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Table 309. Percent of degree-granting institutions with first-year undergraduates using various selection criteria for admission, by type and control of institution: 2000-01, 2002-03, and 2003-04 

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                         | All institution |Public institutions|               Private institutions
                         |_________________|___________________|__________________________________________________
Selection criteria       |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |    |  Not-for-profit|     For-profit
                         |Total|  4- |  2- |Total |  4- |   2- |Total|  4- | 2- |________________|________________
                         |     |year |year |      |year | year |     |year |year|Total|  4- | 2- |Total|  4- | 2-
                         |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |    |     |year |year|     |year |year
_________________________|_____|_____|_____|______|_____|______|_____|_____|____|_____|_____|____|_____|_____|____
1                        |   2 |   3 |   4 |    5 |   6 |    7 |   8 |   9 | 10 |  11 |  12 | 13 |  14 |  15 | 16
_________________________|_____|_____|_____|______|_____|______|_____|_____|____|_____|_____|____|_____|_____|____
                         |                          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
                         |_____|_____|_____|______|_____|______|_____|_____|____|_____|_____|____|_____|_____|____
                         |                                        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
                         |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |
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
                         |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |
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
                         |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |
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
                         |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |
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
                         |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |
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
                         |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |
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
                         |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |
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
                         |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |
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
                         |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |
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
                         |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |
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
_________________________|_____|_____|_____|______|_____|______|_____|_____|____|_____|_____|____|_____|_____|____

\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 2003-04 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System "Institutional Characteristics Survey" (IPEDS-IC:2000), and Spring 2002 and Spring 2003. (This table was prepared April 2005.)


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