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Common Data Set (CDS): First-Time, First-Year Admission

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C1-C2: Applications and Waitlist

Population

 

Data are as of census and are presented by application admissions status.

Includes:

  • Early decision, early action, and students who began studies during summer in the cohort. 
  • Applicants who fulfilled the requirements for consideration in admission and have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, non-admission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).

Function

  The Retention and Completion Rates visualization provides an in-depth view of the retention and completion rates for undergraduates and graduates among the selected range of cohort years.

Special Notes

 
  • The total may include students who did not provide gender data, the detail does not need to sum to the total. 

 

Population

 

Data are as of census and are presented by entering cohort year.

Includes:

Excludes:

  • Partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not critical reading for a category of students).
  • Other standardized test results. 

Function

  The visualization displays the percent and number of first-time, first-year students enrolled in fall who submitted national standardized test scores for the SAT and ACT. 

Special Notes

 
  • If a student submitted multiple sets of scores for a single test, the highest combination of scores from each submission is recorded.

Population

 

Data are score values out of 800 and are presented by entering cohort year.

Includes:

Excludes:

  • Partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not critical reading for a category of students).
  • Other standardized test results.

Function

  The visualization displays the 25th and 75th precentile scores and score distributions of first-time, first-year, fall-entering students. 

Special Notes

 
  • The 25th percentile score refers to the score that 25 percent of the freshman population scored at or below.
  • The 75th percentile score refers to the score that 25 percent scored at or above.

Population

 

Data are score values out of 800 and are presented by entering cohort year.

Includes:

Excludes:

  • Partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not critical reading for a category of students).
  • Other standardized test results.

Function

  The visualization displays the 25th and 75th precentile scores and score distributions of first-time, first-year, fall-entering students. 

Special Notes

 
  • The 25th percentile score refers to the score that 25 percent of the freshman population scored at or below.
  • The 75th percentile score refers to the score that 25 percent scored at or above.

Population

 

Data are score values out of 36 and are presented by entering cohort year.

Includes:

Excludes:

  • Partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not critical reading for a category of students).
  • Other standardized test results.

Function

  The visualization displays the 25th and 75th precentile scores and score distributions of first-time, first-year, fall-entering students. 

Special Notes

 
  • The 25th percentile score refers to the score that 25 percent of the freshman population scored at or below.
  • The 75th percentile score refers to the score that 25 percent scored at or above.

Population

 

Data are of census and are presented by entering cohort year.

Includes:

Excludes:

  • Partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not critical reading for a category of students).
  • Other standardized test results.

Function

  The visualization displays the percent of students who had high school class rank within the top tenth, top quarter, top half, bottom half, bottom quarter. Also, shows percent of students who submitted a high school class rank. 

Population

 

Data are score values based on the 4.0 GPA scale and are presented by entering cohort year.

Includes:

Function

  The visualization displays the percentage of students who had high school grade-point averages within certain ranges using the 4.0 scale. Also, it shows the average GPA score by entering cohort year.

Population

 

Data are as of census and are presented by entering cohort year.

Includes:

Function

  The visualization displays the number of early decision applicants received and admitted for each fall entering class. 

*Please see original documentation for further details on CDS standards and defintions. Common Data Set 2021-2022 PDF