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1 STATE COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR VIRGINIA to Enroment Projection for Virginia s State Supported Coeges and Universities June 7, 2001 A SCHEV REPORT

2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY By statute, the State Counci of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) coordinates the deveopment of enroment projections put forward by Virginia s pubic coeges and universities. Student enroment projections are important because they are used for budgetary and fisca panning purposes by the institutions and by Commonweath poicymakers. On May 22, 2001, SCHEV approved the to enroment projections for Virginia s statesupported four-year coeges and universities, and Richard Band Coege, a pubic two-year coege. 1 These institutions expect to see their headcount enroment increase from 177,009 in fa 2000 to 187,310 students in fa 2005 a 10,301 or 5.8 percednt increase. Enroment increases at two institutions, George Mason University (3,145 students) and Virginia Commonweath University (2,103 students) account for more than haf the tota expected increase of 10,301 students. Other institutions anticipating significant increases in enroment incude Christopher Newport University (980 students), Od Dominion University (848 students), and Longwood Coege (691 students). At the other end of the spectrum, the Coege of Wiiam and Mary is projecting a modest decine (102 students) in enroment. Of the tota increase of 10,301 students between fa 2000 and fa 2005, institutions project that 6,633 wi be undergraduate students and 3,668 wi be graduate students. 1 By agreement with the Virginia Community Coege System, and the staffs of the House Appropriations Committee, Senate Finance Committee, and Department of Panning and Budget, however, no projection is made for community coege enroment.

3 The ratio between in-state and out-of-state undergraduates continues to be an issue of concern. The six-year forecast shows that one institution Virginia Commonweath University anticipates moving from 5.0 percent to 15.0 percent out-of-state undergraduate enroment. In the remainder of the system, the number of out-of-state undergraduates is ony expected to increase by a tota of ony 309 students. SCHEV anticipates that most of the projected 6,633 increase in undergraduate students wi be made up of traditiona students 18 to 24 years of age. This expectation is based on the fact that current U.S. Bureau of the Census popuation projections ca for a substantia increase in the number of Virginians faing within this age bracket, whie at the same time indicating that there wi be a substantia decrease in the number of Virginians within the non-traditiona category of 25 to 44 years of age. This disproportionate increase in traditiona students is important. These students are much more ikey to be fu-time, on-campus, and residentia. As a resut they wi pace greater demands on an institution s resources. This has budgetary and fisca impications for the Commonweath. Based upon Wedon Cooper Center projections of high schoo seniors through 2005, SCHEV aso anticipates that most of the growth in undergraduate students wi come from eight ocaities. In the Interstate 95/Interstate 64 (I-95/I-64) crescent in the eastern part of the Commonweath. These eight ocaities are Chesapeake, Chesterfied, Fairfax, Henrico, Loudon, Prince Wiiam, Spotsyvania, and Stafford. One impication of this trend is that institutions that traditionay draw a arge proportion of their students from these ocaities for exampe George Mason University (69.0 percent) and Virginia Commonweath University (49.0 percent) are the most ikey to experience upward pressure on enroment.

4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Enroment Projection Process... 1 Accuracy of Previous Projection... 1 Current Enroment... 2 Pubic Four-Year Institutions... 2 Pubic Two-Year Institutions... 6 Factors Likey to Affect Future Enroment Enroment Projection for to Undergraduate and Graduate Enroment In-State & Out-of-State Undergraduate Enroment Fu-Time and Part-Time Enroment Summary and Impications... 29

