UT Austin - Statistical Handbook 2001 - 2002

The proportion of both male and female students enrolled remained about the same as last year with slightly more males (50.4%) than females (49.6%) (Table S 1).

University-wide, enrollment increased for all ethnic groups except American Indian and White. The number of African American students increased by 1.5% (24), Hispanic by 2.9% (169), foreign by 4.7% (201), and Asian American by 7.5% (465). The number of American Indian students decreased by 11.4% (26) and White students by 1.0% (321). There were 483 students for whom ethnicity was not known, an increase of 108 over fall 2000. The proportional representation remained steady for African American students, was slightly higher for Asian American, Hispanic, and foreign students, and was slightly lower for White and American Indian students (Tables S 4 A & B).

In fall 2001, approximately 88% of the undergraduate students and 82% of the graduate students attended The University on a full-time basis (Table S 7).

The proportion of students from Texas increased slightly from 81.2% in 2000 to 81.5% in 2001, as did the percentage of foreign students from 8.6% to 8.9%. The out-of-state student enrollment percentage decreased from 10.2% to 9.7%. (Tables S 8 A & B). As a group, the largest number of out-of-state students are from California, followed by New York, Louisiana, Florida, and Illinois (Map S 10). The largest number of foreign students are from India, followed by the Republic of Korea, the People's Republic of China, and Taiwan (Table S 11).

In general, the size of the entering freshman class has been growing over the past 10 years. Freshman enrollment (fall and summer entrants combined) peaked at 7,686 in fall 2000 and decreased to 7,337 in fall 2001, in accordance with enrollment management policies. Combined SAT scores rose to 1217 in fall 2001, from 1211 in fall 2000. Fifty point three percent (50.3%) of the entering freshmen in fall 2001 were in the top 10% of their high school graduating class, up from 46.9% the previous fall (Table S 16).

In order to manage enrollment at The University, a one-time moratorium was placed on transfer students for spring 2001. Only 137 transfer students entered The University in spring 2001, compared to 1,084 in spring 2000 (Table S 19).

The continuation rate after one year for the 2000 entering freshmen class was the highest ever at 92%, and the 6-year graduation rate for the 1995 cohort was also the highest on record at 70.3%. Overall, retention and four-, five-, and six- (continued on next page) year graduation rates continue to increase with succeeding cohorts (Table S 30). The University cumulative grade point average for all undergraduates rose slightly from 2.96 in fall 1999 to 3.00 in 2000 (Table S 31).

Undergraduate enrollment increased or remained stable for Architecture, Business Administration, Communication, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Natural Sciences, Nursing, and Pharmacy. Graduate enrollment increased or remained stable for Business Administration, Communication, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Law, Liberal Arts, Natural Sciences, Pharmacy, and Intercollegial Programs (Table S 34). The largest undergraduate majors were Liberal Arts-Undeclared, Biology/Biological Sciences, and Computer Sciences (Table S 32). Biology/Biological Sciences moved from 4th to 2nd place mainly due to the restructuring of the School of Biological Sciences, which is phasing out Botany, Microbiology, and Zoology as separate majors and making them part of Biology.

16 January 2002
Office of Institutional Research at UT Austin
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