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Table 308. Percentage of degree-granting institutions with first-year undergraduates using various selection criteria for admission, by type and control of institution: Selected years, 2000-01 through 2004-05
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                         | All institutions|Public institutions|                  Private institutions
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                         |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |  Not-for-profit|   For-profit
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                         |     |   4-|   2-|     |   4-|     2-|     |   4-|  2-|     |   4-|  2-|     |  4-| 2-
Selection criteria       |Total| year| year|Total| year|   year|Total| year|year|Total| year|year|Total|year|year
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1                        |    2|    3|    4|    5|    6|      7|    8|    9|  10|   11|   12|  13|   14|  15|  16
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                         |                     Number of institutions with first-year undergraduates
                         |_______________________________________________________________________________________
2000-01 .................|3,717|2,034|1,683|1,647|  580|  1,067|2,070|1,454| 616|1,383|1,247| 136|  687| 207| 480
2002-03 .................|3,796|2,105|1,691|1,655|  577|  1,078|2,141|1,528| 613|1,392|1,268| 124|  749| 260| 489
2003-04 .................|3,861|2,158|1,703|1,665|  580|  1,085|2,196|1,578| 618|1,383|1,265| 118|  813| 313| 500
2004-05 .................|3,835|2,158|1,677|1,644|  584|  1,060|2,191|1,574| 617|1,355|1,245| 110|  836| 329| 507
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                         |                                  Percent of institutions
                         |_______________________________________________________________________________________
Open admissions          |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
2000-01 .................| 40.2| 12.9| 73.2| 63.8| 12.1|   91.9| 21.4| 13.3|40.7| 14.0| 11.7|34.6| 36.5|22.7|42.5
2002-03 .................| 43.3| 16.2| 76.9| 66.5| 12.5|   95.4| 25.3| 17.7|44.4| 14.6| 12.5|36.3| 45.3|43.1|46.4
2003-04 .................| 43.6| 16.9| 77.3| 66.5| 12.9|   95.2| 26.1| 18.4|46.0| 14.5| 12.6|33.9| 46.0|41.5|48.8
2004-05 .................| 44.0| 17.1| 78.1| 65.2| 13.3|   93.0| 27.9| 18.4|51.9| 14.7| 12.6|37.3| 50.3|42.2|55.4
                         |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
Some admission require-  |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
   ments\1\              |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
2000-01 .................| 58.4| 85.8| 25.1| 35.4| 87.4|    7.1| 76.6| 85.2|56.3| 84.5| 86.8|63.2| 60.7|75.4|54.4
2002-03 .................| 55.4| 82.5| 21.6| 33.2| 87.0|    4.5| 72.5| 80.8|51.9| 84.0| 86.1|62.1| 51.1|54.6|49.3
2003-04 .................| 55.2| 82.1| 21.1| 33.1| 86.6|    4.5| 72.0| 80.5|50.3| 84.5| 86.4|64.4| 50.7|56.5|47.0
2004-05 .................| 54.2| 82.3| 18.7| 33.3| 87.2|    4.5| 70.1| 80.5|43.5| 82.8| 85.5|54.2| 48.5|60.4|41.0
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Secondary grades         |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
2000-01 .................| 34.6| 58.7|  5.5| 23.9| 63.4|    2.4| 43.0| 56.7|10.7| 60.1| 64.1|23.5|  8.7|12.6| 7.1
2002-03 .................| 34.3| 58.1|  4.8| 24.2| 65.5|    2.1| 42.1| 55.2| 9.5| 61.4| 64.6|28.2|  6.4| 9.6| 4.7
2003-04 .................| 33.9| 57.0|  4.5| 24.6| 66.6|    2.1| 40.9| 53.5| 8.6| 61.5| 64.7|27.1|  5.9| 8.6| 4.2
2004-05 .................| 34.2| 57.7|  4.3| 25.1| 68.3|    2.0| 41.0| 53.9| 8.3| 61.0| 64.5|23.7|  7.0|10.9| 4.6
                         |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
Secondary class rank     |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
2000-01 .................| 13.7| 24.3|  1.0| 10.9| 30.3|    0.3| 16.0| 21.9| 2.3| 23.2| 25.1| 5.9|  1.6| 2.4| 1.3
2002-03 .................| 12.5| 21.9|  0.7| 10.5| 29.8|    0.2| 14.0| 18.9| 1.6| 21.0| 22.6| 5.6|  0.8| 1.2| 0.6
2003-04 .................| 11.8| 20.5|  0.7| 10.3| 29.3|    0.2| 12.8| 17.2| 1.6| 19.8| 21.1| 5.9|  1.0| 1.6| 0.6
2004-05 .................| 11.6| 20.2|  0.7| 10.5| 29.8|    0.2| 12.4| 16.7| 1.6| 19.2| 20.4| 5.9|  1.0| 1.6| 0.6
                         |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
Secondary school record  |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
2000-01 .................| 45.8| 70.3| 16.2| 29.4| 72.9|    5.8| 58.7| 69.2|34.1| 73.2| 75.5|52.2| 29.5|30.9|29.0
2002-03 .................| 48.3| 73.1| 17.4| 29.2| 75.7|    4.4| 63.0| 72.1|40.3| 76.4| 78.3|57.3| 38.1|41.9|36.0