5 ENROLLMENT PROJECTION PROCESS Pursuant to :1.4 of the Code of Virginia, SCHEV is required to: review and approve or disapprove a enroment projections proposed by each pubic institution of higher education. The Counci s projections sha be in numerica terms by eve of enroment and sha be used for budgetary and fisca panning purposes ony. The student admissions poicies for the institutions and their specific programs sha remain the soe responsibiity of the individua boards of visitors. In the spring of every odd-numbered year, in advance of biennia budget deveopment, SCHEV coordinates the deveopment of enroment projections for Virginia s 15 pubic four-year institutions of higher education and Richard Band Coege. These projections are generated through a consensus process that invoves staff from SCHEV, each institution, the egisature, and the executive branch. By agreement, Virginia s community coeges do not project future enroment. ACCURACY OF PREVIOUS PROJECTION SCHEV S 1999 forecasts of fa 1999 and fa 2000 headcounts were within 0.4% of actua enroments. The accuracy of the enroment projection is important because this projection is critica in assessing the future need for higher education buidings and other capita faciities. Given the magnitude of higher education s capita infrastructure SCHEV s budget recommendations caed for $1.1 biion in capita funding appropriations 2 even sma errors can have arge fisca impications. In addition, the enroment projection sometimes aso is used to deveop higher education operating budgets. SCHEV approved the to student enroment projection on May 18, That projection caed for combined headcount enroments in the pubic four-year institutions and Richard Band Coege of 175,771 in fa 1999 and 177,724 in fa Actua headcount enroments for those two years turned out to be 176,549 and 177,009 respectivey indicating an absoute forecast error of just 0.4 percent in each year. 2 Incudes $543.7 miion genera fund $487.5 in non-genera fund appropriations f or renovation and new contruction, and $82.2 miion in genera fund appropriations for maintenance reserve. 1

6 CURRENT ENROLLMENT Virginia boasts 39 state-supported institutions of higher education. Fifteen of these are pubic four-year institutions, 23 are community coeges and one, Richard Band Coege, is a two-year junior coege. These institutions had combined headcount enroments of 313,781 students in fa PUBLIC F OUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS Headcount enroment in the four-year pubic institutions in fa 2000 was 175,742 students. As Figures 1 through 5 show, these students tended to be overwhemingy in-state (78.0 percent), fu-time (74.0 percent), undergraduates (75.0 percent), 24 years of age or younger (69.0 percent), and cosey refected the overa ethnic and racia diversity of the Commonweath. 4 Figure 1. Four-Year Pubics, Fa 2000 Headcount Enroment In-State/Out-of-State 78% In-State Out-of-State 22% 3 Data Source: SCHEV enroment database. 4 According to U.S. Bureau of the Census data, Virginia s popuation in 2000 was 72 percent White, 20 percent Back, 4 percent Asian, 4 percent Hispanic and ess than 1 percent Native American. 2

7 PUBLIC F OUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS Figure 2. Four-Year Pubics, Fa 2000 Headcount Enroment Fu-Time/Part-Time 74% Fu-Time Part-Time 26% Figure 3. Four-Year Pubics, Fa 2000 Headcount Enroment Undergraduate/Graduate 75% Undergraduate Graduate 25% 3

8 PUBLIC F OUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS Figure 4. Four-Year Pubics, Fa 2000 Headcount Enroment Age Distribution age 24 or ess 69% age % age % 8% age 45 or greater Figure 5. Four-year Pubics, Fa 2000 Headcount Enroment Race/Ethnicity Distribution Back 73% Native American Asian 16% Hispanic 3% 0% 8% White 4

9 PUBLIC F OUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS Figure 6 graphicay depicts the regions of the Commonweath from which the pubic four-year institutions drew their students in fa As the figure beow shows, neary 82.0 percent of these institutions in-state enroments were drawn from the popuation-heavy I-95/I-64 crescent composed of northern Virginia, centra Virginia, and Hampton Roads. Figure 6. Four-Year Pubics, Fa 2000 Service Area 6 supra, note 3. 5

10 PUBLIC TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS In fa 2000, Virginia s pubic two-year institutions had a headcount enroment of 138,039 students. Of these, 136,772 were enroed within the Virginia Community Coege System and 1,267 at Richard Band Coege. Largey refecting the mission of the community coeges to provide community-based higher education and workforce deveopment programs. fa 2000 enroment in the pubic two-year institutions tended to be more heaviy comprised of in-state students (94.0 percent) and part-time students (71.0 percent) than enroment in the pubic four-year institutions. 6 In addition, fa 2000 enroment in the pubic two-year institutions refected an even mix between traditiona (24 years of age or younger) and non-traditiona (25 years of age and oder) students. These characteristics are graphicay depicted in Figures 7 through 10. Figure 7. Two-Year Pubics, Fa 2000 Headcount Enroment In-State/Out-of-State 94% In-State Out-of-State 6% 6 supra, note 3. 6

