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Table 315. | Number and 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 2006-07 |
Selection criteria | All institutions | Public institutions | Private institutions | ||||||||||||
Total | 4-year | 2-year | Total | 4-year | 2-year | Total | 4-year | 2-year | Not-for-profit | For-profit | |||||
Total | 4-year | 2-year | Total | 4-year | 2-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 |
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 |
2005–06 | 3,880 | 2,198 | 1,682 | 1,638 | 588 | 1,050 | 2,242 | 1,610 | 632 | 1,351 | 1,240 | 111 | 891 | 370 | 521 |
2006–07 | 3,933 | 2,254 | 1,679 | 1,639 | 595 | 1,044 | 2,294 | 1,659 | 635 | 1,348 | 1,243 | 105 | 946 | 416 | 530 |
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 |
2004–05 | 44.3 | 17.1 | 79.3 | 66.1 | 13.2 | 95.2 | 27.9 | 18.5 | 52.0 | 15.0 | 12.8 | 40.0 | 48.9 | 40.1 | 54.6 |
2005–06 | 44.7 | 18.3 | 79.3 | 66.1 | 13.6 | 95.4 | 29.2 | 20.1 | 52.4 | 15.3 | 13.1 | 40.5 | 50.2 | 43.5 | 54.9 |
2006–07 | 44.7 | 19.5 | 78.6 | 66.0 | 14.1 | 95.5 | 29.6 | 21.5 | 50.9 | 15.7 | 13.7 | 40.0 | 49.4 | 44.7 | 53.0 |
Some admission requirements1 | |||||||||||||||
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 |
2004–05 | 54.6 | 82.3 | 19.0 | 33.8 | 86.6 | 4.6 | 70.2 | 80.7 | 43.6 | 84.5 | 86.8 | 58.2 | 47.1 | 57.4 | 40.4 |
2005–06 | 53.4 | 80.5 | 18.0 | 33.6 | 86.1 | 4.3 | 67.9 | 78.5 | 40.8 | 84.2 | 86.5 | 57.7 | 43.2 | 51.6 | 37.2 |
2006–07 | 52.6 | 78.7 | 17.5 | 33.9 | 85.7 | 4.3 | 66.0 | 76.3 | 39.2 | 83.5 | 85.7 | 57.1 | 41.1 | 48.1 | 35.7 |
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 |
2004–05 | 34.4 | 57.7 | 4.4 | 25.4 | 67.8 | 2.1 | 41.1 | 54.0 | 8.3 | 62.3 | 65.5 | 25.5 | 6.8 | 10.3 | 4.5 |
2005–06 | 34.1 | 57.1 | 4.2 | 25.9 | 68.4 | 2.2 | 40.1 | 53.0 | 7.4 | 62.8 | 66.2 | 25.2 | 5.7 | 8.6 | 3.6 |
2006–07 | 33.8 | 56.2 | 3.8 | 26.2 | 68.7 | 2.0 | 39.2 | 51.7 | 6.6 | 62.9 | 66.2 | 23.8 | 5.5 | 8.4 | 3.2 |
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 |
2004–05 | 11.7 | 20.2 | 0.7 | 10.6 | 29.6 | 0.2 | 12.5 | 16.7 | 1.6 | 19.6 | 20.7 | 6.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.6 |
2005–06 | 11.3 | 19.4 | 0.7 | 10.4 | 28.7 | 0.2 | 11.9 | 16.0 | 1.6 | 19.3 | 20.5 | 6.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
2006–07 | 10.8 | 18.4 | 0.7 | 10.2 | 27.7 | 0.2 | 11.2 | 15.0 | 1.4 | 18.8 | 19.9 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 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 |
2004–05 | 48.6 | 74.3 | 15.5 | 30.4 | 77.7 | 4.3 | 62.2 | 73.0 | 34.7 | 78.0 | 80.1 | 54.5 | 36.6 | 46.2 | 30.4 |
2005–06 | 48.5 | 73.3 | 15.9 | 30.8 | 78.2 | 4.2 | 61.4 | 71.6 | 35.4 | 77.6 | 79.7 | 55.0 | 36.7 | 44.3 | 31.3 |
2006–07 | 47.7 | 71.6 | 15.7 | 30.9 | 78.0 | 4.1 | 59.7 | 69.3 | 34.8 | 76.7 | 78.7 | 53.3 | 35.5 | 41.1 | 31.1 |
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 |
2004–05 | 15.7 | 27.4 | 0.7 | 17.5 | 47.8 | 0.8 | 14.4 | 19.9 | 0.3 | 23.1 | 25.0 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
2005–06 | 15.2 | 26.4 | 0.6 | 17.4 | 47.1 | 0.8 | 13.6 | 18.8 | 0.3 | 22.4 | 24.3 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
