EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010 Enrollment and Academic Planning Information for Strategic Planning Sub- Committee: Part 1 Enrollment.

EG & AP Strategic Planning Sub-Committee | March 4, 2010

Enrollment and Academic Planning Information for Strategic Planning Sub-Committee: Part 1

Enrollment Growth and Academic Planning Sub-CommitteeMarch 4, 2010

Jennifer Brown

Office of Institutional Research & Policy Studies


Fall 2005 to Fall 2009 Enrollment History

▸ Headcount Enrollment at UMass Boston has increased 26% to 14,912 in Fall 2009

▸ Undergraduate enrollment by 2,083 (23%)▸ Graduate enrollment by one third (967)

▸ Instructional Full Time Equivalent (IFTE) counts which are based upon credit activity have increased at a higher pace than enrollment 46% due to increased full time attendance

▸ Undergraduate IFTE has increased 40%▸ Graduate IFTE has increased 68%


Actual Enrollment Change, Undergraduate and Graduate

▸ The table shows the total headcount enrollments

FALL 2005

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Undergraduate 8958 9246 10008 10478 11041

Graduate 2904 3116 3425 3639 3871

Total Enrollment 11862 12362 13433 14117 14912


Undergraduate Trends –Admissions View

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Undergraduate Trends

▸ Increases have occurred among▸ continuing students (the majority of the undergraduate

enrollment),▸ new students▸ readmitted students

▸ Declines have occurred in ▸ non-degree ▸ certificate enrollments


Graduate Enrollment Trends – Admissions View

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Graduate Trends

▸ All categories of graduate enrollment have increased but the most substantial changes are in ▸ New Masters and CAGS▸ Non-Degree▸ Certificate Seeking

▸ The next slide shows the composition of graduate enrollmentsWhile the numbers have increased, the proportion of the enrollment that is continuing master’s students has decreasedGraduate doctoral continuing is somewhat volatile (no upward trend)Graduate non-degree has become a more substantial piece of the total


Graduate Enrollment Composition – Admissions View

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Attendance Status of Students

▸ Both Full-Time and Part-Time enrollments have grown

▸ The percentage of undergraduate attending part time has declined from 36% to 30% of all undergraduate enrollment

▸ The percentage of graduate students attending part time has remained stable at 68% for the last three years after a high of 71% in Fall 2006


College Undergraduate Enrollments: Fall 2005 to Fall 2009

▸ Our enrollments are within academic colleges. Colleges may have different enrollment trends from the university as a whole, and from each other. College enrollments include students with majors and/or are undeclared but within the college.

▸ The next slide shows the undergraduate headcount enrollments by college ▸ All have increased in enrollment except CPCS▸ CLA remains the largest undergraduate college with 47% of

the headcount▸ CNHS has increased its headcount from 10% to 15% of the

total▸ CSM has increased its headcount from 15% to 18% of the

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CSM 1,176 1,297 1,460 1,617 1,835

CM 1,237 1,315 1,446 1,610 1,744

CNHS 798 963 1,142 1,338 1,552

CPCS 457 490 444 303 204

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Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009


College Graduate Enrollments: Fall 05 to Fall 09

▸ Graduate enrollments have risen in all colleges except CPCS▸ The Dispute Resolution graduate program moved from

CPCS to MGS as of Fall 08, approximately 50 students. The CPCS ‘share’ dropped to 1% of the total with that move.

▸ GCE/CEHD’s percentage of the total enrollment declined from 45% to 39% of all the graduate enrollment from Fall 05 to Fall 09

▸ The CM ‘share’ increased from 11% to 18% of the total▸ CNHS rose from 5% to 7% of the total (using Fall counts)▸ The CLA, CSM and MGS ‘share’ remained relatively stable


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CPCS 86 86 86 36 40

GCE 1072 1161 1261 1270 1,284

MGS 197 214 236 307 322



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CSM 134 170 194 250

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Freshmen by College

▸ The lion’s share goes to CLA (60% in Fall 09)

▸ CSM’s share has increased to one quarter this Fall (from about 17% in prior years)

▸ Relatively few freshmen enter other colleges (I note there has been a moratorium on CPCS, but even before this there were few freshmen entrants)


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ESHS 27 94 66 105 88

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Transfers by College

▸ The percentage of transfers entering CLA has declined from 51% to 44%

▸ CSM’s share has hovered around 18-19% was 20% in Fall 09

▸ CNHS (including EHS) takes about 19% of the total▸ CM takes 15%▸ This was the first year for GCE to accept undergraduate

students and 11 transfers entered the program▸ CPCS accepted 20 transfer students this Fall


Online and On-Ground Enrollment of Degree Seeking Students: Fall 2009

UndergradFull-Time

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UndergradPart-Time

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All online 188 111 298 309

Mix online/on-ground

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6706 899 1915 1552

Total 7456 1139 2571 1914


Online Enrollments

▸ In Fall 09 7% of our enrollees were taking all online classes

▸ An additional 8% were taking mixed online and on-ground classes

▸ However, 85% of all students were attending on-ground only

▸ Looking separately at part time attendees – 77% were on-ground only


Strategic Questions

▸ What is the enrollment composition we wish to achieve? Why?

▸ What are our online enrollment goals?▸ Redistribution of students to reduce stress on facilities▸ More students▸ Can we support more? Where? Undergrad? Graduate? ▸ What programs?

▸ New Student Mix – freshmen, transfers, graduate?▸ What happens with CPCS?▸ Undergraduate Part-time students – enhance numbers

or continue reduction? Is it something we control?


Strategic Questions Continued

▸ Higher percentage Full-Time students means more instructional activity even without continued enrollment growth – how do we manage this?

▸ Do we need to consider and plan student growth by college – do colleges have different student body composition goals?

▸ Do we need to consider new students by College/Program Mix? Law school prep? Med School prep?

▸ Are the current array of programs attracting the students we will need to serve in the future? And the needs of the Commonwealth and Region?

▸ How will University College impact enrollment? Faculty needs?


Strategic Questions continued

▸ Additional questions to consider

▸ How does the plan to go to 4 credit courses impact student enrollment? Freshmen? Transfers?

▸ What are the assumptions about student behavior with 4 credit courses?

▸ Will the typical student continue to carry 4 or 5 courses or will that change to 3 or 4 courses?

▸ How does the plan to go to 4 credit courses impact faculty load and the availability of classroom and faculty office/lab space?

▸ Are there changes in feeder schools planned that may change our enrollment patterns (eg Quincy College to 4 year?)

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