Common Data Set A: General Information (2004-2005)
A0.  Respondent Information (Not for Publication)
Name Donna McAnally
Title Coordinator of Reports and Publications
Office Institutional Research and Assessment
Mailing Address 304 Lyceum
City/State/Zip University,MS 38677
Country United States
Phone (662) 915-7387
Fax (662) 915-5400
Email Address dmcanall@olemiss.edu
Are your responses to the CDS posted for references on your institution's Web site? Yes       No      
If yes, please provide the URL of the corresponding Web page: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/university_planning/cds.htm
We invite you to indicate if there are items on the CDS for which you cannot use the requested analytic convention, or 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 This information will not be published but will help the publishers further refine CDS items.


A1.  Address Information
Name of College or University University of Mississippi 
Mailing Address PO Box 1848 ,
304 Lyceum
Searchable City/State/Zip University, MS  38677
Country United States
Street Address (if different)  
Main Phone 662-915-7387 
WWW Home Page Address www.olemiss.edu 
Admissions Phone Number 662-915-7226 
Admissions Toll-Free Number 800-653-6477 
Admissions Office Mailing Address 145 Martindale 
City/State/Zip University, MS   38677
Country United States
Admissions Fax Number 662-915-5869 
Admissions Email Address admissions@olemiss.edu 
If there is a separate URL application site on the internet, please specify:  

A2.Searchable Source of institutional control
Public   Private (nonprofit)  Proprietary

A3.Searchable Classify your undergraduate institution
Coeducational  Men's  Women's 

A4.  Academic year calendar
Semester  Quarter  Trimester  4-1-4  Other  Continuous 
Differs By Program 
If you chose "Continuous", please describe here:  
If you chose "Differs", please describe here:  
If you chose "Others", please describe here:  

A5. Degrees offered by your institution
Certificate
Diploma
Associate
    Transfer
    Terminal
Bachelor's
Post Bachelor's Certificate
Master's
Post Master's Certificate
Doctoral
First Professional
First Professional Certificate
   


Common Data Set B: Enrollment And Persistence (2004-2005)

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, 2004.

  FULL-TIMEPART-TIME
Undergraduates
Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen 1,068 1,187 Line 1 10 11 Line 15
Other first-year, degree-seeking 479 414 Line 2 27 33 Line 16
All other degree-seeking 3,621 4,070 Lines 3-6 340 505 Lines 17-20
Total degree-seeking 5,168 5,671   377 549  
All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses 4 22 Line 7 15 14 Line 21
Total undergraduates 5,172 5,693 Line 8 392 563 Line 22
First-professional
First-time, first-professional students 90 80 Line 9 3 1 Line 23
All other first-professionals 285 277 Line 10 0 0 Line 24
Total first-professional 375 357   3 1  
Graduate
Degree-seeking, first-time 126 177 Line 11 40 108 Line 25
All other degree-seeking 34 34 Line 12 57 183 Line 26
All other graduates enrolled in credit courses 394 380 Line 13 141 267 Line 27
Total graduate 554 591   238 558  
Searchable Total all undergraduates: 11,820 
Total all graduate and professional students: 2,677 
GRAND TOTAL ALL STUDENTS: 14,497 

B2.Searchable 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, 2004. Include international students only in the category "Nonresident aliens." Complete the "Total Undergraduates" column only if you cannot provide data for the first two columns. Refer to IPEDS EF-1 Part A or IPEDS EF-2 Part A surveys based on column and line numbers in grid for totals.

  Degree-seeking
First-time First year		 Degree-seeking
undergraduates (including first-time first-year)		 Total Undergraduates (both degree- and non-degree-seeking)
Non-resident aliens 11 89  106 
Black, non-Hispanic 233 1,545  1,547 
American Indian or Alaskan Native 8 27  27 
Asian or Pacific Islander 29 121  121 
Hispanic 28 95  96 
White, non-Hispanic 1,925 9,746  9,780 
Race/ethnicity unknown 42 142  143 
Total 2,276 11,765  11,820 

Persistence

B3. Number of degrees awarded by your institution from July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004

Certificate/diploma  
Associate degrees  
Bachelor's degrees 1,989 
Post-Bachelor's certificates  
Master's degrees 498 
Post-master's certificates  
Doctoral degrees 73 
First professional degrees 218 
First professional certificates  

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 instructions and glossary on the 2004 Web-based survey.

