BAYLOR U N I V E R S I T Y. IRT Series Vol , No. 54 October 23, 2009

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1 BAYLOR U N I V E R S I T Y IRT Series Vol , No. 54 October 23, 2009 Profile of Non-Returning Undergraduate Students Using National Student Clearinghouse Data Fall 2008 to Fall 2009 Executive Summary This report contains descriptive information about undergraduate students who were enrolled at Baylor University during Fall 2008 but did not return in Fall Of the 12,066 undergraduates enrolled in Fall 2008, 8,257 (68.4%) returned in Fall 2009, 1,190 (9.9%) did not return, and 2,619 (21.7%) graduated. Subsequent enrollment at another institution for the non-returning students was tracked using data from the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC). Of the 1,190 undergraduates who did not return, the NSC had Fall 2009 enrollment information on 742 (62.4%) of these students. The largest group of those students tracked by NSC enrolled at four-year public institutions. Of those students tracked by NSC, 80 (10.8%) enrolled at in Fall In general, students who retained at Baylor had higher entrance test scores and high school quartiles than those students who did not return. Detailed Report This report contains descriptive information about undergraduate students who were enrolled at Baylor University during Fall 2008 but did not return in Fall Included in this report is information about the following topics: Gender Minority Status Citizenship Status Racial/Ethnic Group State of Permanent Address Religious Affiliation Entrance Test Scores High Quartile Academic Unit There were 12,066 undergraduate students enrolled in Fall Of these students, 8,257(68.4%) enrolled in Fall 2009 and 1,190 (9.9%) did not return. The remaining 2,619 (21.7%) graduated from the university. In order to seek additional information on the students who did not return, the Office of Institutional Research & Testing (IRT) submitted a file of these students to the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC). The NSC is a national repository of student records used for student degree and enrollment verification. The Student Tracker service from the NSC enables institutions to tap the nation s largest enrollment database and track where students ultimately enroll. IRT submitted the file of the 1,190 non-returning undergraduate students. The NSC had Fall 2009 enrollment information on 741 (62.2%) of these students. NSC provided information for each of these students including institution of matriculation, matriculation dates, institution type, and institution location. One item to note is that the Texas Austin does not participate in the NSC database. Therefore, UT will not be listed as a transferring institution in this report. OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND TESTING ONE BEAR PLACE #97032 WACO, TEXAS (254) FAX (254)

2 2 The largest group of the non-returning students tracked using the NSC data enrolled in four-year public institutions. Table 1 breaks down enrollment by type of institution. Table 1. Enrollment of Non-Returning Students Tracked by NSC by Type of Institution Institution Type Number Enrolled Percentage, 4-Year %, 4-Year % 2-Year (or less) % Appendix I contains detailed information for the Fall 2008 undergraduate students who returned to Baylor in Fall 2009 compared to those who did not return. The entire population of non-returning students (1,190) is examined as well as those students who were tracked by NSC according to institution type as defined in Table 1. Appendix II contains detailed information for students who enrolled at one of the top four transferring institutions as tracked by NSC. Table 2 provides a summary of biographic and demographic information for Fall 2008 undergraduates who returned to Baylor in Fall 2009 compared to students who did not return to Baylor. See Appendix I for details. A smaller percentage of students who did not return were female (54.6%) compared to students who re-enrolled at Baylor (58.3%). A larger percentage of students who did not return were minorities (37.8%) compared to students who returned to Baylor (27.6%). A smaller percentage of students who did not return were Baptist (34.2%) as compared to those students who returned to Baylor (38.3%). Table 2. Summary of Biographic/ by Type of Institution, Fall 2008 Undergraduates Enrolled Fall 2009 Did Not Return Fall 2009 Enrolled at 4- Year Enrolled at 4- Year Enrolled at 2- Year Female 58.3% 54.6% 70.5% 62.2% 52.8% Minority 27.6% 37.8% 31.6% 36.9% 36.4% Texas 80.8% 80.3% 70.5% 79.5% 83.9% Baptist 38.3% 34.2% 43.2% 30.4% 34.2% Table 3 provides a summary of academic information for Fall 2008 undergraduates who returned to Baylor in Fall 2009 compared to students who did not return to Baylor. See Appendix I for details. The average SAT score of students who returned to Baylor was higher (1212) than the average SAT score of students who did not return to Baylor (1157). A larger percentage of students who returned to Baylor were in the first quartile of their high school (71.5%) than those students who did not return to Baylor (57.1%).

