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

Digest of Education Statistics: 2004

NCES 2006-005
October 2005

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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
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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
                         |     |     |     |      |     |      |     |     |    |     |     |    |     |     |
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
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\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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