1. A snapshot of UWG Fall 2002

2. Fall 2002 Snapshot z 9,675 headcount z 7,449 FTE (69.7%) z 79% undergraduate z 21% graduate

3. Fall 2002 Snaphsot i74.2% are white i22.2% are African American i63.5% are female iAverage age 22.5

4. 7,663 Undergraduates i78% are age 22 or younger. i88% are age 25 or younger. i82% are full-time students. i29% live on campus. iabout 60% live on campus their freshman year i30-37% live in off- campus student housing. i30-37% live at home.

5. 7,663 Undergraduates

6. 2,012 Graduate Students zAverage age 36.3 z82% are over age 25. i48% over age 30 i10% are full-time (12 or more hours)

7. 2,012 Graduate Students

8. USG/UWG Market Trends New Freshmen New Transfers New Graduate Students

9. New Freshmen - USG zIn 1998, the USG enrolled 30,093 new freshmen. zIn 2002, the USG enrolled 34,721 new freshmen. zAn increase of 4,628 new freshmen (15.28%).

10. New Freshmen - USG z1998 - 70.73% of new beginning freshmen in the USG were enrolled in 4/+year institutions. z2002 - 66.63% of new beginning freshmen in the USG were enrolled in 4/+year institutions. (-4.1%).

11. UWG’s “market share” of new freshmen z1998, UWG enrolled 5.63% of all new beginning freshmen in the USG. z In 2002, UWG enrolled 4.71% of all new beginning freshmen in the USG. zMoved from 4th to 6th in the USG

12. New freshmen (> 500) xSchool9802change xUGA42893906-383 xSouthern28422509-333 xGeorgia State15402496+956 xTech21822248+66 xKennesaw11821966+784 xUWG16931637-56 xValdosta13101594+284 xColumbus7971030+233 xGCSU760922+162 xNGCSU600638+38

14. New Transfer Students-USG zIn 1998, the USG enrolled 9,270 new transfer students. zIn 2002, the USG enrolled 11,021 new transfer students. zAn increase of 1,751 (18.89%)

15. New Transfer students - UWG zUWG transfer students increased by 76 zUWG “market share” decreased by 0.17% zStayed in 7th place

16. New Graduate Students- USG zIn 1998, USG enrolled 6,548 new graduate students. zIn 2002, USG enrolled 8,103 new graduate students (a 23.7% increase).

17. New Graduate Students- UWG zIn 1998, UWG enrolled 466 (7.11%) of all new USG graduate students. zIn 2002, UWG enrolled 405 (5%) of all USG new graduate students. zMoved from 4th to 6th in the USG.

19. Demographic shifts? zGeorgia State: multiracial 3.9% to 10.4% zClayton: African American 31.4% to 43.3% zKennesaw & UWG slight increases in AA students (3% each) zGeorgia State’s average age decreased by a full year. (& GCSU by almost a year)

20. UWG’s Overall market share of 4-year institutions zHeadcount: y1998 - 5.52% of USG y2002 - 5.45% zFTE: y1998 - 5.03% y2002 - 6.06%