Student Diversity
As a part of the recently revised Higher Education Opportunity Act (2008) institutions must now provide information about the student body diversity, including the percentage of enrolled, full-time students in the following categories:
Overall = 3,804
Gender
Female = 2,180 (57.3%)
Male = 1,624 (42.7%)
Race/ethnic subgroups
American Indian or Alaska Native = 6 (0.2%)
Asian = 55 (1.4%)
Black of African American = 136 (3.6%)
Hispanic/Latino = 171 (4.5%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander = 7 (0.2%)
Nonresident Alien = 63 (1.7%)
Race and ethnicity unknown = 431 (11.3%)
Two or more races = 51 (1.3%)
White = 2,884 (75.8%)
Financial Aid Status
Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant = 639 (16.8%)
Graduation Ratesfor Full-Time, First-Time,
Degree-Seeking Undergraduates
(Cohort 2005)
As a part of the recently revised Higher Education Opportunity Act (2008) institutions must now provide their completion and graduation rate information disaggregated by:
Gender
Major racial and ethnic subgroup (as defined in IPEDS)
Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
Recipients of a subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
CATEGORY NUMBER OF STUDENTS TIME TO DEGREE
4 Years 5 Years 6 Years
Overall 1,064 81.6% 84.4% 85.0%
Gender
Female 593 84.5% 85.3% 85.5%
Male 471 77.9% 83.2% 84.3%
Race/ethnic subgroups*
Asian 22 81.8% 81.8% 86.4%
Black or African American 16 75.0% 87.5% 87.5%
Hispanic/Latino 33 75.8% 81.8% 81.8%
Nonresident Alien 13 61.5% 69.2% 69.2%
Race/ethnicity unknown 69 79.7% 81.2% 82.6%
Two or more races 12 75.0% 75.0% 75.0%
White 895 82.3% 85.0% 85.5%
Financial Aid Status
Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant 133 82.7% 86.5% 88.0%
Recipients of a subsidized Federal Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
458 82.5% 85.4% 86.0%
Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Federal Loan
473 80.3% 82.9% 83.1%
*American Indian or Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander students are not included because there were too few of these students to be able to report their graduation rates with confidence and confidentiality.
Note: Graduation rates are not fixed numbers due to diploma holds which can be converted at any time to conferred degrees. All graduation rate data is based on the Spring 2011 Graduation Rate data provided to IPEDS.
Retention Rates Fall 2011
As a part of the recently revised Higher Education Opportunity Act (2008), institutions must make available the retention rate of certificate - or degree-seeking, first-time undergraduate students as reported to IPEDS.
Fall 2010 Total = 1,103
Returned in Fall 2011 = 994
Retention Rate = 90.1%