Profile of Transfer Students Fall 2013 and Fall 2014

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1 IR Report Series Vol. 145, No. 003 September 25, 2014 Profile of Transfer Students Fall 2013 and Fall 2014 This report contains demographic and academic information for transfer students who entered the University in Fall 2013 and Fall Information is included on: Gender Country of Citizenship Full/Part-Time Status Age Range State of Permanent Address Average Credit Hour Load Minority Status County (TX) of Permanent Address Classification Citizenship Status Religious Affiliation Primary Program of Study Racial/Ethnic Group Entrance Test scores First Major Please see page 2 for a note on test score (SAT and ACT) statistics. Fall 2014 The transfer students of Fall 2014 include 195 students who entered the University in Summer 2014 or Fall Demographically, fifty-three percent (104) of the new transfer students are female, and fiftyseven percent (111) are from racial or ethnic minority groups. Students with a Baptist religious affiliation make up twenty-seven percent (53) of the group. For students with known addresses, 180 (93.8%) have Texas as their state of permanent address. Ninety percent of the students are U.S. citizens. Among students who reported a SAT or ACT score, the transfer class had a mean score of 1069 for the SAT and 22 for the ACT examination (less than 30% of the transfers had a standardized test score). Approximately 13% of students declared a major in Nursing, while 10% declared Biology and 6% were undecided. Fall 2013 The transfer students of Fall 2013 included 226 students who entered the University in Summer 2013 or Fall Demographically, fifty-eight percent (131) of the new transfer students are female, and sixtynine percent (155) are from racial or ethnic minority groups. Students with a Baptist religious affiliation make up eight percent (18) of the group. For students with known addresses, 209 (93.3%) have Texas as their state of permanent address. Ninetytwo percent of the students are U.S. citizens. Among students who reported a SAT or ACT score, the transfer class had a mean score of 966 for the SAT and 21 for the ACT examination (less than 30% of the transfers had a standardized test score). Approximately 19% of students declared a major in Nursing, while 12% declared Biology and 8% declared Psychology. Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness 7502 Fondren Road Houston, Texas

2 Test Score Calculations For students with both an SAT and ACT score, only one score is counted. The ACT score is converted into the equivalent SAT score and compared to the actual SAT score, and only the higher is retained. Additionally, for students with multiple SAT test scores, the highest verbal and math sub-scores (from any test date) are added to get the student's final SAT score. Prior to Fall 2007, SAT scores were reported using Recruitment PLUS. Recruitment PLUS converted all ACT scores to an equivalent SAT score, and included the converted scores in the final mean.

3 Profile of Transfer Students, Fall 2013 and Fall Demographic Information Gender Male Female Age Range < Minority Status Minority Non-Minority

4 Profile of Transfer Students, Fall 2013 and Fall Demographic Information Citizenship Status U.S. Citizen Resident Alien Non-Resident Alien Total Racial/Ethnic Group* African American/Black American Indian or Alaskan Native Asian Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Ethnicity Unknown Racial/Ethnic Group - Non-Resident Aliens Partitioned* African American/Black American Indian or Alaskan Native Asian Hispanic White Two or More Races Ethnicity Unknown Non-Resident Alien

5 Profile of Transfer Students, Fall 2013 and Fall Demographic Information Country of Citizenship China El Salvador Germany Malaysia United States Unknown Venezuela Vietnam

6 Profile of Transfer Students, Fall 2013 and Fall Demographic Information State of Permanent Address California Georgia Illinois Kansas Louisiana Maryland Minnesota Mississippi Missouri New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma Texas US Territories/Military Addr Unknown Washington West Virginia Wisconsin

7 Profile of Transfer Students, Fall 2013 and Fall Demographic Information County of Permanent Address (Texas) Austin Bee Bexar Brazoria Brazos Chambers Coleman Collin Dallas Dimmit El Paso Fayette Fort Bend Galveston Gregg Guadalupe Harris Hays Hidalgo Houston Howard Jefferson Johnson Lamar Liberty Marion Matagorda McLennan Milam Montgomery Orange Rockwall (Continued)

8 Profile of Transfer Students, Fall 2013 and Fall Demographic Information County of Permanent Address (Texas) Tarrant Travis Waller Washington Wharton Williamson Total

9 Profile of Transfer Students, Fall 2013 and Fall Demographic Information Religious Affiliation Assembly of God Baptist Buddhist Catholic Christian Church Church of Christ Church of God Disciples of Christ (Christian Eastern Orthodox Episcopalian Evangelical Free Church Hindu Latter Day Saints (Mormon) Lutheran Methodist Moslem (Islam, Muslim) No Preference Non-denominational Other Seventh Day Adventist Undeclared

10 Profile of Transfer Students, Fall 2013 and Fall SAT Recentered Scores Interquartile Range 25th Percentile th Percentile Mean SAT Distribution < Total Median Scores by Gender Verbal Math Total Verbal Math Total Male Female Note: 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 number of SAT scores plus the number of ACT scores does not equal the total class size. 2. The highest SAT is compared to the highest ACT and only the better score is retained.

11 Profile of Transfer Students, Fall 2013 and Fall ACT Composite Scores Interquartile Range 25th Percentile th Percentile Mean ACT Distribution < Total Median Scores by Gender Engl Math Comp Engl Math Comp Male Female Note: 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 number of SAT scores plus the number of ACT scores does not equal the total class size. 2. The highest SAT is compared to the highest ACT and only the better score is retained.

12 Profile of Transfer Students, Fall 2013 and Fall Academic Information Full/Part-Time Status Full-Time Part-Time Average Credit Hour Load* # Average # Average School of Fine Arts Smith College of Liberal Arts School of Business College of Education and Behavioral Sciences School of Nursing and Allied Health The Honors College No College Designated Total High School Class Quartile** First Quartile Second Quartile Third Quartile Fourth Quartile Total * Education and many Science and Mathematics students are included under Smith College due to the way double majors are coded in Banner. ** High School Quartile data may not be available for each student in the class. Therefore, the total does not equal the total class size.

13 Profile of Transfer Students, Fall 2013 and Fall Academic Information Program of Study Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Business Administration Bachelor of Music Bachelor of Music Education Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science in Nursing Classification Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior

14 Profile of Transfer Students, Fall 2013 and Fall Academic Information First Major Accounting Art Art Education Biblical Languages Bilingual Elementary Education Biology Chemistry Christianity Church Music Cinema and New Media Composite Science Composite Social Studies Economics Elementary Ed w/ Special Ed Elementary Education English English/Language Arts Finance Government Great Text History Interdisciplinary Stds-Non Ed International Business Journalism and Mass Communicat Kinesiology (Education) Kinesiology Athletic Training Kinesiology-Wellness Mgmt Legal Studies Management Managerial Studies Marketing Math Studies (Continued)

15 Profile of Transfer Students, Fall 2013 and Fall Academic Information First Major Mathematics Molecular Biology/Biochemistry Multidisciplinary Studies Music Music Education Music Performance-Voice Nursing Philosophy Physical Science Physics Psychology Sociology Undeclared