3 3 Table 3. Summary of Academic Information by Type of Institution, Fall 2008 Undergraduates Did Not Return Fall 2009 Enrolled Fall 2009 Enrolled at 4- Year Enrolled at 4- Year Average SAT Average ACT First High Quartile Level I Academic Index Enrolled at 2- Year 71.5% 57.1% 63.0% 64.5% 45.7% 32.8% 17.2% 17.9% 22.0% 8.8% Table 4 lists the top twenty transferring institutions tracked by the National Student Clearinghouse. These twenty institutions account for 54.7% of the students that enrolled at other institutions that are tracked by NSC. The list includes number of students who were enrolled at Baylor in Fall 2008 but enrolled at the transferring institution in Fall 2009, type of institution, and location of institution. Table 4. Top Twenty Transferring Institutions Tracked by NSC Institution Type Number Enrolled Type Location Comm. Coll. 80 TX Lone Star 30 TX North Texas 30 TX Blinn 25 TX Texas A&M University 23 TX UT- Arlington 22 TX Houston 21 TX Texas State University San Marcos 19 TX Austin Comm. 18 TX Collin Comm. 17 TX Texas Tech University 17 TX Sam Houston State U. 14 TX UT San Antonio 14 TX Richland 13 TX Tarrant County 13 TX Stephen F. Austin 11 TX Houston Comm. 10 TX Texas A&M Corpus Christi 10 TX UT Dallas 10 TX San Jacinto 9 TX

4 4 Table 5 provides a summary of biographic and demographic information for Fall 2008 undergraduates who returned to Baylor in Fall 2009 compared to non-returning students who enrolled at the top four transferring institutions. See Appendix II for details. A smaller percentage of students who returned to Baylor in Fall 2009 were minorities (27.6%) than the percentages of minorities that transferred to, Lone Star or. A smaller percentage of students who returned to Baylor in Fall 2009 were Baptist (38.3%) than students who transferred to. Table 5. Summary of Biographic/ by Transferring Institution, Fall 2008 Undergraduates Enrolled at Baylor Fall 2009 Lone Star System District Blinn Female 58.3% 41.3% 66.7% 56.7% 52.0% Minority 27.6% 30.0% 43.3% 40.0% 8.0% Texas 80.8% 83.8% 100.0% 100.0% 96.0% Baptist 38.3% 45.0% 30.0% 30.0% 36.0% Table 6 provides a summary of academic information for Fall 2008 undergraduates who returned to Baylor in Fall 2009 compared to non-returning students who enrolled at the top four transferring institutions. See Appendix II for details. The average SAT score of students who returned to Baylor in Fall 2009 (1212) was higher than the average SAT score of students who enrolled at, Lone Star,, and Blinn. A larger percentage of students who returned to Baylor in Fall 2009 (71.5%) were in the first quartile of their high school than those who enrolled at one of the top four transferring institutions. Table 6. Summary of Academic Information by Transferring Institution, Fall 2008 Undergraduates Enrolled at Baylor Fall 2009 Lone Star System District Blinn Average SAT Average ACT First High 71.5% 31.0% 30.8% 52.0% 57.1% Quartile Level I Academic Index 32.8% 4.9% 0.0% 18.5% 20.8%

