Houston Community College Common Data Set 2023 - 2024

	A. General Information	

A0	Respondent Information (Not for Publication)		
	Name:	RADS (Research,Analytics & Decision Support)	
	Title:		
	Office:	Research,Analytics & Decision Support	
	Mailing Address:	3rd Floor 3100 Main Street	
	City/State/Zip/Country:	Houston, Texas 77002 / USA	
	Phone:	713-718-8625	
	Fax:	oir.info@hccs.edu	

E-mail Address:	https://www.hccs.edu/about-hcc/institutional-research/	

Are your responses to the CDS posted for reference on your institution's Web site?	 X 	Yes	
		No	

If yes, please provide the URL of the corresponding Web page:	
https://www.hccs.edu/about-hcc/institutional-research/common-data-set/	

A0A	We invite you to indicate if there are items on the CDS for which you cannot use the requested analytic convention, cannot provide data for the cohort requested, whose methodology is unclear, or about which you have questions or comments in general. This information will not be published but will help the publishers further refine CDS items.	

Houston Community College	
PO Box 667517	
Houston, Texas, 77266, US	
3100 Main Street	
Houston, Texas, 77002, US	
713-718-2000	
https://www.hccs.edu/	
713-718-8500	
	
PO Box 667517, MC 1136	
Houston, Texas, 77266, US	
student.info@hccs.edu	

A1  Address Information
Name of College/University:
Mailing Address:
City/State/Zip/Country:
Street Address (if different):
City/State/Zip/Country:
Main Phone Number:
WWW Home Page Address:
Admissions Phone Number:
Admissions Toll-Free Phone Number:
Admissions Office Mailing Address:
City/State/Zip/Country:
Admissions E-mail Address:

	If you have a mailing address other than the above to which applications should be sent, please provide:	

A2	
Source of institutional control (Check only one):	

If there is a separate URL for your school’s online application, please specify: https://www.hccs.edu/applying-and-paying/

X	Public	
	Private (nonprofit)	
	Proprietary	

A3	Classify your undergraduate institution:	

X	Coeducational college	
	Men's college	
	Women's college	

A4	Academic year calendar:	

X	Semester	
	Quarter	
	Trimester	
	4-1-4	
	Continuous	
	Differs by program (describe):	

If your academic year has changed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, please indicate as other below.

Other (describe):

A5	Degrees offered by your institution:	

X	Certificate	
	Diploma	
X	Associate	
X	Transfer Associate	
X	Terminal Associate	
X	Bachelor's	
	Postbachelor's certificate	
	Master's	
	Post-master's certificate	
	Doctoral degree research/scholarship	
	Doctoral degree – professional practice	
	Doctoral degree -- other	

A6	
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion	

If you have a diversity, equity, and inclusion office or department, please provide the URL of the corresponding Web page:

	B. ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE	

B1 Institutional Enrollment - Men and Women
Provide numbers of students for each of the following categories as of the institution's official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2023.

•	Note: Report students formerly designated as “first professional” in the graduate cells.
•	For information on reporting study abroad students please see: This Document at NCES.GOV
•	If your institution collects and reports non-binary gender data, please use the "Another Gender" category.
•	In cases where gender information is not provided, please distribute across the two-binary categories.
Undergraduate Students: Full-Time	Men	Women	Another Gender	
Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen	2,177	2,273		
Other first-year, degree-seeking	613	896		
All other degree-seeking	3,502	4,427		
Total degree-seeking	6,292	7,596	0	
All other undergraduates enrolled in credit	520	849		
Total undergraduate Full-Time Students	6,812	8,445	0	

Undergraduate Students: Part-Time	Men	Women	Another Gender	
Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen	1,685	2,024		
Other first-year, degree-seeking	801	1,452		
All other degree-seeking	6,764	11,356		
Total degree-seeking	9,250	14,832	0	
All other undergraduates enrolled in credit	4,629	5,781		
Total undergraduate Part-Time Students	13,879	20,613	0	

Undergraduate Students: All	Men	Women	Another Gender	
Total undergraduate Students	20,691	29,058		

Graduate Students: Full-Time	
Degree-seeking, first-time				
All other degree-seeking				
All other graduates enrolled in credit				
Total graduate Full-Time Students	0	0	0	

Graduate Students:Part-Time	
Degree-seeking, first-time				
All other degree-seeking				
All other graduates enrolled in credit				
Total graduate Part-Time Students	0	0	0	

Graduate Students: All	Men	Women	Another Gender	
Total Graduate Students				

All Students: Total	Men	Women	Another Gender	
Total all students	6,812	8,445	0	

Total all undergraduates		49,749 	
Total all graduate		0	
GRAND TOTAL ALL STUDENTS		49,749 	
Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category.	
Provide numbers of undergraduate students for each of the following categories as of the institution’s official fall
reporting date or as of October 15, 2023.	
•	Include international students only in the category "Nonresidents."	
•	Complete the “Total Undergraduates” column only if you cannot provide data for the first two columns.	
•		Report as your institution reports to IPEDS: persons who are Hispanic should be reported only on the Hispanic line, not under any race, and persons who are non-Hispanic multi-racial should be reported only under "Two or more races."	
•	New guidance from IPEDS for reporting aggregate data:	
Racial/ethnic designations are requested only for United States citizens, residents, and other eligible non-citizens. Eligible non-citizens include all students who completed high school or a GED equivalency within the United States (including DACA and undocumented students) and who were not on an F-1 non-immigrant student visa at the time of high school graduation.	
More information about other eligible (for financial aid purposes) non-citizens is available at https://studentaid.gov/understandaid/eligibility/requirements/non-us-citizens.	

B2

Nonresident - A person who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who is in this country on a student visa or temporary basis and does not have the right to remain indefinitely. Do not include DACA, undocumented, or other eligible noncitizens in this category.
NOTE - Nonresidents are to be reported separately, in the boxes provided, rather than included in any of the seven racial/ethnic categories or in race/ethnicity unknown.
	
Degree-Seeking First-Time First Year	Degree-Seeking Undergraduates (include first-time first- year)	Total Undergraduates (both degree & non- degree-seeking)	
Nonresidents	743	3,713	4,200	
Hispanic/Latino	3,567	14,078	19,303	
Black or African American, non-Hispanic	1,883	10,474	12,276	
White, non-Hispanic	751	4,046	5,475	
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	14	56	67	
Asian, non-Hispanic	731	3,677	5,178	

Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	
7	
27	
33	
Two or more races, non-Hispanic	182	892	1,128	
Race and/or ethnicity unknown	281	1,007	2,089	
TOTAL	8,159	37,970	49,749	

Persistence		
Number of degrees awarded by your institution from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023.	
Certificate/diploma	1330	
Associate degrees	5238	
Bachelor's degrees	0	
Postbachelor's certificates		
Master's degrees		
Post-Master's certificates		
Doctoral degrees – research/scholarship	

Doctoral degrees – professional practice	
Doctoral degrees – other		
B4-B21: Graduation Rates		
The items in this section correspond to data elements collected by the IPEDS Web-based Data Collection System’s Graduation Rate Survey (GRS).	
•		For complete instructions and definitions of data elements, see the IPEDS GRS Forms and Instructions for the 2023-2024 Survey. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data/survey-components/9/graduation-rates 	
In the following section for bachelor’s or equivalent programs, please disaggregate the Fall 2016 and Fall 2017 cohorts (formerly CDS B4-B11) into four groups:
•	Students who received 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
•	Total (all students, regardless of Pell Grant or subsidized loan status)

*Students who received both a Federal Pell Grant and a subsidized Stafford Loan should be reported in the "Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant" column.

For each graduation rate grid below, the numbers in the first three columns for Questions A-G should sum to the cohort total in the fourth column (formerly CDS B4-B11).	

B3

For Bachelor’s or Equivalent Programs
Please provide data for the Fall 2017 cohort if available. If Fall 2016 cohort data are not available, provide data for the Fall 2016 cohort.

	

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	
Total

(sum of 3 columns to the left)	
Initial 2017 cohort of first-time, full-time, bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students				
0	

Of the initial 2017 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons:
•	Deceased
•	Permanently Disabled
•	Armed Forces
•	Foreign Aid Service of the Federal Government
•	Official church missions
•	Report Total Allowable Exclusions				

0	
Final 2017 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions	0	0	0	0	
Of the initial 2017 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by Aug. 31, 2021)				
0	
Of the initial 2017 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after Aug. 31, 2021 and by Aug. 31, 2022)				

0	

Of the initial 2017 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after Aug. 31, 2022 and by Aug. 31, 2023)				

0	
Total graduating within six years (sum of lines D, E, and F)	
0	
0	
0	
0	

Six-year graduation rate for 2017 cohort (G divided by C)	
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Fall 2017 Cohort

A

B

C D

E

F

G

H

	

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	
Total

(sum of 3 columns to the left)	

Initial 2016 cohort of first-time, full-time, bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students				
0	

Of the initial 2016 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons:
•	Deceased
•	Permanently Disabled
•	Armed Forces
•	Foreign Aid Service of the Federal Government
•	Official church missions
•	Report Total Allowable Exclusions				

0	
Final 2016 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions	0	0	0	0	
Of the initial 2016 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by Aug. 31, 2020)				
0	

Of the initial 2016 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after Aug. 31, 2020 and by Aug. 31, 2021)				

0	
Of the initial 2016 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after Aug. 31, 2021 and by Aug. 31, 2022)				

0	
Total graduating within six years (sum of lines D, E, and F)	0	0	0	0	
Six-year graduation rate for 2016 cohort (G divided by C)	
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Fall 2016 Cohort

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

B12 B13

B14 B15
B16

B17 B18

B19 B20 B21

For Two-Year Institutions
Please provide data for the 2020 cohort if available. If 2020 cohort data are not available, provide data for the 2019 cohort.