2006–07 | 15.4 | 26.5 | 0.5 | 17.8 | 48.1 | 0.6 | 13.7 | 18.8 | 0.3 | 23.1 | 24.9 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 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 |
2004–05 | 19.3 | 32.5 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 7.9 | 0.2 | 31.7 | 41.7 | 6.2 | 48.9 | 51.5 | 20.0 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.2 |
2005–06 | 19.2 | 31.9 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 7.7 | 0.2 | 31.1 | 40.8 | 6.3 | 49.1 | 51.5 | 23.4 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 2.7 |
2006–07 | 18.3 | 30.5 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 6.7 | 0.2 | 29.6 | 39.1 | 4.9 | 49.0 | 51.2 | 22.9 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.3 |
Demonstration of competencies2 | |||||||||||||||
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 |
2004–05 | 6.9 | 9.5 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 5.8 | 0.3 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 9.1 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 8.2 | 11.2 | 14.3 | 9.3 |
2005–06 | 7.0 | 9.8 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 8.4 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 13.8 | 8.3 |
2006–07 | 6.3 | 9.2 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 9.3 | 10.5 | 6.0 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 13.5 | 5.5 |
Test scores3 | |||||||||||||||
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 |
2004–05 | 40.0 | 65.0 | 7.8 | 31.8 | 82.9 | 3.7 | 46.1 | 58.4 | 14.9 | 67.9 | 71.4 | 28.2 | 10.9 | 9.1 | 12.0 |
2005–06 | 36.5 | 62.5 | 2.6 | 31.1 | 82.3 | 2.4 | 40.5 | 55.2 | 3.0 | 65.7 | 70.5 | 12.6 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 1.0 |
2006–07 | 35.6 | 60.6 | 2.1 | 31.2 | 82.2 | 2.1 | 38.8 | 52.9 | 2.0 | 65.1 | 69.6 | 12.4 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 0.0 |
TOEFL4 | |||||||||||||||
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 |
2004–05 | 42.3 | 69.3 | 7.5 | 30.8 | 79.5 | 4.1 | 50.9 | 65.6 | 13.5 | 67.8 | 71.3 | 28.2 | 23.4 | 43.8 | 10.3 |
2005–06 | 41.5 | 67.9 | 7.1 | 31.0 | 79.3 | 3.9 | 49.3 | 63.8 | 12.3 | 67.0 | 70.6 | 27.0 | 22.4 | 41.1 | 9.2 |
2006–07 | 41.4 | 66.8 | 7.4 | 31.1 | 78.8 | 3.9 | 48.8 | 62.4 | 13.1 | 67.1 | 70.4 | 28.6 | 22.6 | 38.7 | 10.0 |
No admission requirements, only recommendations for admission |
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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 |
2004–05 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 4.9 |
2005–06 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 6.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 6.6 | 4.9 | 7.9 |
2006–07 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 9.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 9.5 | 7.2 | 11.3 |
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: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2000–01 through 2006–07 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Fall 2000 through Fall 2006. (This table was prepared June 2007.) |