5 Appendix I 5 Gender Did Not Return Male 3, Female 4, All 8, , Minority Status Did Not Return Minority 2, Non-Minority 5, All 8, , Citizenship Status Did Not Return U.S. Citizen 7, , Resident Alien Nonresident Alien All 8, ,

6 Appendix I 6 Racial/Ethnic Group Did Not Return African American/Black Alaskan Native/American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Hispanic White 5, Other All 8, , Racial/Ethnic Group - Nonresident Aliens Partitioned Did Not Return African American/Black Alaskan Native/American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Hispanic White 5, Other Nonresident Alien All 8, ,

7 Appendix I 7 State of Permanent Address Did Not Return Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland (Continued)

8 Appendix I 8 State of Permanent Address Did Not Return Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota (Continued)

9 Appendix I 9 State of Permanent Address Did Not Return Tennessee Texas 6, Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming US Terr./Military Addresses Non-US Addresses Unknown Addresses All 8, ,

10 Appendix I 10 Religious Affiliation Did Not Return African Methodist Episcopal Anglican - Church of England Assembly of God Atheist Baptist 3, Buddhist Catholic 1, Christian Church Christian Scientist Church of Christ Church of God Church of the Nazarene Congregational Church Disciples of Christ(Christian) Dutch Reformed Eastern Orthodox Episcopalian Evangelical Free Church Four Square Gospel Full Gospel Greek Orthodox (Continued)

11 Appendix I 11 Religious Affiliation Did Not Return Hindu Independent Bible Church Islam Interdenominational Jehovah's Witness Jewish Latter Day Saints (Mormon) Lutheran Mennonite Methodist Missionary Alliance Non-Denominational 1, Pentecostal Presbyterian Protestant Seventh Day Adventist Society of Friends (Quakers) Unitarian United Church of Christ No Religion (Continued)

12 Appendix I 12 Religious Affiliation Did Not Return Other than Listed All 8, ,

13 Appendix I 13 SAT Scores Interquartile Range Did Not Return 25th Percentile th Percentile Did Not Return Mean Distribution Did Not Return < , , , All 5,

14 Appendix I 14 SAT Scores Median Scores by Gender Did Not Return Verbal Math Total* Verbal Math Total* Verbal Math Total* Verbal Math Total* Verbal Math Total* Male Female All *Total=Verbal + Math Notes: 1. Although submission of entrance test scores generally is required in the admission process, in each entering class there were a small number of students who were admitted without entrance test scores. Therefore, the sum of SAT N plus ACT N does not necessarily equal the total class size (N). 2. In this table, the highest SAT score is compared to the highest ACT score, and only the better score is retained.

15 Appendix I 15 ACT Scores Interquartile Range Did Not Return 25th Percentile th Percentile Did Not Return Mean Distribution Did Not Return < All 2,

16 Appendix I 16 ACT Scores Median Scores by Gender Did Not Return Engl. Math Comp. Engl. Math Comp. Engl. Math Comp. Engl. Math Comp. Engl. Math Comp. Male Female All Notes: 1. Although submission of entrance test scores generally is required in the admission process, in each entering class there were a small number of students who were admitted without entrance test scores. Therefore, the sum of SAT N plus ACT N does not necessarily equal the total class size (N). 2. In this table, the highest SAT score is compared to the highest ACT score, and only the better score is retained.

17 Appendix I 17 Academic Information High Class Quartile* Did Not Return First Quartile 4, Second Quartile 1, Third Quartile Fourth Quartile All 6, * High Class quartile rank is not available from all high schools. Academic Index* Did Not Return Level , Level , Level , Level Level All 7, * Academic Index is not available for all students.