	2020 Cohort	2019 Cohort	
Initial cohort, total of first-time, full-time degree/certificate-seeking students:		4167	
Of the initial cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons:
•	Death
•	Permanently Disability
•	Service in the armed forces,
•	Foreign aid service of the federal government
•	Official church missions
•	Report total allowable exclusions			
Final cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions:		4167	
Completers of programs of less than two years duration (total):			
Completers of programs of less than two years within 150 percent of normal time:		
129	
Completers of programs of at least two but less than four years (total):			
Completers of programs of at least two but less than four-years within 150 percent of normal time:		
594	
Total transfers-out (within three years) to other institutions:		727	
Total transfers to two-year institutions:			
Total transfers to four-year institutions:			
B22. Retention Rates
Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in Fall 2022 (or the preceding summer term).
•	The initial cohort may be adjusted for students who departed for the following reasons:
*	Death
*	Permanent Disability
*	Service in the armed forces
*	Foreign aid service of the federal government
*	Official church missions
*	No other adjustments to the initial cohort should be made.

For the cohort of all full-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered your institution as first-year students in Fall 2022 (or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the date your institution calculates its official enrollment in Fall 2023.

Total students retained = students from the Fall 2022 cohort who are still enrolled as of Fall 2023 + students from Fall 2022 cohort who completed their bachelor’s program as of Fall 2023
(Students from the Fall 2022 cohort still enrolled as of Fall 2023 + Students from Fall 2022 cohort who completed their bachelor’s program as of Fall 2023)/(Adjusted Fall 2022 cohort) *100
Note: The number of first-time students seeking a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) who attain a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) by their second fall term is expected to be zero or very small. In exceptional cases when a first-time student does satisfy all degree requirements including full credit completion (e.g., typically 120 credit hours) and is awarded a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) by their second fall term, they are to be considered “retained” for EF reporting purposes.

B22

	C. FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR ADMISSION		
	C1-C2: Applications		
C1	First-time, first-year students: Provide the number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in Fall 2023.	
	•	Include early decision, early action, and students who began studies during summer in this cohort.	
	•		Applicants should include only those students who fulfilled the requirements for consideration for admission (i.e., who completed actionable applications) and who have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, non-admission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).	
	•	Since the total may include students who did not provide gender data, the detail need not sum to the total.	
	•	If your institution collects and reports non-binary gender data, please use the "Another Gender" category.	
	•	Note that recent high school graduates and other students without prior postsecondary experience will still be considered "first-time students" for fall enrollment reporting purposes even if they enrolled in the summer prior to fall enrollment.	
	•	Provide numbers of students for each of the following categories as of the institution’s official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2023.	
	First-Time, First-Year Student Applicants	Total	
	Total first-time, first-year men who applied	3862	
	Total first-time, first-year women who applied	4297	
	Total first-time, first-year another gender who applied		

First-Time, First-Year Student Admits	Total	
Total first-time, first-year men who were admitted	3862	
Total first-time, first-year women who were admitted	4297	
Total first-time, first-year another gender who were admitted		

First-Time, First-Year Student Enrollees by Status	Total	
Total full-time, first-time, first-year men who enrolled	2177	
Total part-time, first-time, first-year men who enrolled	1685	
Total full-time, first-time, first-year women who enrolled	2273	
Total part-time, first-time, first-year women who enrolled	2024	
Total full-time, first-time, first-year another gender who enrolled		
Total part-time, first-time, first-year another gender who enrolled		

If available, please provide residency breakdowns for total applicants, admits, and enrolled students: Fall 2023
First-Time, First-Year Student Applicants	In-State	Out-of-State	International	Unknown	Total	
Total first-time, first-year who applied	6,976	209	974		8159	
Total first-time, first-year who were admitted	6,976	209	974		8159	
Total first-time, first-year who enrolled	6,976	209	974		8159	

C2	First-time, first-year wait-listed students	
	Students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability	

Yes	No	
	X	

Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list?

If yes, please answer the questions below for Fall 2023 admissions:

WAITING LIST	TOTAL	
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list:		
Number accepting a place on the waiting list:		
Number of wait-listed students admitted:		

Is your waiting list ranked?	Yes	No	
If yes, do you release that information to students?		
Do you release that information to school counselors?		
C3-C5: Admission Requirements

C3	High school completion requirement	
	Check the appropriate box to identify your high school completion requirement for degree-seeking entering students:	
X	High school diploma is required and GED is accepted	
	High school diploma is required and GED is not accepted	
	High school diploma or equivalent is not required	

C4	Does your institution require or recommend a general college-preparatory program for degree-
seeking students?	

	Require	
	Recommend	
X	Neither require nor recommend	

C5 Distribution of high school units required and/or recommended. Specify the distribution of academic high school course units required and/or recommended of all or most degree-seeking students using Carnegie units (one unit equals one year of study or its equivalent). If you use a different system for calculating units, please convert.
Distribution of high school units	Required	Recommended	
Total academic units			
English			
Mathematics			
Science			
Of these, units that must be			
Foreign language			
Social studies			
History			
Academic electives			
Computer Science			
Visual/Performing Arts			
Other (specify)			

C6-C7: Basis for Selection	
C6 Do you have an open admission policy, under which virtually all secondary school graduates or students with GED equivalency diplomas are admitted without regard to academic record, test scores, or other qualifications? If so, check which applies:	
X Open admission policy as described above for all students	
Open admission policy as described above for most students, but--	
selective admission for out-of-state students	
X selective admission to some programs	
other (explain):	
	Admission to heatlh care programs is selective.		

C7 Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in your first-time, first-year, degree-seeking general (not including programs with specific criteria) admissions decisions.
Academic	Very Important	Important	Considered	Not Considered	
Rigor of secondary school record					
Class rank					
Academic GPA					
Standardized test scores					
Application Essay					
Recommendation(s)					
Nonacademic	Very Important	Important	Considered	Not Considered	
Interview					
Extracurricular activities					
Talent/ability					
Character/personal qualities					
First generation					
Alumni/ae relation					
Geographical residence					
State residency					
Religious affiliation/commitment					
Volunteer work					
Work experience					
Level of applicant’s interest					

Please provide additional information if the importance of any specific	
academic or nonacademic factors differ by academic program.	

C8: SAT and ACT Policies	
Entrance exams
Yes	No
Does your institution make use of SAT or ACT scores in admission
decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants?	

C8A If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution’s policies for use in admission for Fall 2025.

Admission	
Required to be considered for admission	

Required for some	

Recommended	
Not required for admission, but considered if submitted	Not considered for admission, even if submitted	
SAT or ACT						
ACT Only						
SAT Only						

C8B	Has been removed from the CDS.	

C8C	Has been removed from the CDS.	

C8D	In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for academic advising?	

	 Yes	
No	

C8E	Latest date by which SAT or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission	

 	

C8F	If necessary, use this space to clarify your test policies (e.g., if tests are recommended for some students, or if tests are not required of some students due to differences by academic program, student academic background, or if other examinations may be considered in lieu of the SAT
and ACT):	

C8G	Please indicate which tests your institution uses for placement (e.g., state tests):	
	SAT	
	ACT	
	AP	
	CLEP	
	Institutional Exam	
	State Exam (specify):			

C9-C12: First-time, first-year Profile	
Provide information for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year
students enrolled in Fall 2023, including students who began studies during summer, international students/nonresidents, and students admitted under special arrangements.	

C9	Percent and number of first-time, first-year students enrolled in Fall 2023 who submitted national
standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores.	
	•		Include information for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who submitted test scores.	
	•		Do not include partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not critical reading for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item.	
	•	Do not convert SAT scores to ACT scores and vice versa.	
	•	If a student submitted multiple sets of scores for a single test, report this information according to how
you use the data. For example:	
	•		If you consider the highest scores from either submission, use the highest combination of scores (e.g., verbal from one submission, math from the other).	
	•	If you average the scores, use the average to report the scores.	

Submitting SAT Scores	
Submitting ACT Scores	

Percent	Number	

For each assessment listed below, report the score that represents the 25th percentile (the score that 25 percent of the first-time, first-year population scored at or below) and the 75th percentile score (the score that 25 percent scored at or above).

