A.  GENERAL INFORMATION

•         Name of College or University: University of Central Florida
•         Mailing Address, City/State/Zip: Orlando, FL 32816
•         Street Address (if different), City/State/Zip ........
•         Main Phone: (407) 823-2000
•         WWW Home Page Address: http://www.ucf.edu
•         Admissions Phone Number: (407) 823-3000
•         Admissions Office Mailing Address: P.O. Box 160111, Orlando, FL 32816-0111
•         Admissions Fax Number: (407) 823-3419
•         Admissions E-mail Address: admission@mail.ucf.edu
•         Admissions WWW Home Page Address: http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~admissio/

	Public
	Private (nonprofit)
	Proprietary

A3. Classify your undergraduate institution:
 

	Coeducational college
	Men's college
	Women's college

A4. Academic year calendar

	Semester
	Quarter
	Trimester
	Other
	4-1-4
	Continuous
	Differs by program

A5. Degrees offered by your institution
 

	Certificate
	Diploma
	Associate
	Transfer
	Terminal
	Bachelor's
	Postbachelor's certificate
	Master's
	Post-Master's Certificate
	Specialist
	Doctoral
	First professional
	First professional certificate

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, 2002.

 

	FULL-TIME		PART-TIME
	Men	Women	Men	Women
Undergraduates
Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen	2,476	2,847	101	197
Other first-year, degree-seeking	785	707	153	113
All other degree-seeking	7,328	9,570	3,506	4,026
Total degree-seeking	10,589	13,124	3,760	4,336
All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses	14	13	94	114
Total undergraduates	10,603	13,137	3,854	4,450
First-professional
First-time, first-professional students	na	na	na	na
All other first-professionals	na	na	na	na
Total first-professional
Graduate
Degree-seeking, first-time	446	485	297	432
All degree-seeking	639	884	1022	1216
All other graduates enrolled in credit courses (Postbac)	11	28	423	671
Total graduate	1,096	1,397	1,742	2,319

Total all undergraduates: 32,044
Total all graduate and professional students: 6,554

Grand total all students:  38,598

B2. 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, 2002. Complete the "Total Undergraduates" column only if you cannot provide data for the first twocolumns.

	DEGREE-SEEKING FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR	DEGREE-SEEKING UNDER-GRADUATES	TOTAL UNDER-GRADUATES
Non-Resident Aliens	24	379
Black, non-Hispanic	487	2,604
American Indian or Alaskan Native	22	203
Asian or Pacific Islander	293	1,600
Hispanic	676	3,553
White, non-Hispanic	3,944	22,441
Race/ethnicity unknown	175	1,029
Total	5,621	31,809

Persistence

B3. Number of degrees awarded by your institution from July 1, 2001, to June 30, 2002
 

Certificate/diploma	Degrees
Associate degrees	232
Bachelor's degrees	6,142
Postbachelor's certificate	185
* Master's	1,552
Post-master's certificate
Doctoral	123
First professional
First professional certificate

* Master's Degree Detail

• 1,536 Master's
• 16 Specialist's

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 IPEDS GRS instructions and glossary on the 2002 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 1996.  Include in the cohort those who entered
your institution during the summer term preceding fall 1996.

B4.  Initial 1996 cohort of first time, full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking
undergraduate students; total all students:  2536

B5.  Of the initial 1996 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:  0

B6.  Final 1996 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions:  2536
(Subtract question B5 from question B4)

B7.  Of the initial 1996 initial cohort, how many completed the program in four years
or less (by August 31,2000):  666

B8.  Of the initial 1996 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four
years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2000 and by August 31, 2001):   459

B9.  Of the initial 1996 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five
years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2001 and by August 31, 2002):    154

B10.  Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9):  1279

B11.  Six-year graduation rate for 1996 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6):  50%

For Two-Year Institutions:
Sections B12 - B21 do not apply to University of Central Florida (a four year institution).