18 Appendix I 18 Academic Information Academic Unit Did Not Return of Arts & Sciences 4, of Business 1, of Education of Engineering & Computer Science of Music of Nursing of Social Work All 8, ,

19 Appendix II 19 Gender Lone Star Blinn Male 3, Female 4, All 8, Minority Status Lone Star Blinn Minority 2, Non-Minority 5, All 8,

20 Appendix II 20 Citizenship Status Lone Star Blinn U.S. Citizen 7, Resident Alien Nonresident Alien All 8, Racial/Ethnic Group Lone Star Blinn African American/Black Alaskan Native/American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Hispanic White 5, Other All 8,

21 Appendix II 21 Racial/Ethnic Group - Nonresident Aliens Partitioned Lone Star Blinn African American/Black Alaskan Native/American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Hispanic White 5, Other Nonresident Alien All 8, State of Permanent Address Lone Star Blinn Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California (Continued)

22 Appendix II 22 State of Permanent Address Lone Star Blinn Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota (Continued)

23 Appendix II 23 State of Permanent Address Lone Star Blinn Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee (Continued)

24 Appendix II 24 State of Permanent Address Lone Star Blinn Texas 6, Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming US Terr./Military Addresses Non-US Addresses Unknown Addresses All 8,

25 Appendix II 25 Religious Affiliation Lone Star Blinn African Methodist Episcopal Anglican - Church of England Assembly of God Atheist Baptist 3, Buddhist Catholic 1, Christian Church Christian Scientist Church of Christ Church of God Church of the Nazarene Congregational Church Disciples of Christ(Christian) Dutch Reformed Eastern Orthodox Episcopalian Evangelical Free Church Four Square Gospel (Continued)

26 Appendix II 26 Religious Affiliation Lone Star Blinn Full Gospel Hindu Independent Bible Church Islam Interdenominational Jehovah's Witness Jewish Latter Day Saints (Mormon) Lutheran Mennonite Methodist Missionary Alliance Non-Denominational 1, Pentecostal Presbyterian Protestant Seventh Day Adventist Society of Friends (Quakers) Unitarian (Continued)

27 Appendix II 27 Religious Affiliation Lone Star Blinn United Church of Christ No Religion Other than Listed All 8,

28 Appendix II 28 SAT Scores Interquartile Range Lone Star Blinn 25th Percentile th Percentile Lone Star Blinn Mean Distribution Lone Star Blinn < , , , All 5,

29 Appendix II 29 SAT Scores Median Scores by Gender Lone Star North Texas Blinn Verbal Math Total* Verbal Math Total* Verbal Math Total* Verbal Math Total* Verbal Math Total* Male Female All *Total=Verbal + Math Notes: 1. Although submission of entrance test scores generally is required in the admission process, in each entering class there were a small number of students who were admitted without entrance test scores. Therefore, the sum of SAT N plus ACT N does not necessarily equal the total class size (N). 2. In this table, the highest SAT score is compared to the highest ACT score, and only the better score is retained.

30 Appendix II 30 ACT Scores Interquartile Range Lone Star Blinn 25th Percentile th Percentile Lone Star Blinn Mean Distribution Lone Star Blinn < All 2,

31 Appendix II 31 ACT Scores Median Scores by Gender Lone Star North Texas Blinn Engl. Math Comp. Engl. Math Comp. Engl. Math Comp. Engl. Math Comp. Engl. Math Comp. Male Female All Notes: 1. Although submission of entrance test scores generally is required in the admission process, in each entering class there were a small number of students who were admitted without entrance test scores. Therefore, the sum of SAT N plus ACT N does not necessarily equal the total class size (N). 2. In this table, the highest SAT score is compared to the highest ACT score, and only the better score is retained.

32 Appendix II 32 Academic Information High Class Quartile* Lone Star Blinn First Quartile 4, Second Quartile 1, Third Quartile Fourth Quartile All 6, * High Class quartile rank is not available from all high schools. Academic Index* Lone Star Blinn Level , Level , Level , Level Level All 7, * Academic Index is not available for all students.

33 Appendix II 33 Academic Information Academic Unit Lone Star Blinn of Arts & Sciences 4, of Business 1, of Education of Engineering & Computer Science of Music of Nursing of Social Work All 8,