2003-04 .................| 48.6| 73.4| 17.3| 29.5| 77.1|    4.1| 63.1| 72.1|40.3| 77.2| 78.9|59.3| 39.1|44.4|35.8
2004-05 .................| 48.3| 74.3| 15.3| 30.0| 78.3|    4.2| 62.1| 72.8|34.6| 76.4| 78.8|50.8| 37.6|48.6|30.8
                         |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
College preparatory      |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
   program               |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
2000-01 .................| 15.5| 27.3|  1.2| 16.2| 44.0|    1.1| 14.9| 20.7| 1.3| 22.1| 24.1| 4.4|  0.4| 0.5| 0.4
2002-03 .................| 15.7| 27.6|  0.8| 17.3| 47.8|    1.0| 14.4| 20.0| 0.5| 22.1| 24.1| 2.4|  0.1| 0.4| 0.0
2003-04 .................| 15.5| 27.2|  0.8| 17.5| 48.4|    0.9| 14.0| 19.3| 0.5| 22.2| 24.0| 2.5|  0.1| 0.3| 0.0
2004-05 .................| 15.6| 27.4|  0.6| 17.3| 48.1|    0.8| 14.3| 19.8| 0.3| 22.6| 24.6| 1.7|  0.2| 0.6| 0.0
                         |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
Recommendations          |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
2000-01 .................| 20.4| 34.4|  3.5|  2.7|  7.4|    0.2| 34.4| 45.1| 9.3| 46.6| 49.2|22.8| 10.0|20.8| 5.4
2002-03 .................| 20.0| 33.8|  2.9|  3.1|  8.5|    0.3| 33.1| 43.4| 7.5| 48.4| 51.1|21.0|  4.7| 5.8| 4.1
2003-04 .................| 19.7| 33.0|  2.8|  2.8|  7.6|    0.3| 32.5| 42.4| 7.1| 49.2| 51.8|22.0|  3.9| 4.5| 3.6
2004-05 .................| 19.2| 32.5|  2.3|  2.9|  7.9|    0.2| 31.6| 41.6| 6.1| 47.9| 50.7|18.6|  3.8| 4.8| 3.2
                         |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
Demonstration of         |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
   competencies\2\       |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
2000-01 .................|  8.0| 12.1|  3.0|  2.2|  5.0|    0.7| 12.7| 15.0| 7.1| 12.1| 12.7| 7.4| 13.7|29.0| 7.1
2002-03 .................|  7.0|  9.5|  3.8|  2.5|  6.8|    0.3| 10.4| 10.5|10.1|  9.8| 10.2| 5.6| 11.6|12.3|11.2
2003-04 .................|  7.1|  9.5|  4.1|  2.2|  5.7|    0.3| 10.9| 11.0|10.7| 10.1| 10.3| 8.5| 12.2|13.7|11.2
2004-05 .................|  6.9|  9.5|  3.5|  2.2|  5.9|    0.3| 10.4| 10.9| 9.1|  9.7|  9.9| 7.6| 11.6|15.0| 9.4
                         |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
Test scores\3\           |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
2000-01 .................| 47.2| 72.5| 16.7| 33.2| 83.4|    5.8| 58.5| 68.2|35.6| 70.3| 73.4|41.9| 34.6|36.7|33.8
2002-03 .................| 43.3| 69.1| 11.2| 31.5| 83.5|    3.7| 52.5| 63.7|24.5| 67.2| 71.3|25.0| 25.1|26.5|24.3
2003-04 .................| 43.3| 68.5| 11.4| 31.3| 83.1|    3.6| 52.4| 63.1|25.1| 68.4| 71.5|34.7| 25.2|29.1|22.8
2004-05 .................| 39.7| 65.0|  7.7| 31.4| 83.4|    3.6| 46.0| 58.2|14.9| 66.5| 70.3|26.3| 11.2| 9.6|12.2
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TOEFL\4\                 |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
2000-01 .................| 43.4| 71.2|  9.9| 30.2| 77.4|    4.6| 54.0| 68.7|19.2| 66.2| 70.1|30.9| 29.3|60.4|15.8
2002-03 .................| 42.4| 69.2|  8.9| 30.0| 79.0|    3.7| 51.9| 65.5|18.1| 66.8| 70.3|31.5| 24.3|42.3|14.7
2003-04 .................| 42.5| 69.3|  8.5| 30.2| 79.5|    3.9| 51.8| 65.6|16.7| 67.3| 70.8|29.7| 25.5|44.4|13.6
2004-05 .................| 42.0| 69.3|  7.4| 30.5| 80.0|    4.0| 50.8| 65.4|13.4| 66.4| 70.2|26.3| 24.1|46.0|10.4
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No admission requirements|     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
   only recommendations  |     |     |     |     |     |       |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |    |
2000-01 .................|  1.4|  1.2|  1.7|  0.8|  0.5|    0.9|  1.9|  1.5| 2.9|  1.5|  1.4| 2.2|  2.8| 1.9| 3.1
2002-03 .................|  1.4|  1.3|  1.5|  0.3|  0.5|    0.2|  2.2|  1.6| 3.8|  1.4|  1.4| 1.6|  3.6| 2.3| 4.3
2003-04 .................|  1.2|  1.0|  1.5|  0.4|  0.5|    0.3|  1.9|  1.1| 3.7|  1.0|  0.9| 1.7|  3.3| 1.9| 4.2
2004-05 .................|  1.1|  0.6|  1.7|  0.2|  0.2|    0.2|  1.8|  0.8| 4.4|  0.5|  0.4| 1.7|  4.1| 2.6| 5.0
_________________________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_______|_____|_____|____|_____|_____|____|_____|____|____
\1\Many institutions have more than one admission requirement.
\2\Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g. portfolios, certificates of mastery, assessment instruments).
\3\Includes SAT, ACT, or other admission tests.
\4\Test of English as a Foreign Language.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2000-01 through 2004-05 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System "Institutional Characteristics Survey" (IPEDS-IC:2000), and Fall 2002 through Fall 2004. (This table was prepared August 2005.)


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