Assessment	25th Percentile	50th Percentile	75th Percentile	
SAT Composite				
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and				
SAT Math				
ACT Composite				
ACT Math				
ACT English				
ACT Writing				
ACT Science				
ACT Reading				

Percent of first-time, first-year students with scores in each range:

Score Range	SAT Evidence-	SAT Math	
700-800			
600-699			
500-599			
400-499			
300-399			
200-299			
Totals should = 100%	0.00%	0.00%	

Score Range	SAT Composite	
1400-1600		
1200-1399		
1000-1199		
800-999		
600-799		
400-599		
Totals should = 100%	0.00%	

Score Range	ACT Composite	ACT English	ACT Math	ACT Reading	ACT Science	
30-36						
24-29						
18-23						
12-17						
6-11						
Below 6						
Totals should = 100%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	

Assessment	Percent	
Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class		
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class		
Percent in top half of high school graduating class		
Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class		
Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class		
Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshmen) students who submitted
high school class rank:		

C10 Percent of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who had high school class rank within each of the following ranges (report information for those students from whom you collected high school rank information)

Top half +
bottom half = 100%

C11	Percentage of all enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who had high school grade- point averages within each of the following ranges (using 4.0 scale).	
	* Report information only for those students from whom you collected high school GPA.	
	* If you are able to report GPA ranges separately for students that also submitted at least one test score	
	versus those who did not submit a test score, please do so in the respective columns	
	If you are unable to report these data, please report the ranges for all students.	

Score Range	Percent (Students who submitted
scores)	Percent (Students who did not submit
scores)	Percent (All enrolled students)	
Percent who had GPA of 4.0				
Percent who had GPA between 3.75 and 3.99				
Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74				
Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49				
Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24				
Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.99				
Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.49				
Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99				
Percent who had GPA below 1.0				
Totals should = 100%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	

C12	Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who submitted GPA:	0.00%	
	Percent of total first-time, first-year students who submitted high school
GPA:	0.00%	

C13-C20: Admission Policies

C13	Application Fee	
	If your institution has waived its application fee for the Fall 2025 admission cycle please select no.	

Yes	No	
	X	

Yes	No	

Does your institution have an application fee? Amount of application fee:

Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?

If you have an application fee and an on-line application option, please indicate policy for students who apply on-line:

	Same fee	
	Free	
	Reduced	
Yes	No
Can on-line application fee be waived for applicants with financial need?

C14	Application closing date	

Yes	No	
	X	

Does your institution have an application closing date?

	Date	
Application closing date (fall)		
Priority Date		

Must reply by (date):	
No set date	
Must reply by May 1st or within	
Other:	

Refundable if student does not enroll?

	Yes, in full	
	Yes, in part	
	No	

C18	Deferred admission	

Yes	No

X

C15	Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the
fall?	

C16	Notification to applicants of admission decision sent (fill in one only)	

On a rolling basis beginning (date):	
By (date):	
Other:	

C17	Reply policy for admitted applicants (fill in one only)	

Deadline for housing deposit (MMDD):	
Amount of housing deposit:	

weeks if notified thereafter

Yes	No

Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission?	
If yes, maximum period of postponement:	

C19	Early admission of high school students	

Does your institution allow high school students to enroll as full-time, first-time, first-year students one year or more before high school graduation?

Yes	No

C20	Common Application: Question removed from CDS. (Initiated during 2006-2007 cycle)	

C21-C22: Early Decision and Early Action Plans

C21	Early Decision	

Does your institution offer an early decision plan (an admission plan that permits students to apply and be notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date and that asks students to commit to attending if accepted) for first-time, first-year applicants for
fall enrollment?	
If “yes,” please complete the following:	
First or only early decision plan closing date	
First or only early decision plan notification date	
Other early decision plan closing date	
Other early decision plan notification date	

For the Fall 2023 entering class:	
Number of early decision applications received by your institution	
Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan	
Please provide significant details about your early decision plan:	

C22	Early action	

Do you have a nonbinding early action plan whereby students are notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date but do not have to commit to attending your college?	
If “yes,” please complete the following:	
Early action closing date	

Early action notification date	

Is your early action plan a “restrictive” plan under which you limit students from applying to other early plans?

Yes	No

Yes	No

Yes	No

	D. TRANSFER ADMISSION	
D1-D2: Fall Applicants

Yes	No	
X		

X		

D1 Does your institution enroll transfer students? (If no, please skip to Section E)
If yes, may transfer students earn advanced standing credit by transferring credits earned from course work completed at other colleges/universities?

D2 Provide the number of students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled as degree-seeking transfer students in Fall 2023.
If your institution collects and reports non-binary gender data, please use the "Another Gender" category.

Transfer Admission	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	
Men	1,414	1,414	1,414	
Women	2,348	2,348	2,348	
Another Gender				
Total	3,762	3,762	3,762	

D3-D11: Application for Admission	
Indicate terms for which transfers may enroll:	

D3

X	Fall	
X	Winter	
X	Spring	
X	Summer	

Yes	No	
	
X	

D4 Must a transfer applicant have a minimum number of credits completed or else must apply as an entering freshman?
If yes, what is the minimum number of credits and the unit of measure?

D5	
Indicate all items required of transfer students to apply for admission:	

Requirements	Required of All	Recommended
of All	Recommended
of Some	Required of Some	Not Required	
High school transcript	X					
College transcript(s)	X					
Essay or personal						
Interview						
Standardized test scores						
Statement of good standing from prior institution(s)						

D6	If a minimum high school grade point average is required of
transfer applicants, specify (on a 4.0 scale):	

D7	If a minimum college grade point average is required of
transfer applicants, specify (on a 4.0 scale):	

D8  List any other application requirements specific to transfer applicants:

D9 List application priority, closing, notification, and candidate reply dates for transfer students. If applications are reviewed on a continuous or rolling basis, place a check mark in the “Rolling admission” column.

Term	Priority Date	Closing Date	Notification Date	Reply Date	Rolling	
Fall						
Winter						
Spring						
Summer						

D9 D9 D9 D9 D9

X

Yes	No
D10 Does an open admission policy, if reported, apply to transfer students?

D11 Describe additional requirements for transfer admission, if applicable:

D12-D17: Transfer Credit Policies
D12 Report the lowest grade earned for any
course that may be transferred for credit:	D

D13 Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a two-year institution:

45

Number	Unit Type

D14 Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a four-year institution:

45

Number	Unit Type

D15 Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn an associate degree:

	15.00	

30.00

D16 Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn a bachelor’s degree:

D17 Describe other transfer credit policies:

D18-D22: Military Service Transfer Credit Policies
D18 Does your institution accept the following military/veteran transfer credits:

American Council on Education (ACE) College Level Examination Program (CLEP) DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST)

D19 Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred based on military education evaluated by the American Council on Education (ACE):

Yes	No
X		
X		
X		

Number	Unit Type

Semester Credit Hours

No Maximum

D20

D21

Number	Unit Type
Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred based on Department of Defense supported prior learning assessments (College Level Examination Program (CLEP) or DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST)):	
24	
Semester Credit Hours	

Yes	No
Are the military/veteran credit transfer policies published on your website?	X		

If yes, please provide the URL where the policy can be located: https://www.hccs.edu/resources-for/current-students/prior-learning-assessment/	

D22 Describe other military/veteran transfer credit policies unique to your institution:

	E. ACADEMIC OFFERINGS AND POLICIES	

E1	Special study options: Identify those programs available at your institution. Refer to the glossary for definitions.	

Accelerated program	
Comprehensive transition and postsecondary program for students with intellectual disabilities	
Cross-registration	
X  Distance learning	
Double major	
X  Dual enrollment	
X  English as a Second Language (ESL)	
Exchange student program (domestic)	
External degree program	
X  Honors Program	
Independent study	
X  Internships	
Liberal arts/career combination	
Student-designed major	
Study abroad	
X  Teacher certification program	
Undergraduate Research	
X  Weekend college	
X  Other (specify):	

E2	Has been removed from the CDS.	

E3	Areas in which all or most students are required to complete some course
work prior to graduation:	
X	Arts/fine arts	
X	Computer literacy	
X	English (including composition)	
	Foreign languages	
X	History	
	Physical Education	
X	Humanities	
	Intensive writing	
X	Mathematics	
X	Philosophy	
X	Sciences (biological or physical)	
X	Social science	
	Other (describe):	

	F. STUDENT LIFE	
F1 Percentages of first-time, first-year (freshman) degree-seeking students and degree-seeking undergraduates enrolled in Fall 2023 who fit the following categories:

	First-time, first- year students	
Undergraduates	
Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the
numerator and denominator)	
3%		
Percent of men who join fraternities			
Percent of women who join sororities			
Percent who live in college-owned, -
operated, or -affiliated housing	0%	0%	
Percent who live off campus or commute	100%	100%	
Percent of students age 25 and older	16%	30%	
Average age of full-time students	20	23	
Average age of all students (full- and part-	22	24	

F2	Activities offered. Identify those	

X	Campus Ministries	
	Choral groups	
	Concert band	
	Dance	
	Drama/theater	
	International Student Organization	
	Jazz band	
	Literary magazine	
	Marching band	
	Model UN	
	Music ensembles	
	Musical theater	
	Opera	
	Pep band	
	Radio station	
X	Student government	
X	Student newspaper	
X	Student-run film society	
	Symphony orchestra	
	Television station	
	Yearbook	

F3	ROTC (program offered in cooperation with Reserve Officers' Training Corps)			
	
Programs	Marine Option (for Naval ROTC)	
On Campus	At Cooperating Institution	Name of Cooperating Institution	
	Army ROTC is offered:					
	Naval ROTC is offered:					
	Air Force ROTC is offered:			X		
F4	Housing: Check all types of college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing available for undergraduates at your institution.	
	Coed dorms					
	Men's dorms					
	Women's dorms					
	Apartments for married students					
	Apartments for single students					
	Special housing for disabled students					
	Special housing for international students				
	Fraternity/sorority housing					
	Cooperative housing					
	Theme housing					
	Wellness housing					
	Living Learning Communities					
	Other housing options (specify):					

	                G. ANNUAL EXPENSES		
G0	Please provide the URL of your institution’s net price calculator:	

Provide 2023-2024 academic year costs of attendance for the following categories that are applicable to your institution.