For Bachelor's or Equivalent Programs

Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 1998. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 1998.

B4.Searchable
Initial 1998 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: 1,798 
(2003 IPEDS GRS, Section II, Part A, line 10, sum of columns 15 and 16)

B5.Searchable
Of the initial 1998 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, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions: 4 
(2003 IPEDS GRS, Section II, Part C, line 45, sum of columns 15 and 16)

B6.Searchable
Final 1998 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions:       1,794 
(Subtract question B5 from question B4)

B7.Searchable
Of the initial 1998 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2002): 602 
(2003 IPEDS GRS, Section II, Part A, line 19, sum of columns 15 and 16)

B8.Searchable
Of the initial 1998 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2002 and by August 31, 2003): 304 
(2003 IPEDS GRS, Section II, Part A, line 20, sum of columns 15 and 16)

B9.Searchable
Of the initial 1998 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2003 and by August 31, 2004): 70 
(2003 IPEDS GRS, Section II, Part A, line 21 sum of columns 15 and 16)

B10.Searchable
Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9): 976 
(2003 IPEDS GRS, Section II, Part A, line 18 sum of columns 15 and 16)

B11.Searchable
Six-year graduation rate for 1998 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6): 54 

For Two-Year Institutions

The information in this section comes from the IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey ( IPEDS GRS-2). For complete instructions and definitions of data elements, see the IPEDS GRS-2 instructions and glossary.

B12.
Initial 2001 cohort, total of first-time, full-time degree/certificate-seeking students:  
(2003 IPEDS GRS-2, Section III, line 10, sum of columns 15 and 16)

B13.
Of the intial 2001 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, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions:  
(2003 IPEDS GRS-2, Section III, line 45, sum of columns 15 and 16)

B14.
Final 2001 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions:  
(Subtract question B13 from question B12)

B15.
Completers of programs of less than two years duration (total):  
(2003 IPEDS GRS-2, Section III, line 11, sum of columns 15 and 16)

B16.
Completers of programs of less than two years within 150 percent of normal time:  
(2003 IPEDS GRS-2, Section III, line 11A, sum of columns 15 and 16)

B17.
Completers of programs of at least two but less than four years (total):  
(2003 IPEDS GRS-2, Section III, line 12, sum of columns 15 and 16)

B18.
Completers of programs of at least two but less than four-years within 150 percent of normal time:  
(2003 IPEDS GRS-2, Section III, line 12A, sum of columns 15 and 16)

B19.
Total transfers-out (within three years) to other institutions:  
(2003 IPEDS GRS-2, Section III, line 30, sum of columns 15 and 16)

B20.
Total transfers to two-year institutions:  
(2003 IPEDS GRS-2, Section III, line 32, sum of columns 15 and 16)

B21.
Total transfers to four-year institutions:  
(2003 IPEDS GRS-2, Section III, line 33, sum of columns 15 and 16)

Retention Rates

Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in Fall 2003 (or the preceding summer term). The initial cohort may be adjusted for students who departed for the following reasons: deceased, permanently disabled, armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government or official church missions. No other adjustments to the initial cohort should be made.

B22. 
For the cohort of all full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered your institution as freshman in Fall 2003 (or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the date your institution calculates its official enrollment in Fall 2004? 81 



Form C

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Common Data Set C: First-Time, First-Year (Freshman) Admission (2004-2005)

Applications

C1.Searchable First-time, first-year (freshman) students:
Provide the number of degree-seeking first-time, first-year who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in Fall 2004. Include early decision, early action, and students who began studies during summer in this cohort. Applicants include all students who fulfilled the requirements for consideration for admission (including payment or waiving of the application fee, if any) and who have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, no admission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution). Admitted applicants should include wait-listed students who were subsequently offered admission.

