1. Enrolling Class of 2017 Fall 2017
Largest Enrolling Class in Rice’s History
Fall 2017

2. Pell Recipients
The number of Pell eligible students in the undergraduate population decreased each year from a high of 675 in FY 2014, but saw an increase in the most recent enrolled class
16%
15%
15%
14%
Source: Rice University, Enrollment Division

3. Aid for Foreign Nationals
Rice is need-aware for foreign national students, and limits the number of foreign national students seeking need-based financial aid, a practice common in our peer set. Foreign Nationals are eligible for merit-based awards. 4% 4% 5% 4% 5%
Source: Rice University, Enrollment Division

4. Freshman Applications
Total freshman applications to Rice reached a record high, at just under 21K. Increases in applications were experienced across nearly all sub-populations and in each of the application rounds (Questbridge, Early Decision, Regular Decision)
Source: Rice University, Enrollment Division
Note: Point in Time Data, does not account for additional recruited athlete applicants

5. QB & ED Deposits
Increases in applications in our early rounds resulted in increased admits and deposits across nearly all sub-populations. The overall increase in deposits is 16%.
Source: Rice University, Enrollment Division
Note: Point-in-time data, does represent a final count for these admitted populations

6. Committee-based Evaluation
Changing the Paradigm of Holistic Evaluation
Committee Evaluation
Staff read in teams
No application is acted on by one individual
Analysis & Dialogue
Teams discuss and analyze the merits of the candidate
Every Application gets a team discussion
Improved professional development for all staff, especially new readers
Increased efficiencies
Source of Graphics: University of Pennsylvania

7. Benefit of CBE to the student
Evaluation becomes a Dialogue
The Benefit is in the Dialogue
Identify resonance across components of the application
Students, recommenders, and interviewers voices come to life
What’s the case for admissions?
Discuss the merits and weaknesses within the context of the students environment and institutional priorities
Assess Academic Components
Assess Personal Components
Source of Graphics: University of Pennsylvania

8. Enrollment Strategy Project
November 2017 –April 2018
Current State Analysis
Market Analyses
Competitive Landscape Analysis
Constituent Needs Analysis
Steering Committee
Understand current state of our business
Understand the forces and trends in our markets
Understand the strategies and positioning of competitors and define competitor sets
Understand the needs and perspectives of our internal constituents and customer needs
Subject Matter Experts
Institutional and external resources to support data collection and information gathering