	3,673	3,585	2,925	3,142	7.4%	-7.4%
Sophomore	1,965	2,042	2,146	2,198	1,875	-14.7%	-4.6%
Junior	1,622	1,942	1,963	1,993	2,052	3.0%	26.5%
Senior	1,902	1,991	2,243	2,439	2,434	-0.2%	28.0%
Unclassified Undergraduate	163	321	700	1,120	1,545	37.9%	847.9%
Total Undergraduate	9,045	9,969	10,637	10,675	11,048	3.5%	22.1%

Graduate	935	1,248	1,573	1,565	1,617	3.3%	72.9%
Unclassified Graduate	89	158	120	379	309	-18.5%	247.2%
Total Graduate	1,024	1,406	1,693	1,944	1,926	-0.9%	88.1%

*Total UCA Enrollment*	*10,069*	*11,375*	*12,330*	*12,619*	*12,974*	*2.8%*	*28.9%*

TESTING

Five Year Enrollment Trends by Enrollment Status

	Fall Term					% Change
Enrollment Status	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	1-Year	5-Year
First-time Undergraduate	2,232	2,503	2,371	1,793	2,111	17.7%	-5.4%
Entering Transfer Undergraduate	614	720	706	626	561	-10.4%	-8.6%
First-time Graduate	405	686	779	1,020	592	-42.0%	46.2%
Total First-time at UCA	3,251	3,909	3,856	3,439	3,264	-5.1%	0.4%

TESTING

Five Year Trends – ACT Composite Averages

Summary:

UCA’s Fall 2008 average ACT composite score for first-time entering undergraduates is 23.4.
Retention Rate… 71.9% Fall 2007 full-time, first-time entering students returned in Fall 2008.
Graduation rate of Fall 2001 full-time, first-time degree-seeking undergraduates is 54.1%.
Total Fall 2008 enrollment has increased 2.8% since Fall 2007.
Undergraduate Fall 2008 enrollment has increased 3.5% since Fall 2007.
Total Fall 2008 enrollment has increased 28.9% since Fall 2004.
Undergraduate Fall 2008 enrollment has increased 22.1% since Fall 2004.
Graduate Fall 2008 enrollment has increased 88.1% since Fall 2004.

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