Retention Rates
Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking
undergraduate students who entered in fall 2001 (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 freshmen in fall 2001 (or the preceding summer term),
what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the date your institution calculates its
official enrollment in fall 2002?  81%

C.  FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) ADMISSION

C1. First-time, first-year (freshman) students: : Provide the number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in fall 2002. 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, nonadmission, 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 applied	8,161
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women applied	11,146
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men and women applied	19,307

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men admitted	5,203
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women admitted	6,720
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men and women admitted	11,923

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled	2,476
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled	101
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled	2,847
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled	197
Total (full-time & part-time), first-time, first-year (freshman) men and women enrolled	5,621

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 2002 admissions:

Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list	376
Number accepting a place on the waiting list	193
Number of wait-listed students admitted	0

Admission Requirements

C3. High school completion requirement

	High school diploma is required and GED is accepted
	High school diploma is requried and GED is not accepted
	High school diploma or equivalent is not required

440

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

	Units required	Units recommended
Total academic units	19
English	4
Mathematics	3
Science	3
Of these, units that must be lab	(2)
Foreign language	2
Social studies	3
History
Academic electives	4
Other (specify)

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:

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)

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
Recommendation(s)
Standardized test scores
Essay
Nonacademic
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

a)  Does your institution make use of SAT I, SAT II, or ACT scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants? yes  no

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

	Required	Recommended	Require for some	Considered if submitted	Not used
SAT I
ACT
SAT I or ACT (no preference)
SAT I or ACT, SAT I preferred
SAT I or ACT, ACT preferred
SAT I and SAT II
SAT I and SAT II or ACT
SAT II

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

	Yes	No
Placement
Counseling

B.  Does your institution use the SAT I or II or the ACT for placement only?  If so, please mark the appropriate boxes below:
 

	Require	Recommend	Require for Some
SAT I
SAT II
ACT
SAT I or ACT
Other (specify)

Latest date by which SAT I or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission March 1

Latest date by which SAT II scores must be received for fall-term admission N/A

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):__TOEFL may be required of applicants who are not native speakers of English.____

Freshman Profile

C9.  Percent and number of first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2002 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% scored at or below; the 75th percentile score is the one that 25% scored at or above.

% submitting SAT scores	78%			Number submitting SAT scores	4,395
% submitting ACT scores	22%			Number submitting ACT scores	1,244

	25th percentile	75th percentile
SAT I Verbal	510	610
SAT I Math	520	620
ACT composite	22	26
ACT English
ACT Math

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

	SAT I Verbal	SAT I Math
700-800	3.6%	5.3%
600-699	26.4%	31.1%
500-599	51.9%	51.0%
400-499	17.5%	12.3%
300-399	0.6%	0.3%
200-299	0%	0%

 
 

	ACT Comp	ACT English	ACT Math
30-36	3.9%
24-29	51.0%
18-23	44.3%
12-17	0.8%
6 - 11	0%
below 6	0%

C10.  Percent of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) 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).
 

Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class	33%
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class	85%
Percent in top half of high school graduating class	90%
Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class	10%
Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class	na
Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank	86%

C11. Percentage of all enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) 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
 

Percent who had GPA of 3.0 and higher	91%
Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.9	9%
Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99	____
Percent who had GPA below 1.0	____

C12.  Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA:    3.7
Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA:  100%

Admission Policies

	Yes	No
Does your institution have an application fee?
Amount of application fee	__$20__
Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?

C14. Application closing date Does your institution have an application closing date?  yes  no
Application closing date (fall): May 1
Priority date:  March 1

C15.  Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall? yes  no

C16.  Notification to applicants of admission decision sent (fill in one only)
On a rolling basis beginning (date) _September 1_
By (date) __________
Other __________

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

Must reply by (date):
No Set date:

Must reply by May 1 or within specified weeks if notified thereafter

Other __________

C18. Deferred admission: Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission?

yes  no
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 (freshman) students one year or more before high school graduation?  yes  no

C20.  Common Application: Will you accept the Common Application distributed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals if submitted?  yes no
            If "yes," are supplemental forms required?  yes no
            Is your college a member of the Common Application Group?  yes  no

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 which asks students to commit to attending if accepted) for first-time, first-year (freshman) applicants for fall enrollment?   yes  no

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	__________
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? 

yes  no
If yes please complete the following :
 
 

Early action closing date	__________
Early action notification date	__________

D.  TRANSFER ADMISSION

Fall Applicants

D1.  Does your institution enroll transfer students? yes no
        (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?  yes no

D2.  Provide the number of students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled as degree-seeking transfer students in fall 2002.
 

	Applicants	Admitted Applicants	Enrolled Applicants
Men	3,236	1,787	1,307
Women	4,655	2,899	1,966
Total	7,891	4,686	3,276

Application for Admission

D3.  Indicate terms for which transfers may enroll:
Fall Winter Spring Summer

D4.  Must a transfer applicant have a minimum number of credits completed or else must apply as an entering freshman?
yes no
        If yes, what is the minimum number of credits and the unit of measure?   12 semester hours

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

	Required of All	Recommended for All	Recommended for Some	Required for Some	Not Required
High School Transcript
College Transcript(s)
Essay or Personal Statement
Interview
Standardized Test Scores