Check here if your institution's 2024-2025 academic year costs of attendance are not available at this time and provide an approximate date (i.e., month/day) when your institution's final 2024-2025 academic year costs of attendance will be available:

G1	Undergraduate full-time tuition, required fees, food and housing	
	List the typical tuition, required fees, and food and housing for a full-time undergraduate student for the FULL 2024-2025 academic year. (30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours for institutions that derive annual tuition by multiplying credit hour cost by number of credits).	
	•		A full academic year refers to the period of time generally extending from September to June; usually equated to two semesters, two trimesters, three quarters, or the period covered by a four-one-four plan.	
	•	Food and housing is defined as double occupancy and 19 meals per week or the maximum meal plan.	
	•		Required fees include only charges that all full-time students must pay that are not included in tuition (e.g., registration, health, or activity fees.)	
	•	Do not include optional fees (e.g., parking, laboratory use).	

G1	PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS	First-Year	Undergraduates	
	Tuition:			

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS	First-Year	Undergraduates	
Tuition: In-district	$2,541	$2,541	
Tuition: In-state (out-of-district):	$5,421	$5,421	
Tuition: Out-of-state:	$6,816	$6,816	
Tuition: Non-resident			
	
FOR ALL INSTITUTIONS	First-Year	Undergraduates	
Required Fees:			
Food and housing (on-campus):			
Housing Only (on-campus):			
Food Only (on-campus meal plan):			
Comprehensive tuition and food and housing fee (if your college cannot provide separate tuition and food and housing fees):

Other:	 Note: Tuition and fees are included in the figures provided.		

G2	Number of credits per term a student can take for the stated
full-time tuition.	

Minimum	Maximum	
15	15	

Yes	No	
	X	
	X	

G3 Do tuition and fees vary by year of study (e.g., sophomore, junior, senior)?
G4 Do tuition and fees vary by undergraduate instructional program?
If yes, what percentage of full-time undergraduates pay more than the tuition and fees reported in G1?

G5 Provide the estimated expenses for a typical full-time undergraduate student:

	Residents	Commuters	Commuters	
Books and supplies:			$2,250	
Housing only:	Not Applicable	Not Applicable		
Food only:	Not Applicable			
Food and housing total*	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	$9,330	
Transportation:				
Other expenses:			$4,300	
* If your college cannot provide separate food and housing figures for commuters not living at home

G6	Undergraduate per-credit-hour charges (tuition only):	
	PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS:		
	PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS:		
	In-district:		
	In-state (out-of-district):		
	Out-of-state:		
	NONRESIDENTS:		

	H. FINANCIAL AID	

Please refer to the following financial aid definitions when completing Section H.	
Awarded aid: The dollar amounts offered to financial aid applicants.	
Financial aid applicant: Any applicant who submits any one of the institutionally required financial aid applications/forms, such as the FAFSA.	
Indebtedness: Aggregate dollar amount borrowed through any loan program (federal, state, subsidized, unsubsidized, private, etc.; excluding parent loans) while the student was enrolled at an institution. Student loans co-signed by a parent are assumed to be the responsibility of the student and should be included.	
Institutional scholarships and grants: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants for which the institution determines the recipient.	
Financial need: As determined by your institution using the federal methodology and/or your institution's own standards.	
Need-based aid: College-funded or college-administered award from institutional, state, federal, or other sources for which a student must have financial need to qualify. This includes both institutional and non- institutional student aid (grants, jobs, and loans).	
Need-based scholarship or grant aid: Scholarships and grants from institutional, state, federal, or other sources for which a student must have financial need to qualify.	
Need-based self-help aid: Loans and jobs from institutional, state, federal, or other sources for which a student must demonstrate financial need to qualify.	
Non-need-based scholarship or grant aid: Scholarships and grants, gifts, or merit-based aid from institutional, state, federal, or other sources (including unrestricted funds or gifts and endowment income) awarded solely on the basis of academic achievement, merit, or any other non-need-based reason. When reporting questions H1 and H2, non-need-based aid that is used to meet need should be counted as need- based aid.	
Note: Suggested order of precedence for counting non-need money as need-based:	
1. Non-need institutional grants	6. Non-need outside grants	
2. Non-need tuition waivers	7. Non-need student loans	
3. Non-need athletic awards	8. Non-need parent loans	
4. Non-need federal grants	9. Non-need work	
5. Non-need state grants		
Non-need-based self-help aid: Loans and jobs from institutional, state, or other sources for which a student need not demonstrate financial need to qualify.	
Private student loans: A nonfederal loan made by a lender such as a bank, credit union or private lender used to pay for up to the annual cost of education, less any financial aid received.	
External scholarships and grants: Scholarships and grants received from outside (private) sources that students bring with them (e.g., Kiwanis, National Merit scholarships). The institution may process paperwork to receive the dollars, but it has no role in determining the recipient or the dollar amount awarded.	
Work study and employment: Federal and state work study aid, and any employment packaged by your institution in financial aid awards.	
DO NOT INCLUDE ANY AID RELATED TO THE CARES ACT OR UNIQUE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Aid Awarded to Enrolled Undergraduates

H1	Enter total dollar amounts awarded to enrolled full-time and less than full-time degree-seeking
undergraduates (using the same cohort reported in CDS Question B1, “total degree-seeking” undergraduates) in the following categories.	
	•		If the data being reported are final figures for the 2022-2023 academic year (see the next item below), use the 2022-2023 academic year's CDS Question B1 cohort.	
	•	Include aid awarded to international students (i.e., those not qualifying for federal aid).	
	•	Aid that is non-need-based but that was used to meet need should be reported in the need-based aid
column.	
	•	For a suggested order of precedence in assigning categories of aid to cover need, see the entry for “non-	
	•	Do NOT include any aid related to the CARES Act or unique to the COVID-19 pandemic.	

2023-2024	2022-2023 Final	
Indicate the academic year for which data are reported for items H1,
H2, H2A, and H6 below:	X	
Which needs-analysis methodology does your institution use in awarding institutional aid? (Formerly H3)	

Federal methodology (FM)	
Institutional methodology (IM)	
Both FM and IM	

Aid Awarded	Need-based	Non-need-	
Scholarships/Grants			
Federal	$84,731,267	$0	
State all states, not only the state in which your institution is located	
$5,235,644	
$0	
Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers
(which are reported below).	

$2,574,241	

$0	
Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National
Merit) not awarded by the college	
$1,447,079	
$0	
Total Scholarships/Grants	$93,988,231	$0	
Self-Help			
Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)	$51,705,890	$1,861,479	
Federal Work-Study			
State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note:
Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)			
Total Self-Help	$51,705,890	$1,861,479	
Parent Loans	$126,271	$4,783	
Tuition Waivers
Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere.			
Athletic Awards	$0	$0	

H2	Number of Enrolled Students Awarded Aid: List the number of degree-seeking full-time and less-than-full-
time undergraduates who applied for and were awarded financial aid from any source.	
	•		Aid that is non-need-based but that was used to meet need should be counted as need- based aid.	
	•	  Numbers should reflect the cohort awarded the dollars reported in H1.	
	•		In the chart below, students may be counted in more than one row, and full-time freshmen should also be counted as full-time undergraduates.	
	•	Do NOT include any aid related to the CARES Act or unique to the COVID-19 pandemic.	

Number of Enrolled Students Awarded Aid	First-time Full- time Freshmen	Full-time Undergrad
(Incl. Fresh)	Less Than Full-time Undergrad	
A	Number of degree-seeking undergraduate students
(CDS Item B1 if reporting on Fall 2023 cohort)	4195	13857	34302	
B	Number of students in line a who applied for need-
based financial aid	4001	8550	16292	
C	Number of students in line b who were determined to	3514	7667	14494	
D	Number of students in line c who were awarded any	3338	7161	12487	
E	Number of students in line d who were awarded any	3094	6555	11217	
F	Number of students in line d who were awarded any	1274	2964	5290	
G	Number of students in line d who were awarded any	465	796	536	
H	Number of students in line d whose need was fully met	894	1922	2215	
I	On average, the percentage of need that was met of	25.4%	25.1%	15.3%	
J	The average financial aid package of those in line d.	$ 6,490	$ 6,399	$ 4,308	
K	Average need-based scholarship and grant award of
those in line e	$ 5,917	$ 5,711	$ 3,469	
L	Average need-based self-help award (excluding PLUS  loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative 
loans) of those in line f	
$ 2,049	
$ 2,343	
$ 2,552	
M	Average need-based loan (excluding PLUS loans, 	$ 2,949	$ 3,037	$ 2,893	

H2A Number of Enrolled Students Awarded Non-need-based Scholarships and Grants: List the number of degree-seeking full-time and less-than-full-time undergraduates who had no financial need and who were awarded institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid.
•	Numbers should reflect the cohort awarded the dollars reported in H1.
•	In the chart below, students may be counted in more than one row, and full-time freshmen should also be
•	Do NOT include any aid related to the CARES Act or unique to the COVID-19 pandemic.

