Digest of Education Statistics
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Table 311. Percent of degree-granting institutions with first-year undergraduates using various selection criteria for admission, by type and control of institution: 2000-01, 2001-02, and 2002-03

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                          |All institutions |Public institutions |                Private institutions
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    Selection criteria    |     |     |     |      |      |      |     |     |     |  Not-for-profit |    For-profit
                          |Total| 4-  | 2-  |Total |  4-  |  2-  |Total| 4-  | 2-  |_________________|_________________
                          |     |year |year |      | year | year |     |year |year |     | 4-  | 2-  |     | 4-  | 2-
                          |     |     |     |      |      |      |     |     |     |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
2001-02 ..................|3,803|2,102|1,701| 1,663|   579| 1,084|2,140|1,523|  617|1,410|1,278|  132|  730|  245|  485
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
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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
  2001-02 ................| 42.3| 14.8| 76.2|  65.5|  11.4|  94.5| 24.2| 16.2| 44.1| 14.2| 11.7| 37.9| 43.6| 39.2| 45.8
  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
                          |     |     |     |      |      |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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
  2001-02 ................| 56.4| 83.6| 22.8|  34.1|  87.9|   5.4| 73.8| 82.0| 53.5| 84.0| 86.4| 61.4| 54.0| 59.2| 51.3
  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
                          |     |     |     |      |      |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
  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
    2001-02 ..............| 34.3| 58.0|  4.9|  24.4|  65.8|   2.3| 42.0| 55.1|  9.6| 59.7| 63.4| 24.2|  7.7| 11.8|  5.6
    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
                          |     |     |     |      |      |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
  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
    2001-02 ..............| 13.1| 23.1|  0.7|  10.6|  30.2|   0.2| 15.0| 20.4|  1.6| 22.1| 23.8|  6.1|  1.1|  2.4|  0.4
    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
                          |     |     |     |      |      |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
  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
    2001-02 ..............| 46.1| 71.1| 15.1|  29.3|  75.0|   5.0| 59.1| 69.7| 32.9| 74.8| 77.2| 51.5| 28.8| 30.6| 27.8
    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
                          |     |     |     |      |      |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
  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
    2001-02 ..............| 15.6| 27.5|  1.0|  17.0|  46.6|   1.1| 14.6| 20.2|  0.8| 22.1| 23.9|  3.8|  0.1|  0.4|  0.0
    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
                          |     |     |     |      |      |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
  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
    2001-02 ..............| 19.9| 33.3|  3.2|   3.0|   8.1|   0.3| 32.9| 42.9|  8.3| 47.5| 50.2| 22.0|  4.8|  5.3|  4.5
    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
                          |     |     |     |      |      |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
  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
    2001-02 ..............|  6.7|  9.8|  2.9|   2.3|   6.0|   0.3| 10.1| 11.2|  7.5| 10.2| 10.6|  6.8|  9.9| 14.3|  7.6
    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
                          |     |     |     |      |      |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
  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
    2001-02 ..............| 45.5| 70.5| 14.7|  32.1|  84.1|   4.3| 55.9| 65.3| 32.9| 68.2| 71.8| 34.1| 32.2| 31.4| 32.6
    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
                          |     |     |     |      |      |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
  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
    2001-02 ..............| 42.1| 68.7|  9.3|  29.8|  78.1|   4.0| 51.7| 65.1| 18.6| 65.5| 69.2| 29.5| 25.1| 43.7| 15.7
    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
                          |     |     |     |      |      |      |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
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
    2001-02 ..............|  1.3|  1.5|  1.0|   0.4|   0.7|   0.2|  2.0|  1.8|  2.4|  1.8|  1.9|  0.8|  2.5|  1.6|  2.9
    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
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#Rounds to zero.
\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 due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Institutional Characteristics, 2000-01 survey," and Spring 2001 and Spring 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared November 2003.)


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