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who applied

3,157

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied

3,842

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) who applied

 

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted

2,551

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted

3,072

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) who were admitted

 

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled

1,065

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled

1,262

Total full-time, first-time , first-year (freshman) who enrolled

 

Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled

29

Total part-time, first-time , first-year (freshman) women who enrolled

24

Total part-time, first-time , first-year (freshman) who enrolled

 

C2. Freshman wait-listed students
(students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability)

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

Yes       No      

If yes, please answer the questions below for Fall 2004 admissions:

Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list

 

Number accepting a place on the waiting list

 

Number of wait-listed students admitted

 

Admission Requirements

C3. High school completion requirement
High school completion requirement(s) for degree-seeking entering students:

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    

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 equivalent). If you use a different system for calculating units, please convert.

 

Units required

Units recommended

Total academic units

15

 

English

4

 

Mathematics

3

4

Science

3

4

   -of these, units that must be lab

3

 

Foreign language

1

2

Social Studies

1

2

History

2

 

Academic electives

1

 

Other:

 

 


Basis for Selection

C6. 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:

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      

selective admission to some programs      

Other (explain)

admission is NOT open 

C7. Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in your first-time, first-year, degree-seeking (freshman) admission decisions.

 

Very important

Important

Considered

Not considered

Academic

 

 

 

 

Secondary school record

Class rank

Recommendations

Standardized test scores

Essays

Non-Academic

 

 

 

 

Interview

Extracurricular activities

Talent/ability

Character/personal qualities

Alumni/ae relation

Geographical residence

State residency

Religious affiliation/commitment

Minority status

Volunteer work

Work experience

SAT and ACT Policies
Note: The SAT I is now called SAT Reasoning or the SAT; SAT II Tests are now called SAT Subject Tests. As of March 2005 the SAT Reasoning Test will include a mandatory writing component; the SAT Subject Test in Writing will not be administered after January 2005. The ACT will have an optional writing component as of February 2005.

C8. Entrance exams

Does your institution make use of SAT Reasoning Test, ACT, or SAT Subject Test scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year degree-seeking applicants?

Yes       No      

If yes, please select the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution's policies for use in admission.

 

ADMISSIONS

 

Require

Recommend

Require for some

Consider if submitted

Not used

SAT Reasoning Test only

ACT Only

SAT Reasoning or ACT

SAT Reasoning or SAT Subject Tests

SAT Reasoning and SAT Subject Tests or ACT

SAT Subject Tests only

 

B. If your institution will make use of the ACT in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants for Fall 2006, please indicate which ONE of the following applies:

ACT with Writing component required     

ACT without Writing component accepted     

ACT with or without Writing component accepted     

 

C. If your institution will make use of the new SAT Reasoning Test scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants for Fall 2006, please indicate which ONE of the following applies:

New SAT Reasoning Test required     

New SAT Reasoning Test or the “old” SAT I (administered prior to March 2005 and without a writing component) accepted     


D.In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for placement or counseling?

Placement

Yes       No      

Counseling

Yes       No      

 

E. Does your institution use the SAT Reasoning or SAT Subject Tests or the ACT for placement only? If so, please mark the appropriate boxes below:

 

PLACEMENT

 

Require

Recommend

Require for some

SAT Reasoning

SAT Subject Tests

ACT

SAT Reasoning or ACT

 

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

04/01

Latest date by which SAT Subject Tests scores must be received for fall-term admission:

 

G. If necessary, use this space to clarify your test policies (e.g. if tests recommended for some students, or if tests not required of some students):

  

Freshman Profile

Provide percentages for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in Fall 2004, including students who began studies during summer, international students/nonresident aliens, and students admitted under special arrangements.

C9. Percent and number of first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in Fall 2004 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores.
Include information for ALL enrolled, first-time, first-year (freshman) degree-seeking students who submitted test scores. Do not include partial test scores (e.g. mathematics scores but not verbal for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item. SAT scores should be recentered scores. The 25th percentile is the score that 25 percent scored at or below; the 75th percentile score is the one that 25 percent scored at or above.

Percent submitting SAT scores

21 

Percent submitting ACT scores

78 

Number submitting SAT scores

485 

Number submitting ACT scores

1,771 

 

 

25th percentile

75th percentile

SAT I Verbal

  

  

SAT I Math

  

  

ACT Composite

20 

26 

ACT English

20 

27 

ACT Math

18 

25 

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

 

SAT I Verbal

SAT I Math

700-800

 

 

600-699

 

 

500-599

 

 

400-499

 

 

300-399