	Number of Enrolled Students Awarded Non-need- based Scholarships and Grants	First-time Full-time
Freshmen	Full-time Undergrad
(Incl. Fresh.)	Less Than Full-time
Undergrad	
N	Number of students in line a who had no financial need and who were awarded institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid (exclude those who were
awarded athletic awards and tuition benefits)	
66	
98	
37	
O	Average dollar amount of institutional non-need-based	$ 2,377	$ 2,537	$ 1,622	
P	Number of students in line a who were awarded an	0	0	0	
Q	Average dollar amount of institutional non-need-based	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	

Note: These are the graduates and loan types to include and exclude in order to fill out CDS H4
and H5.	
Include:	
•		2023 undergraduate class: all students who started at your institution as first-time students and received a bachelor's degree between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.	
•	Only loans made to students who borrowed while enrolled at your institution.	
•	Co-signed loans.	
Exclude	
•	Students who transferred in.	
•	Money borrowed at other institutions.	
•	Parent loans	
•		Students who did not graduate or who graduated with another degree or certificate (but no bachelor’s degree).	
•	Any aid related to the CARE Act or unique the COVID-19 pandemic.	

H4	Provide the number of students in the 2023 undergraduate class who started at your institution as first-time students and received a bachelor's degree between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023. Exclude students who transferred into your
institution.		
		NA	

H5. Number and percent of students in class (defined in H4 above) borrowing from federal, non-federal, and any loan sources, and the average (or mean) amount borrowed.
•		The “Average per-undergraduate-borrower cumulative principal borrowed,” is designed to provide better information about student borrowing from federal and nonfederal (institutional, state, commercial) sources.
•	The numbers, percentages, and averages for each row should be based only on the loan source specified for the particular row. For example, the federal loans average (row b) should only be the cumulative average of federal loans and the private loans average (row e) should only be the cumulative average of private loans.

Source/Type of Loan	
Number in the class (defined in H4 above) who borrowed from the types of loans specified in the first column	
Percent of the class (defined above) who borrowed from the types of loans specified in the first column (nearest 1%)	Average per- undergraduate- borrower cumulative principal borrowed from the types of loans specified in the first column
(nearest $1)	

A	Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc.
Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.				

B	Federal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.				
C	Institutional loan programs.				

D	
State loan programs.				

E	
Private student loans made by a bank or lender.				

Aid to Undergraduate Degree-seeking Nonresidents	
•	Report numbers and dollar amounts for the same academic year checked in item H1	

H6	Indicate your institution’s policy regarding institutional scholarship and grant aid for undergraduate degree-
seeking nonresidents:	

Institutional need-based scholarship or grant aid is available	
Institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid is available	
Institutional scholarship or grant aid is not available	

If institutional financial aid is available for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents, provide the number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents who were awarded need-based or non-need-based aid:

Average dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree- seeking nonresidents:

Total dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents:

H7	Check off all financial aid forms nonresident first-year financial aid applicants must submit:	

Institution’s own financial aid form	
CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE	
Other (specify):	

Process for First-Year Students

H8	Check off all financial aid forms domestic first-year financial aid applicants must submit:	

X	FAFSA	
	Institution's own financial aid form	
	CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE	
	State aid form	
	Noncustodial PROFILE	
	Business/Farm Supplement	
	Other (specify):	

H9	Indicate filing dates for first-year students:		
	Priority date for filing required financial aid forms:	 		
	Deadline for filing required financial aid forms:		30-Jun		
No deadline for filing required forms (applications processed on a rolling basis)

H10	Indicate notification dates for first-year students (answer a or b):	

a) Students notified on or about (date):

b) Students notified on a rolling basis:	
Yes	
No	
If yes, starting date:	

H11	Indicate	reply	dates:		
	Students must reply by (date):		
	or within	weeks of notification.		

Types of Aid Available	
Please check off all types of aid available to undergraduates at your institution:	
Loans	

H12

X	Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans	
X	Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans	
X	Direct PLUS Loans	
	Federal Perkins Loans	
	Federal Nursing Loans	
	State Loans	
	College/university loans from institutional funds	
	Other (specify):	

H13	Need Based Scholarships and Grants	

X	Federal Pell	
X	SEOG	
X	State scholarships/grants	
X	Private scholarships	
X	College/university scholarship or grant aid from institutional funds	
	United Negro College Fund	
	Federal Nursing Scholarship	
	Other (specify):	

H14

Check off criteria used in awarding institutional aid. Check all that apply.
	Non-Need Based	Need-Based	
Academics	X		
Alumni affiliation			
Art			
Athletics			
Job skills			
ROTC			
Leadership			
Minority status	X		
Music/drama			
Religious affiliation	X		
State/district residency			

H15	If your institution has recently implemented any major financial aid policy, program, or initiative to make your institution more affordable to incoming students such as replacing loans with grants, or waiving costs for families below a certain income level please provide details below:	

Are these policies related to the COVID-19 pandemic?

Yes	
No	

	I. INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY AND CLASS SIZE	

I-1. Please report the number of instructional faculty members in each category for Fall 2023. Include faculty who are on your institution’s payroll on the census date your institution uses for IPEDS/AAUP.
The following definition of full-time instructional faculty is used by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) in its annual Faculty Compensation Survey (the part time definitions are not used by AAUP). Instructional Faculty is defined as those members of the instructional-research staff whose major regular assignment is instruction, including those with released time for research. Use the chart below to determine inclusions and exclusions:	
		Full-time	Part-time	

A	Instructional faculty in preclinical and clinical medicine, faculty who are not paid (e.g., those who donate their services or are in the military), or research-only faculty, post- doctoral fellows, or pre-doctoral fellows	

Exclude	Include only if they teach one or more non- clinical credit courses	

B	Administrative officers with titles such as dean of students, librarian, registrar, coach, and the like, even though they may devote part of their time to classroom instruction and may have faculty status	

Exclude	Include if they teach one or more non- clinical credit
courses	
C	Other administrators/staff who teach one or more non-clinical credit courses even though
they do not have faculty status	
Exclude	
Include	
D	Undergraduate or graduate students who assist in the instruction of courses, but have
titles such as teaching assistant, teaching fellow, and the like	
Exclude	
Exclude	
E	Faculty on sabbatical or leave with pay	Include	Exclude	
F	Faculty on leave without pay	Exclude	Exclude	
G	Replacement faculty for faculty on sabbatical leave or leave with pay	Exclude	Include	

Full-time instructional faculty: faculty employed on a full-time basis for instruction (including those with released time for research)	
Part-time instructional faculty: Adjuncts and other instructors being paid solely for part-time classroom instruction. Also includes full-time faculty teaching less than two semesters, three quarters, two trimesters, or two four-month sessions. Employees who are not considered full-time instruction faculty but who teach one or more non-clinical credit courses may be counted as part-time faculty.	
Minority faculty: includes faculty who designate themselves as Black, non-Hispanic; American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, or Hispanic.	
Doctorate: includes such degrees as Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Education, Doctor of Juridical Science, and Doctor of Public Health in any field such as arts, sciences, education, engineering, business, and public administration. Also includes terminal degrees formerly designated as “first professional,” including dentistry (DDS or DMD), medicine (MD), optometry (OD), osteopathic medicine (DO), pharmacy (DPharm or BPharm), podiatric medicine (DPM), veterinary medicine (DVM), chiropractic (DC or DCM), or law (JD).	
Terminal master’s degree: a master’s degree that is considered the highest degree in a field: example, M. Arch (in architecture) and MFA (master of fine arts in art or theater).	

I-1.		Full-Time	Part-Time	Total	
	A	Total number of instructional faculty	854	1719	2573	
	B	Total number who are members of minority groups	430	1111	1541	
	C	Total number who are women	440	954	1394	
	D	Total number who are men	414	765	1179	
	E	Total number who are nonresidents (international)	0	0	0	
	F	Total number with doctorate, or other terminal degree	315	307	622	
	G	Total number whose highest degree is a master’s but not a terminal
master’s	381	893	1274	
	H	Total number whose highest degree is a bachelor’s	70	213	283	
	I	Total number whose highest degree is unknown or other (Note:
Items f, g, h, and i must sum up to item a.)	88	306	394	
	J	Total number in stand-alone graduate/professional programs in
which faculty teach virtually only graduate-level students				

I-2.	Student to Faculty Ratio	
	Report the Fall 2023 ratio of full-time equivalent students (full-time plus 1/3 part time) to full-time equivalent instructional faculty (full time plus 1/3 part time). In the ratio calculations, exclude both faculty and students in stand-alone graduate or professional programs such as medicine, law, veterinary, dentistry, social work, business, or public health in which faculty teach virtually only graduate level students.	
	•	Do not count undergraduate or graduate student teaching assistants as faculty.	

