A.  GENERAL INFORMATION

A1.  Address 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) 823-5625
•         Admissions E-mail Address: admissio@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
•         Admissions WWW Home Page Address: http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~admissio/

A2. Source of institutional control (check one only)

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

B.  ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE

B1. Institutional Enrollment - Men and Women
        Provide numbers of students reported on IPEDS Fall Enrollment Survey 1998
        as of the institution's official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 1998.
        Refer to IPEDS EF-1 Part A or IPEDS EF-2 Part A (undergraduates only) survey.
 

Total all undergraduates (IPEDS sum of lines 8 and 22, cols. 15 and 16): 25,151
Total all graduate and professional students (IPEDS sum of lines 14 and 28, cols. 15 and 16):  5,055
Grand total all students (IPEDS line 29, sum of cols. 15 and 16):  30,206

B2. Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category
        Provide numbers of degree-seeking undergraduate students reported on IPEDS Fall Enrollment Survey 1998
        as of the institution's official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 1998.  Refer to IPEDS EF-1
        Part A or IPEDS EF-2 Part A surveys based on column and line numbers in grid for totals.
 

Persistence

B3. Number of degrees awarded by your institution from July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998

* Master's Degree Detail

1,212 Master's

16 Specialist's

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

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 1992*.  Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 1992.

B4.  Initial 1992 cohort of first time, full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: 1,405
(IPEDS GRS, Section II, Part A, line 10, sum of colums 15 and 16)

B5.  Of the initial 1992 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
(IPEDS GRS, Section II, Part C, line 45, sum of columns 15 and 16)

B6.  Final 1992 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions: 1,405
(Subtract question B5 from question B4)

B7.  Of the initial 1992 initial cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31,1996): 330
(IPEDS GRS, Section II, Part A, line 19, sum of columns 15 and 16)

B8.  Of the initial 1992 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31,1996 and by August 31, 1997): 301
(IPEDS GRS, Section II, Part A, line 20, sum of columns 15 and 16)

B9.  Of the initial 1992 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 1997 and by August 31, 1998): 94
(IPEDS GRS, Section II, Part A, line 21, sum of columns 15 and 16)

B10.  Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9): 725
(IPEDS GRS, Section II, Part A, line 18, sum of columns 15 and 16)

B11.  Six-year graduation rate for 1992 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6): 51.6

For Two-Year Institutions:
Sections B12 - B22 do not apply to the 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 1997 (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 1997 (or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the date your institution calculates its official enrollment in fall 1998?     73%

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

C1. First-time, first-year (freshman) students: Provide the number of students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in fall 1998. 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, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution). Admitted applicants should include wait-listed students who were subsequently offered admission.

* First-year students are not reported as full-time/part-time and men/women separately

Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list? yes:  no: 

If yes, please answer the questions below for fall 1998 admissions:

Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list 140
Number accepting a place on the waiting list 90
Number of wait-listed students admitted 12

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

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

Required
Recommended
Neither required nor recommended.

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.

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: NO

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.

SAT and ACT Policies

C8.  Entrance exams

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.  

A D M I S S I O N

	Require	Recommend	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?

 Placement   Yes   No
 Counseling   Yes   No

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

D. 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 1998, 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 1998 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.

	25th percentile	75th percentile
SAT I Verbal	510	600