11 PUBLIC TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS Figure 8. Two-Year Pubics, Fa 2000 Headcount Enroment Fu-Time/Part-Time 71% Fu-Time Part-Time 29% Figure 9. Two-Year Pubics, Fa 2000 Headcount Enroment Age Distribution 50% age 24 or ess age % age % 16% age 45 or greater 7

12 PUBLIC TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS Figure 10. Two-year Pubics, Fa 2000 Headcount Enroment Race/Ethnicity Distribution 70% Back Native American Asian Hispanic 4% 6% 1% 19% White 8

13 PUBLIC TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS Figure 11. Two-Year Pubics, Fa 2000 Service Area Figure 11 above graphicay depicts the regions of the Commonweath from which the pubic two-year institutions drew their students in fa Primariy refecting the community coeges mission to provide oca access to higher education services, the service area for the pubic two-year institutions was more broady dispersed in fa 2000 than that of the pubic four-year institutions. For exampe, whereas 82.0 percent of the in-state students enroed in pubic four-year institutions were from the I-95/I-64 crescent, ony 67.0 percent of the in-state enroments in the pubic two-year institutions. 7 supra, note 3. 9

14 FACTORS LIKELY TO AFFECT FUTURE ENROLLMENT The factor most ikey to affect future enroment is changing popuation demographics. Projected increases in the number of 15- to 24-year ods are ikey to mean a disproportionate increase in resource-intensive traditiona students. As shown in Figure 12 (page 12), current U.S. Bureau of the Census projections indicate that the popuation of 15- to 24-year ods in Virginia wi increase by approximatey 94,000 (9.0 percent) between 2000 and This demographic change has significant impications because individuas from this traditiona undergraduate age category drive 69 percent of headcount enroment at Virginia s pubic four-year institutions and 50 percent at the pubic two-year institutions. As a resut, increases in the number of individuas within this age group are ikey to pace significant upward pressure on undergraduate enroment. In addition, traditiona students are more ikey than their oder, non-traditiona counterparts to attend fu time and ive on campus when enroed at a residentia institution ike the pubic four-year institutions. This means that they tend to be resource intensive pacing greater demands on an institution s operating and capita resources. At the same time that the popuation of 15- to 24-year ods is increasing, the non-traditiona popuation, those between 25 and 44 years od, is expected to decine. The number of 25 to 34 year ods in Virginia is projected to decine by approximatey 59,000 (5.7 percent) between 2000 and The number of 35- to 44-year ods is projected to decine by approximatey 41,000 (3.3 percent). Individuas within these age categories drive 26 percent of enroment at the pubic four-year institutions and 39 percent at the pubic two-year institutions. Because the coege going rate for non-traditiona students is much ower than that of traditiona students, changes in this popuation are unikey to have as much effect on enroment as changes in the traditiona-aged popuation. Nonetheess, these popuation decines are ikey to pace some downward pressure on enroment, particuary in the community coeges. 8 Data source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State Popuation Projections: ,

15 Another indication of a probabe increase in the number of traditiona-aged undergraduates can be found in current projections of high schoo seniors. Data produced by the Wedon Cooper Center for Pubic Service at the University of Virginia indicate that between 2000 and 2005, the number of high schoo seniors wi increase by 5,870 students statewide. 9 These data are significant because, as one might expect, changes in the number of high schoo graduates are strongy correated with changes in the number of traditiona students enroed in institutions of higher education. A more striking finding in the Wedon Cooper data, however, is that a mere eight ocaities wi be responsibe for 91 percent of this growth, with most other ocaities exhibiting either stagnant or decining numbers of high schoo seniors. Each of those eight ocaities (Chesapeake, Chesterfied, Fairfax, Henrico, Loudon, Prince Wiiam, Spotsyvania, and Stafford) are ocated in the I-95/I-64 crescent. Figure 13 (on page 13) shows the percentage of in-state enroment that each institution drew from these eight ocaities in fa These data were presented at the February 9, 2001, SCHEV 2001 Enroment Projection Workshop, by Dr. Michae A. Spar, Research Associate, Demographics and Workforce Section, Wedon Cooper Center for Pubic Service, University of Virginia. 10 supra, note 3. 11