Fall 2023 Student to Faculty ratio	20	to 1	(based on		students	
			and		faculty).	
Undergraduate Class Size						
In the table below, please use the following definitions to report information about the size of classes and class sections offered in the Fall 2023 term.	
•	Please include classes that have been moved online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.	
Class Sections: A class section is an organized course offered for credit, identified by discipline and number, meeting at a stated time or times in a classroom or similar setting, and not a subsection such as a laboratory or discussion session. Undergraduate class sections are defined as any sections in which at least one degree-seeking undergraduate student is enrolled for credit. Exclude distance learning classes and noncredit classes and individual instruction such as dissertation or thesis research, music instruction, or one-to-one readings. Exclude students in independent study, co-operative programs, internships, foreign language taped tutor sessions, practicums, and all students in one-on-one classes. Each class section should be counted only once and should not be duplicated because of course catalog cross-
listings.	
Class Subsections: A class subsection includes any subsection of a course, such as laboratory,
recitation, and discussion subsections that are supplementary in nature and are scheduled to meet separately from the lecture portion of the course. Undergraduate subsections are defined as any subsections of courses in which degree-seeking undergraduate students enrolled for credit. As above, exclude noncredit classes and individual instruction such as dissertation or thesis research, music instruction, or one-to-one readings. Each class subsection should be counted only once and should not be duplicated because of cross-listings.	
Using the above definitions, please report for each of the following class-size intervals the number of class sections and class subsections offered in Fall 2023. For example, a lecture class with 800 students who met at another time in 40 separate labs with 20 students should be counted once in the “100+”
column in the class section column and 40 times under the “20-29” column of the class subsections table.	

I-3.

Number of Class Sections with Undergraduates Enrolled

Undergraduate Class Size (provide numbers)
	2-9	10-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-99	100+	Total	
CLASS
SECTIONS	698	2056	2528	1374	3	4	0	6663	

	2-9	10-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-99	100+	Total	
CLASS SUB-
SECTIONS								0	

	J. Disciplinary areas of DEGREES CONFERRED	

J1 Degrees conferred between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023
For each of the following discipline areas, provide the percentage of diplomas/certificates, associate, and bachelor’s degrees awarded. To determine the percentage, use majors, not headcount (e.g., students with one degree but a double major will be represented twice).
Calculate the percentage from your institution’s IPEDS Completions by using the sum of 1st and 2nd majors for each CIP code as the numerator and the sum of the Grand Total by 1st Majors and the Grand Total by 2nd major as the denominator. If you prefer, you can compute the percentages using 1st majors only.

Category	
Diploma/Certificates	
Associate	
Bachelor’s	CIP 2020 Categories to Include	
Agriculture	0.0%	0.1%		01	
Natural resources and conservation	0.0%	0.0%		03	
Architecture	0.0%	0.0%		04	
Area, ethnic, and gender studies	0.0%	0.0%		05	
Communication/journalism	0.0%	0.7%		09	
Communication technologies	3.8%	1.2%		10	
Computer and information sciences	5.4%	5.7%		11	
Personal and culinary services	10.1%	1.7%		12	
Education	0.0%	2.9%		13	
Engineering	0.0%	1.2%		14	
Engineering technologies	2.2%	2.2%		15	
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	0.0%	0.5%		16	
Family and consumer sciences	2.8%	0.5%		19	
Law/legal studies	2.8%	0.6%		22	
English	0.0%	0.4%		23	
Liberal arts/general studies	0.0%	33.7%		24	
Library science	0.0%	11.1%		25	
Biological/life sciences	0.0%	0.0%		26	
Mathematics and statistics	0.0%	0.1%		27	
Military science and military technologies	0.0%	0.0%		28 & 29	
Interdisciplinary studies	0.0%	0.0%		30	
Parks and recreation	0.0%	0.0%		31	
Philosophy and religious studies	0.0%	0.0%		38	
Theology and religious vocations	0.0%	0.0%		39	
Physical sciences	0.0%	0.1%		40	
Science technologies	0.6%	0.7%		41	
Psychology	0.0%	2.4%		42	
Homeland Security, law enforcement, firefighting,	8.4%	0.4%		43	
Public administration and social services	0.0%	0.0%		44	
Social sciences	0.5%	0.5%		45	
Construction trades	6.0%	0.1%		46	
Mechanic and repair technologies	6.4%	0.7%		47	
Precision production	6.8%	0.2%		48	
Transportation and materials moving	0.0%	0.0%		49	
Visual and performing arts	2.9%	2.1%		50	
Health professions and related programs	23.6%	9.9%		51	
Business/marketing	17.6%	20.1%		52	
History	0.0%	0.3%		54	
Other					
TOTAL (should = 100%)	100.00%	100.00%	0.00%		

Common Data Set Deﬁnitions
All deﬁnitions related to the ﬁnancial aid section appear at the end of the Deﬁnitions document.
Items preceded by an asterisk (*) represent deﬁnitions agreed to among publishers which do not appear on the CDS document but may be present on individual publishers’ surveys.
Additional guidance for some terms, particularly those common with the IPEDS survey, may be found here: https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/public/glossary
*Academic advisement: Plan under which each student is assigned to a faculty member or a trained adviser, who, through regular meetings, helps the student plan and implement immediate and long-term academic and vocational goals.
Accelerated program: Completion of a college program of study in fewer than the usual number of years, most often by attending summer sessions and carrying extra courses during the regular academic term.
Admitted student: Applicant who is offered admission to a degree-granting program at your institution.
*Adult student services: Admission assistance, support, orientation, and other services expressly for adults who have started college for the ﬁrst time, or who are re-entering after a lapse of a few years.
American Indian or Alaska Native: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and maintaining tribal affiliation or community attachment.
Applicant (ﬁrst-time, ﬁrst year): An individual who has fulﬁlled the institution’s requirements to be considered for admission (including payment or waiving of the application fee, if any) and who has been notiﬁed of one of the following actions: admission, non-admission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution)
Application fee: That amount of money that an institution charges for processing a student’s application for acceptance. This amount is not creditable toward tuition and required fees, nor is it refundable if the student is not admitted to the institution.
Asian: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Associate degree: An award that normally requires at least two but less than four years of full-time equivalent college work.
Bachelor’s degree: An award (baccalaureate or equivalent degree, as determined by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education) that normally requires at least four years but not more than ﬁve years of full-time equivalent college-level work. This includes ALL bachelor’s degrees conferred in a ﬁve-year cooperative (work-study plan) program. (A cooperative plan provides for alternate class attendance and employment in business, industry, or government; thus, it allows students to

combine actual work experience with their college studies.) Also, it includes bachelor’s degrees in which the normal four years of work are completed in three years.
Black or African American: A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
Board (charges): Assume average cost for 19 meals per week or the maximum meal plan.
Books and supplies (costs): Average cost of books and supplies. Do not include unusual costs for special groups of students (e.g., engineering or art majors), unless they constitute most students at your institution.
Calendar system: The method by which an institution structures most of its courses for the academic year.
Campus Ministry: Religious student organizations (denominational or nondenominational) devoted to fostering religious life on college campuses. May also refer to Campus Crusade for Christ, an interdenominational Christian organization.
*Career and placement services: A range of services, including (often) the following: coordination of visits of employers to campus; aptitude and vocational testing; interest inventories, personal counseling; help in resume writing, interviewing, launching the job search; listings for those students desiring employment and those seeking permanent positions; establishment of a permanent reference folder; career resource materials.
Carnegie units: One year of study or the equivalent in a secondary school subject.
Certiﬁcate: See Postsecondary award, certiﬁcate, or diploma.
Class rank: The relative numerical position of a student in his or her graduating class, calculated by the high school based on grade-point average, whether weighted or unweighted.
College-preparatory program: Courses in academic subjects (English, history and social studies, foreign languages, mathematics, science, and the arts) that stress preparation for college or university study.
Common Application: The standard application form distributed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals for many private colleges who are members of the Common Application Group.
*Community service program: Referral center for students wishing to perform volunteer work in the community or participate in volunteer activities coordinated by academic departments.
Commuter: A student who lives off campus in housing that is not owned by, operated by, or affiliated with the college. This category includes students who commute from home and students who have moved to the area to attend college.
Comprehensive transition and postsecondary program for students with intellectual disabilities: Programs designed to support postsecondary students with intellectual disabilities obtain instruction in academic, career and technical, and independent living subjects in preparation for employment.

Clock hour: A unit of measure that represents an hour of scheduled instruction given to students. Also referred to as contact hour.
Continuous basis (for program enrollment): A calendar system classiﬁcation that is used by institutions that enroll students at any time during the academic year. For example, a cosmetology school or a word processing school might allow students to enroll and begin studies at various times, with no requirement that classes begin on a certain date.
Cooperative education program: A program that provides for alternate class attendance and employment in business, industry, or government.
Cooperative housing: College-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing in which students share food and housing expenses and participate in household chores to reduce living expenses.
*Counseling service: Activities designed to assist students in making plans and decisions related to their education, career, or personal development.
Credit: Recognition of attendance or performance in an instructional activity (course or program) that can be applied by a recipient toward the requirements for a degree, diploma, certiﬁcate, or recognized postsecondary credential.
Credit course: A course that, if successfully completed, can be applied toward the number of courses required for achieving a degree, diploma, certiﬁcate, or other recognized postsecondary credential.
Credit hour: A unit of measure representing an hour (50 minutes) of instruction over a 15-week period in a semester or trimester system or a 10-week period in a quarter system. It is applied toward the total number of hours needed for completing the requirements of a degree, diploma, certiﬁcate, or recognized postsecondary credential.
Cross-registration: A system whereby students enrolled at one institution may take courses at another institution without having to apply to the second institution.
Deferred admission: The practice of permitting admitted students to postpone enrollment, usually for a period of one academic term or one year.
Degree: An award conferred by a college, university, or other postsecondary education institution as official recognition for the successful completion of a program of studies.
Degree-seeking students: Students enrolled in courses for credit who are recognized by the institution as seeking a degree or recognized postsecondary credential. At the undergraduate level, this is intended to include students enrolled in vocational or occupational programs.
*Developmental services: Instructional courses designed for students deﬁcient in the general competencies necessary for a regular postsecondary curriculum and educational setting.
Differs by program (calendar system): A calendar system classiﬁcation that is used by institutions that have occupational/vocational programs of varying length. These schools may enroll students at speciﬁc times depending on the program desired. For example, a school might offer a two-month

program in January, March, May, September, and November; and a three-month program in January, April, and October.
Diploma: See Postsecondary award, certiﬁcate, or diploma.
Distance learning: An option for earning course credit at off-campus locations via cable television, internet, satellite classes, videotapes, correspondence courses, or other means.
Doctor’s degree-research/scholarship: A Ph.D. or other doctor's degree that requires advanced work beyond the master’s level, including the preparation and defense of a dissertation based on original research, or the planning and execution of an original project demonstrating substantial artistic or scholarly achievement. Some examples of this type of degree may include Ed.D., D.M.A., D.B.A., D.Sc., D.A., or D.M, and others, as designated by the awarding institution.
Doctor’s degree-professional practice: A doctor’s degree that is conferred upon completion of a program providing the knowledge and skills for the recognition, credential, or license required for professional practice. The degree is awarded after a period of study such that the total time to the degree, including both pre-professional and professional preparation, equals at least six full-time equivalent academic years. Some of these degrees were formerly classiﬁed as “ﬁrst professional” and may include: Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.); Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.); Law (L.L.B. or J.D.); Medicine (M.D.); Optometry (O.D.); Osteopathic Medicine (D.O); Pharmacy (Pharm.D.); Podiatry (D.P.M., Pod.D., D.P.);or Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), and others, as designated by the awarding institution.
Doctor’s degree-other: A doctor’s degree that does not meet the deﬁnition of a doctor’s degree -
research/scholarship or a doctor’s degree - professional practice.
Double major: Program in which students may complete two undergraduate programs of study simultaneously.
Dual enrollment: A program through which high school students may enroll in college courses while still enrolled in high school. Students are not required to apply for admission to the college to participate.
Early action plan: An admission plan that allows students to apply and be notiﬁed of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notiﬁcation dates. If admitted, the candidate is not committed to enroll; the student may reply to the offer under the college’s regular reply policy.
Early admission: A policy under which students who have not completed high school are admitted and enroll full time in college, usually after completion of their junior year.
Early decision plan: A plan that permits students to apply and be notiﬁed of an admission decision (and ﬁnancial aid offer if applicable) well in advance of the regular notiﬁcation date. Applicants agree to accept an offer of admission and, if admitted, to withdraw their applications from other colleges. There are three possible decisions for early decision applicants: admitted, denied, or not admitted but forwarded for consideration with the regular applicant pool, without prejudice.
English as a Second Language (ESL): A course of study designed speciﬁcally for students whose native language is not English.

Exchange student program-domestic: Any arrangement between a student and a college that permits study for a semester or more at another college in the United States without extending the amount of time required for a degree. See also Study abroad.
External degree program: A program of study in which students earn credits toward a degree through independent study, college courses, proﬁciency examinations, and personal experience. External degree programs require minimal or no classroom attendance.
Extracurricular activities (as admission factor): Special consideration in the admissions process given for participation in both school and non-school-related activities of interest to the college, such as clubs, hobbies, student government, athletics, performing arts, etc.
First-time student: A student attending any institution for the ﬁrst time at the level enrolled. Includes students enrolled in the fall term who attended a postsecondary institution for the ﬁrst time at the same level in the prior summer term. Also includes students who entered with advanced standing (college credit earned before graduation from high school).
First-time, ﬁrst-year student: A student attending any institution for the ﬁrst time at the undergraduate level. Includes students enrolled in the fall term who attended college for the ﬁrst time in the prior summer term. Also includes students who entered with advanced standing (college credits earned before graduation from high school).
First-year student: A student who has completed less than the equivalent of 1 full year of undergraduate work; that is, less than 30 semester hours (in a 120-hour degree program) or less than 900 clock hours.
Food and housing (charges)—on campus: Assume double occupancy in institutional housing and 19 meals per week (or maximum meal plan).
Full-time student (undergraduate): A student enrolled for 12 or more semester credits, 12 or more quarter credits, or 24 or more clock hours a week each term.
Geographical residence (as admission factor): Special consideration in the admission process given to students from a particular region, state, or country of residence.
Grade-point average (academic high school GPA): The sum of grade points a student has earned in secondary school divided by the number of courses taken. The most common system of assigning numbers to grades counts four points for an A, three points for a B, two points for a C, one point for a D, and no points for an E or F. Unweighted GPA’s assign the same weight to each course. Weighting gives students additional points for their grades in advanced or honors courses.
Graduate student: A student who holds a bachelor’s or equivalent and is taking courses at the post-baccalaureate level.
*Health services: Free or low cost on-campus primary and preventive health care available to students.
High school diploma or recognized equivalent: A document certifying the successful completion of a prescribed secondary school program of studies, or the attainment of satisfactory scores on the Tests of General Educational Development (GED), or another state-speciﬁed examination.

Hispanic or Latino: A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
Honors program: Any special program for very able students offering the opportunity for educational enrichment, independent study, acceleration, or some combination of these.
Independent study: Academic work chosen or designed by the student with the approval of the department concerned, under an instructor’s supervision, and usually undertaken outside of the regular classroom structure.
In-state tuition: The tuition charged by institutions to those students who meet the state’s or institution’s residency requirements.
International student: See Nonresident.
International student group: Student groups that facilitate cultural dialogue, support a diverse campus, assist international students in acclimation and creating a social network.
Internship: Any short-term, supervised work experience usually related to a student’s major ﬁeld, for which the student earns academic credit. The work can be full- or part-time, on- or off-campus, paid or unpaid.
*Learning center: Center offer assistance through tutors, workshops, computer programs, or audiovisual equipment in reading, writing, math, and skills such as taking notes, managing time, taking tests.
*Legal services: Free or low-cost legal advice for a range of issues (personal and other).
Liberal arts/career combination: Program in which a student earns undergraduate degrees in two separate ﬁelds, one in a liberal arts major and the other in a professional or specialized major, whether on campus or through cross-registration.
Living learning community: Residential programs that allow students to interact with students who share common interests. In addition to living together, students may also participate in shared courses, special events, and group service projects.
Master's degree: An award that requires the successful completion of a program of study of generally one or two full-time equivalent academic years of work beyond the bachelor's degree. Some of these degrees, such as those in Theology (M.Div., M.H.L./Rav) that were formerly classiﬁed as "ﬁrst professional", may require more than two full-time equivalent academic years of work.
Minority affiliation (as admission factor): Special consideration in the admission process for members of designated racial/ethnic minority groups.
*Minority student center: Center with programs, activities, and/or services intended to enhance the college experience of students of color.
Model United Nations: A simulation activity focusing on conﬂict resolution, globalization, and diplomacy. Assuming roles as foreign ambassadors and “delegates,” students conduct research, engage in debate, draft resolutions, and may participate in a national Model UN conference.