16 Figure 12. Projected Virginia Popuation 1,250,000 1,200,000 1,150,000 1,100,000 1,050,000 age age age ,000, , , (Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census) 12

17 Figure 13. Percentage of Fa 2000 In-State Enroment Drawn from the 8 Highest Growth Locaities GMU 69.1% VCU MWC JMU 48.9% 48.8% 43.9% VPISU VMI UVA LC VCCS VSU CWM RBC RU ODU NSU CNU UVA-W 39.4% 39.1% 39.0% 35.8% 28.6% 28.2% 26.2% 24.3% 22.7% 19.1% 18.8% 11.5% 5.0% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 13

18 ENROLLMENT PROJECTION FOR TO It is anticipated that headcount enroment wi increase by 10,301, or 5.8%, between and FTE enroment wi increase by 6,760, or 4.4%. On May 22, 2001, SCHEV approved the to headcount and fu-time-equivaent student (FTE) enroment projections for each pubic four-year institution of higher education and Richard Band Coege. An institution-eve summary of these projections is provided in Tabe 1 11 on the foowing page. System-wide, it is anticipated that headcount enroment wi increase by 10,301, or 5.8 percent, between and FTE enroment wi increase by 6,760, or 4.4 percent. At an institution eve, 14 out of 16 institutions are projecting an increase in enroment between and These institutions are Christopher Newport University, George Mason University, James Madison University, Longwood Coege, Mary Washington Coege, Norfok State University, Od Dominion University, Radford University, University of Virginia, University of Virginia s Coege at Wise, Virginia Commonweath University, Virginia Miitary Institute, and Virginia Tech. Of these, the institutions anticipating the argest percentage increases are Christopher Newport University (15.6 percent increase in headcount and 13.3 percent increase in FTE), Longwood Coege (14.9 percent increase in headcount and 14.8 percent increase in FTE), and George Mason University (11.8 percent increase in headcount and 10.6 percent increase in FTE). Aternativey, two institutions are projecting steady or decining enroment. They are the Coege of Wiiam and Mary and Richard Band Coege. A graphica depiction of the projected to enroment changes for each institution is provided in Figure By agreement with the Virginia Community Coege System, and the staffs of the House Appropriations Committee, Senate Finance Committee, and Department of Panning and Budget, however, no projection is made for community coege enroment. 14

19 Tabe to Enroment Projection Summary Actua Estimated Projected Projected Projected Projected Projected HC FTE HC FTE HC FTE HC FTE HC FTE HC FTE HC FTE Four-Year Pubic Institutions Christopher Newport University 5,164 4,106 5,314 4,356 5,437 4,352 5,616 4,490 5,836 4,663 6,052 4,831 6,294 5,023 Coege of Wiiam and Mary 7,552 7,547 7,530 7,492 7,504 7,441 7,474 7,411 7,469 7,408 7,436 7,374 7,428 7,366 George Mason University 24,180 17,843 23,408 17,590 24,567 18,250 24,998 18,526 25,564 18,950 26,106 19,350 26,553 19,675 James Madison University 15,223 14,827 15,326 14,941 15,382 15,011 15,446 15,070 15,484 15,107 15,487 15,107 15,484 15,106 Longwood Coege 3,709 3,577 3,961 3,826 3,970 3,895 4,099 4,028 4,297 4,221 4,445 4,330 4,652 4,491 Mary Washington Coege 4,000 3,619 4,283 3,846 4,295 3,838 4,313 3,844 4,337 3,858 4,395 3,907 4,471 3,972 Norfok State University 6,987 5,763 6,668 5,587 6,966 5,393 7,029 5,412 7,071 5,436 7,088 5,454 7,102 5,468 Od Dominion University 18,873 14,073 18,969 14,109 19,129 14,235 19,291 14,349 19,457 14,466 19,634 14,588 19,817 14,712 Radford University 8,579 8,910 8,837 9,095 8,992 8,517 9,111 8,521 9,247 8,635 9,328 8,707 9,336 8,721 University of Virginia 22,433 21,102 22,411 21,127 22,423 21,232 22,602 21,399 22,821 21,620 22,954 21,760 23,038 21,841 University of Virginia - WISE 1,545 1,332 1,447 1,257 1,403 1,255 1,423 1,276 1,451 1,304 1,486 1,337 1,523 1,371 Virginia Commonweath University 23,481 18,475 24,066 18,811 24,296 19,131 24,791 19,538 25,249 19,917 25,706 20,295 26,169 20,671 Virginia Miitary Institute 1,335 1,563 1,300 1,547 1,325 1,552 1,325 1,549 1,325 1,547 1,325 1,547 1,325 1,547 Virginia Tech 27,910 27,228 27,869 26,803 27,495 26,483 27,830 26,698 27,684 26,525 28,106 26,887 28,125 26,840 Virginia State University 4,303 3,807 4,353 3,876 4,443 3,936 4,537 4,024 4,598 4,093 4,672 4,163 4,726 4,219 TOTAL Four-Year Pubic Institutions 175, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,023 Two-Year Pubic Institutions Richard Band Coege 1, , , , , , ,

20 Figure 14. Projected Change in Headcount and FTE Enroment between and GMU VCU CNU ODU LC UVA-Wise RU NSU VSU FTE Headcount VPI MWC JMU UVA-Wise VMI RBC CWM

21 UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE ENROLLMENT Figure 15 and Tabe 2 take the headcount enroment projection provided in Tabe 1 and break it down to show the anticipated change in undergraduate and graduate enroment between fa 2000 and fa Overa, institutions anticipate a 6,633 (or 5.0%) student increase in undergraduate enroment between fa 2000 and fa Overa, institutions anticipate a 6,633 (or 5.0 percent) student increase in undergraduate enroment over this period and a 3,668 (or 8.3 percent) student increase in graduate enroment. At an institution eve: Nine institutions project increases in both undergraduate and graduate enroment over this period; Christopher Newport University George Mason University... and a 3,668 (or 8.3%) student increase in graduate enroment. Longwood Coege Mary Washington Coege Norfok State University Od Dominion University University of Virginia Virginia Commonweath University Virginia State University 17

22 Two institutions project increases in undergraduate enroment, but steady or decining graduate enroment; Radford University James Madison University One institution projects decining undergraduate enroment, but increased graduate enroment; Virginia Tech Three institutions project steady or increasing undergraduate enroment and do not offer graduate programs; and Richard Band Coege University of Virginia s Coege at Wise Virginia Miitary Institute One institution projects steady or decining undergraduate and graduate enroment. Coege of Wiiam and Mary 18

23 Figure 15. Projected Change in Graduate and Undergraduate Enroment between and VCU GMU CNU RU LC ODU UVA VSU JMU Graduate Undergraduate MWC NSU UVA-Wise VMI RBC CWM VPI -2,000-1, ,000 2,000 3,000 19

24 Tabe 2. Projected Change in Undergraduate and Graduate Headcount Enroment between Fa 2000 and Fa 2005 Institution Undergrad (abs. change) Undergrad (% change) Grad (abs. change) Grad (% change) Tota (abs. change) Tota (% change) VCU 1, % % 2, % GMU 1, % 1, % 3, % CNU % % % RU % % % LC % % % ODU % % % UVA % % % VSU % % % JMU % % % MWC % % % NSU % % % UVA-Wise % N/A N/A % VMI % N/A N/A % RBC 0 0.0% N/A N/A 0 0.0% CWM % % % VPI % 1, % % Tota 6, % 3, % 10, % 20