Native Hawaiian or Other Paciﬁc Islander: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Paciﬁc Islands.
*New student orientation: Orientation addressing the academic, social, emotional, and intellectual issues involved in beginning college. May be a few hours or a few days in length; at some colleges, there is a fee.
Nonresident: A person who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who is in this country on a visa or temporary basis and does not have the right to remain indeﬁnitely.
*On-campus day care: Licensed day care for students’ children (usually age 3 and up); usually for a fee.
Open admission: Admission policy under which virtually all secondary school graduates or students with GED equivalency diplomas are admitted without regard to academic record, test scores, or other qualiﬁcations.
Other expenses (costs): Include average costs for clothing, laundry, entertainment, medical (if not a required fee), and furnishings.
Out-of-state tuition: The tuition charged by institutions to those students who do not meet the institution’s or state’s residency requirements.
Part-time student (undergraduate): A student enrolled for fewer than 12 credits per semester or quarter, or fewer than 24 clock hours a week each term.
Permanent Resident or other eligible non-citizen: A person who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who has been admitted as a legal immigrant for the purpose of obtaining permanent resident status (and who holds either a registration card [Form I-551 or I-151], a Temporary Resident Card [Form I-688], or an Arrival-Departure Record [Form I-94] with a notation that conveys legal immigrant status, such as Section 207 Refugee, Section 208 Asylee, Conditional Entrant Parolee or Cuban-Haitian).
*Personal counseling: One-on-one or group counseling with trained professionals for students who want to explore personal, educational, or vocational issues.
Post-baccalaureate certiﬁcate: An award that requires completion of an organized program of study requiring 18 credit hours beyond the bachelor’s; designed for persons who have completed a baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of master.
Post-master’s certiﬁcate: An award that requires completion of an organized program of study of 24 credit hours beyond the master’s degree but does not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the doctoral level.
Postsecondary award, certiﬁcate, or diploma: Includes the following three IPEDS deﬁnitions for postsecondary awards, certiﬁcates, and diplomas of varying durations and credit/contact/clock hour requirements:

Less Than 1 Academic Year: Requires completion of an organized program of study at the postsecondary level (below the baccalaureate degree) in less than 1 academic year (2 semesters or 3 quarters) or in less than 900 clock hours by a student enrolled full-time.
At Least 1 But Less Than 2 Academic Years: Requires completion of an organized program of study at the postsecondary level (below the baccalaureate degree) in at least 1 but less than 2 full- time equivalent academic years or designed for completion in at least 30 but less than 60 credit hours, or in at least 900 but less than 1,800 clock hours.
At Least 2 But Less Than 4 Academic Years: Requires completion of an organized program of study at the postsecondary level (below the baccalaureate degree) in at least 2 but less than 4 full- time equivalent academic years or designed for completion in at least 60 but less than 120 credit hours, or in at least 1,800 but less than 3,600 clock hours.
Private institution: An educational institution controlled by a private individual(s) or by a nongovernmental agency, usually supported primarily by other than public funds, and operated by other than publicly elected or appointed officials.
Private for-proﬁt institution: A private institution in which the individual(s) or agency in control receives compensation, other than wages, rent, or other expenses for the assumption of risk.
Private nonproﬁt institution: A private institution in which the individual(s) or agency in control receives no compensation, other than wages, rent, or other expenses for the assumption of risk. These include both independent nonproﬁt schools and those affiliated with a religious organization.
Proprietary institution: See Private for-proﬁt institution.
Public institution: An educational institution whose programs and activities are operated by publicly elected or appointed school officials, and which is supported primarily by public funds.
Quarter calendar system: A calendar system in which the academic year consists of three sessions called quarters of about 12 weeks each. The range may be from 10 to 15 weeks. There may be an additional quarter in the summer.
Race/ethnicity: Category used to describe groups to which individuals belong, identify with, or belong in the eyes of the community. The categories do not denote scientiﬁc deﬁnitions of anthropological origins. A person may be counted in only one group.
Race/ethnicity unknown: Category used to classify students or employees whose race/ethnicity is not known and whom institutions are unable to place in one of the speciﬁed racial/ethnic categories.
Recognized Postsecondary Credential: Includes both Title IV eligible degrees, certiﬁcates, and other recognized postsecondary credentials. Any credential that is received after completion of a program that is eligible for Title IV federal student aid. Credentials that are awarded to recognize an individual’s attainment of measurable technical or industry/occupational skills necessary to obtain employment or advance within an industry occupation. (Generally based on standards developed or endorsed by employers or industry associations).

Religious affiliation/commitment (as admission factor): Special consideration given in the admission process for affiliation with a certain church or faith/religion, commitment to a religious vocation, or observance of certain religious tenets/lifestyle
*Religious counseling: One-on-one or group counseling with trained professionals for students who want to explore religious problems or issues.
Required fees: Fixed sum charged to students for items not covered by tuition and required of such a large proportion of all students that the student who does NOT pay is the exception. Do not include application fees or optional fees such as lab fees or parking fees.
Secondary school record (as admission factor): Information maintained by the secondary school that may include such things as the student’s high school transcript, class rank, GPA, and teacher and counselor recommendations.
Semester calendar system: A calendar system that consists of two semesters during the academic year with about 16 weeks for each semester of instruction. There may be an additional summer session.
Student-designed major: A program of study based on individual interests, designed with the assistance of an adviser.
Study abroad: Any arrangement by which a student completes part of the college program studying in another country. Can be at a campus abroad or through a cooperative agreement with some other U.S. college or an institution of another country.
*Summer session: A summer session is shorter than a regular semester and not considered part of the academic year. It is not the third term of an institution operating on a trimester system or the fourth term of an institution operating on a quarter calendar system. The institution may have 2 or more sessions occurring in the summer months. Some schools, such as vocational and beauty schools, have year-round classes with no separate summer session.
Talent/ability (as admission factor): Special consideration given to students with demonstrated talent/abilities in areas of interest to the institution (e.g., sports, the arts, languages, etc.).
Teacher certiﬁcation program: Program designed to prepare students to meet the requirements for certiﬁcation as teachers in elementary, middle/junior high, and secondary schools.
Transfer applicant: An individual who has fulﬁlled the institution’s requirements to be considered for admission (including payment or waiving of the application fee, if any) and who has previously attended another college or university and earned college-level credit.
Transfer student: A student entering the institution for the ﬁrst time but known to have previously attended a postsecondary institution at the same level (e.g., undergraduate). The student may transfer with or without credit.
Transportation (costs): Assume two round trips to student’s hometown per year for students in institutional housing or daily travel to and from your institution for commuter students.
Trimester calendar system: An academic year consisting of 3 terms of about 15 weeks each.

Tuition: Amount of money charged to students for instructional services. Tuition may be charged per term, per course, or per credit.
*Tutoring: May range from one-on-one tutoring in speciﬁc subjects to tutoring in an area such as math, reading, or writing. Most tutors are college students; at some colleges, they are specially trained and certiﬁed.
Unit: a standard of measurement representing hours of academic instruction (e.g., semester credit, quarter credit, clock hour).
Undergraduate: A student enrolled in a four- or ﬁve-year bachelor’s degree program, an associate degree program, or a vocational or technical program below the baccalaureate.
Undergraduate Research: Opportunities offered to undergraduate students to make original contributions in an academic discipline via the exploration of a speciﬁc research topic. Research opportunities may or may not be associated with a speciﬁc course or earn credit.
*Veteran’s counseling: Helps veterans and their dependents obtain beneﬁts for their selected program and provides certiﬁcations to the Veteran’s Administration. May also provide personal counseling on the transition from the military to a civilian life.
*Visually impaired: Any person whose sight loss is not correctable and is sufficiently severe as to adversely affect educational performance.
Volunteer work (as admission factor): Special consideration given to students for activity done on a volunteer basis (e.g., tutoring, hospital care, working with the elderly or disabled) as a service to the community or the public in general.
Wait list: List of students who meet the admission requirements but will only be offered a place in the class if space becomes available.
Weekend college: A program that allows students to take a complete course of study and attend classes only on weekends.
White: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.
*Women’s center: Center with programs, academic activities, and/or services intended to promote an understanding of the evolving roles of women.
Work experience (as admission factor): Special consideration given to students who have been employed prior to application, whether for relevance to major, demonstration of employment- related skills, or as explanation of student’s academic and extracurricular record.

Financial Aid Deﬁnitions
External scholarships and grants: Scholarships and grants received from outside (private) sources that students bring with them (e.g., Kiwanis, National Merit scholarships). The institution may process paperwork to receive the dollars, but it has no role in determining the recipient or the dollar amount awarded.
Financial aid applicant: Any applicant who submits any one of the institutionally required ﬁnancial aid applications/forms, such as the FAFSA.
Indebtedness: Aggregate dollar amount borrowed through any loan program (federal, state, subsidized, unsubsidized, private, etc.; excluding parent loans) while the student was enrolled at an institution. Student loans co-signed by a parent are assumed to be the responsibility of the student and should be included.
Institutional scholarships and grants: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants for which the institution determines the recipient.
Financial need: As determined by your institution using the federal methodology and/or your institution's own standards.
Need-based aid: College-funded or college-administered award from institutional, state, federal, or other sources for which a student must have ﬁnancial need to qualify. This includes both institutional and non-institutional student aid (grants, jobs, and loans).
Need-based scholarship or grant aid: Scholarships and grants from institutional, state, federal, or other sources for which a student must have ﬁnancial need to qualify.
Need-based self-help aid: Loans and jobs from institutional, state, federal, or other sources for which a student must demonstrate ﬁnancial need to qualify.
Non-need-based scholarship or grant aid: Scholarships and grants, gifts, or merit-based aid from institutional, state, federal, or other sources (including unrestricted funds or gifts and endowment income) awarded solely based on academic achievement, merit, or any other non-need-based reason. When reporting questions H1 and H2, non-need-based aid that is used to meet need should be counted as need-based aid.

Note: Suggested order of precedence for counting non-need money as need-based:
1.	Non-need institutional grants
2.	Non-need tuition waivers
3.	Non-need athletic awards
4.	Non-need federal grants
5.	Non-need state grants
6.	Non-need outside grants

7.	Non-need student loans
8.	Non-need parent loans
9.	Non-need work
Non-need-based self-help aid: Loans and jobs from institutional, state, or other sources for which a student need not demonstrate ﬁnancial need to qualify.
Work study and employment: Federal and state work study aid, and any employment packaged by your institution in ﬁnancial aid awards.