25 IN-STATE AND OUT-OF-STATE U NDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT Virginia Commonweath University expects to move from 5% to 15% out-of-state undergraduate enroment. In the remainder of the system, out-of-state undergraduates are expected to increase by a tota of ony 309 students. Figure 16 and Tabe 3 on the foowing pages further disaggregate the headcount projection shown in Tabe 1 to provide detai on anticipated changes in in-state and outof-state undergraduate enroment between fa 2000 and fa These data indicate that of the expected 6,633 student overa increase in undergraduates, in-state undergraduates account for 4,345 students (a 4.1 percent increase over fa 2000) and out-of-state undergraduates account for 2,288 students (an 8.6 percent increase over fa 2000). It is important to note that majority of the increase in out-of-state undergraduates 1,979 out of 2,288 students is concentrated in a singe institution, Virginia Commonweath University. Out-of-state undergraduate enroment is expected ony to increase by 309 students (a 1.2 percent increase over fa 2000) in the remaining 15 institutions. At an institution eve: Nine institutions project increasing in-state and out-of-state undergraduate enroment over the forecast period; Christopher Newport University George Mason University Longwood Coege Mary Washington Coege Norfok State University Od Dominion University Radford University University of Virginia University of Virginia s Coege at Wise 21

26 Three project increasing in-state and decreasing out-of-state undergraduate enroment; Coege of Wiiam and Mary Virginia Miitary Institute Virginia State University Two project decining in-state, and increasing out-of-state undergraduate enroment; James Madison University Virginia Commonweath University One projects steady in-state and out-of-state undergraduate enroment; and Richard Band Coege One projects decreasing in-state and out-ofstate undergraduate enroment. Virginia Tech 22

27 Figure 16. Projected Change in In-State and Out-of-State Undergraduate Headcount Enroment between Fa 2000 and Fa 2005 GMU CNU RU LC VSU ODU UVA CWM NSU Out-of-State In-State MWC UVA-Wise VMI RBC VCU JMU VPI -1, ,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 23

28 Tabe 3. Projected Change in In-State and Out-of-StateUndergraduate Headcount Enroment between Fa 2000 and Fa 2005 Institution In-State (abs. change) In-State (% change) Out-of-State (abs. change) Out-of-State (% change) GMU 1, % % CNU % % RU % % LC % % VSU % % ODU % % UVA % % CWM % % MWC % % NSU % % UVA-Wise % 2 2.2% VMI % % RBC 0 0.0% 0 0.0% VCU % 1, % JMU % % VPI % % Tota 4, % 2, % 24

29 Figure 17 and Tabe 4 on the foowing page compare the percentage of out-of-state undergraduates in fa 2000 with the percentage projected for fa Of the eight institutions with 25.0 percent or more out-of-state undergraduate enroment in fa 2000: The Coege of Wiiam and Mary, Mary Washington Coege, Norfok State University, University of Virginia, Virginia Miitary Institute, and Virginia State University are projecting a decine in their percentage of out-of-state undergraduates between fa 2000 and fa 2005; Virginia Tech projects no change; and James Madison University is projecting a sight increase. Of the eight institutions with ess than 25.0 percent out-of-state undergraduate enroment in fa 2000: George Mason University and the University of Virginia s Coege at Wise are projecting a decine in the percentage of out-of-state undergraduates between fa 2000 and fa 2005; Richard Band Coege is projecting no change; and Christopher Newport University, Longwood Coege, Od Dominion University, Radford University, and Virginia Commonweath University are projecting an increase. Overa, the percentage of out-of-state undergraduates is projected to increase sighty over the forecast period from 19.9 to 20.6 percent. 25

30 Figure 17. Comparison of the Percentage of Out-of-State Undergraduate Students, Fa 2000 (actua) and Fa 2005 (projected) 60.00% 50.00% 40.00% 30.00% % 10.00% 0.00% VMI CWM UVA JMU VSU NSU VPI MWC VCU ODU RU GMU LC UVA-Wise CNU RBC Tabe 4. Comparison of the Percentage of Out-of-State Undergraduate Students Fa 2000 (actua) and Fa 2005 (projected) Institution VMI 49.8% 46.3% CWM 36.1% 33.0% UVA 31.7% 31.6% JMU 29.5% 30.7% VSU 36.7% 29.1% NSU 29.4% 29.1% VPI 27.0% 27.0% MWC 26.8% 26.6% VCU 5.1% 15.3% ODU 13.5% 13.6% RU 12.7% 13.6% GMU 9.3% 9.1% LC 3.9% 6.6% UVA-Wise 6.2% 6.0% CNU 4.4% 5.2% RBC 2.0% 2.0% Tota 19.9% 20.6% 26

31 FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME ENROLLMENT Figure 18 and Tabe 5 on the foowing page compare the percentage of fu-time students in fa 2000 with the percentage projected for fa As these data show, eight institutions are projecting increases in the proportion of fu-time students they serve between fa 2000 and fa These institutions are: Christopher Newport University, Longwood Coege, Mary Washington Coege, Radford University, University of Virginia, University of Virginia s Coege at Wise, Virginia Commonweath University, and Virginia State University. Eight other institutions are anticipating a steady or decining proportion of fu-time students. These institutions are: The Coege of Wiiam and Mary, George Mason University, James Madison University, Norfok State University, Od Dominion University, Richard Band Coege, Virginia Miitary Institute, and Virginia Tech. Overa, the percentage of fu-time students is projected to increase sighty over the forecast period from 73.7 to 74.0 percent. 27

32 Figure 18. Comparison of the Percentage of Fu-Time Students Fa 2000 (actua) and Fa 2005 (projected) 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% VMI JMU VPI VSU UVA NSU VCU GMU Tabe 5. Comparison of the Percentage of Fu-Time Students Fa 2000 (actua) and Fa 2005 (projected) Institution VMI 100.0% 100.0% CWM 91.6% 91.1% JMU 90.7% 90.6% RU 85.4% 90.5% VPI 87.9% 86.6% LC 83.8% 85.5% VSU 73.9% 83.5% UVA-Wise 79.7% 81.2% UVA 80.1% 80.5% MWC 78.7% 80.1% NSU 79.2% 75.3% CNU 72.4% 72.6% VCU 64.0% 68.4% RBC 57.9% 57.9% GMU 52.4% 52.2% ODU 51.9% 50.0% Tota 73.7% 74.0% 28

33 SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS SCHEV s approved to enroment projection anticipates a10,301 (5.8 percent) increase in headcount enroment and a 6,760 (4.4 percent) increase in FTE enroment in Virginia s 15 pubic four-year coeges and universities and Richard Band Coege. Of this increase, institutions anticipate that 4,345 wi be in-state undergraduate students (a 4.1 percent increase over fa 2000), 2,288 out-of-state undergraduate students (an 8.6 percent increase over fa 2000), and 3,668 graduate students (an 8.3 percent increase over fa 2000). A singe institution, Virginia Commonweath University, accounts for the majority (1,979) of the projected 2,288 increase in out-of-state undergraduates. Out-of-state undergraduate enroment is expected to increase by ony 309 students (a 1.2 percent increase over fa 2000) in the remaining 15 institutions. Current U.S. Bureau of the Census popuation projections for Virginia anticipate a 94,000 person increase in the number of 15- to 24-year ods (the traditiona undergraduate age category) and a 100,000 person decrease in the number of 25- to 44-year ods (the non-traditiona undergraduate age category) between 2000 and Based on these demographic trends, SCHEV anticipates that most of the increase in undergraduate students between fa 2000 and fa 2005 wi be made up of traditiona students. These students wi ikey pace arger demands on institutions operating and capita resources because they tend to be fu-time (which means that they account for a arger proportion of FTE enroment), on-campus (which means that they require argey traditiona modes of instructiona deivery), and are more ikey to ive on campus when enroed in a residentia institution (which means that they require dormitory space). Based on projections of Virginia high schoo seniors provided by the Wedon Cooper Center for Pubic Service at the University of Virginia, SCHEV aso anticipates that much of the increase in traditiona undergraduate students wi come from eight ocaities ocated in the I-95/I-64 crescent. Institutions ike George Mason University and Virginia Commonweath University that traditionay draw a high proportion of their students from these ocaities wi ikey experience the greatest upward pressure on enroment. 29

34 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: A. Fetcher Mangum, Ph.D. Chief Economist or G. Pau Nardo Communications and Government Reations Director

35 STATE COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR VIRGINIA JAMES MONROE BUILDING PHONE: (804) NORTH FOURTEENTH STREET F AX: (804) RICHMOND, VIRGINIA TDD: (804)