First-Time Freshmen Freshmen Applicants, Acceptances and Enrollees... 5 High School Rank of First-Time Freshmen... 6 Distribution of SAT Scores of First-Time Freshmen... 7 North Carolina Region of Origin for First-Time Freshmen... 8 North Carolina Counties Producing the Most First-Time Freshmen... 8 Geographic Origin of All First-Time Freshmen... 9 First-Time Freshmen Enrollment by County and... 10 Race, Load, and Gender of First-Time Freshmen... 13
8,000 7,000 Freshman Applicants, Acceptances & Enrollees Fall Term Resident Credit 7,331 6,000 Number of Freshmen 5,000 4,000 3,000 4,905 4,964 4,830 4,792 3,738 3,705 3,705 3,254 3,743 2,000 1,578 1,557 1,568 1,259 1,224 1,000 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Applied Accepted Enrolled In- 2004 2005 2006 Out-of- In- Out-of- In- Out-of- In- 2007 Out-of- 2008 In- Out-of- Applied 4,112 793 4,152 812 4,051 779 3,995 797 6,052 1,279 Male 2,007 366 1,998 354 1,966 377 1,938 326 2,875 578 Female 2,105 427 2,154 458 2,085 402 2,057 471 3,177 701 Accepted 3,172 566 3,123 582 3,167 538 2,752 502 3,214 529 Male 1,513 239 1,454 236 1,501 255 1,302 207 1,520 226 Female 1,659 327 1,669 346 1,666 283 1,450 295 1,694 303 % of Applicants Accepted 77 71 75 72 78 69 69 63 53 41 Enrolled 1,446 132 1,438 119 1,459 109 1,150 109 1,128 96 Male 716 55 721 59 718 62 553 49 564 40 Female 730 77 717 60 741 47 597 60 564 56 % of Accepted Enrolling 46 23 46 20 46 20 42 22 35 18 Source: OCR B1 Students in Institutions of Higher Education: Applications, Acceptances and Actual Enrollment Ref: Freshmen Applications, Acceptances and Enrollees
HIGH SCHOOL CLASS RANK OF FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN FALL TERM Percentage of New Freshmen* Class Rank 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Top Fifth 23 22 23 26 31 Second Fifth 28 26 27 29 31 Third Fifth 28 29 29 27 25 Fourth Fifth 20 21 18 16 12 Lowest Fifth 1 2 3 2 1 Number Not Available 83 88 115 64 77 Source: NCHED A-4: First-Time Freshmen Admissions *Percentage of new freshmen who provided class rank information. Ref: HS Rank of First Time Freshmen.xls
DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST (SAT) SCORES OF FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN FALL 2008 In- VERBAL MATH Out-of- All In- Out-of- In- WRITING Out-of- 750-800 1% 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 700-749 1% 1% 1% 2% 3% 2% 1% 0% 1% 650-699 4% 3% 4% 4% 5% 4% 2% 11% 3% 600-649 9% 12% 10% 10% 10% 10% 6% 6% 6% 550-599 14% 17% 14% 23% 22% 23% 12% 11% 12% 500-549 24% 26% 24% 27% 21% 26% 23% 19% 22% 450-499 30% 20% 30% 24% 26% 24% 30% 32% 30% 400-449 14% 14% 14% 8% 10% 9% 19% 15% 19% 350-399 3% 6% 3% 2% 1% 2% 6% 6% 6% 300-349 0% 1% 0% 0% 1% 0% 1% 0% 1% 250-299 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 200-249 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Total 1,104 81 1,185 1,104 81 1,185 1,100 81 1,181 Average Score 510 515 511 528 526 528 489 507 490 All All Source: NCHED A-4: First-Time Freshmen Admissions, Fall 2008 Ref: SAT Scores of First Time Freshmen.xls
North Carolina Region of Origin of First-Time Freshmen Wide - Fall 2008 Piedmont Counties 52% Eastern Counties 7% Other Appalachian Counties 15% Immediate 11- County Area 26% North Carolina Counties Producing Most First-Time Freshmen Mecklenburg Buncombe Wake Catawba Jackson* Henderson Gaston Haywood Forsyth Iredell Union Fall Term *Includes freshmen with "unknown" county Source: NCHED A-1.3: Home Base of Students Ref: Geographic Origin by County Country.xls 2005 2006 2007 2008 123 152 109 89 98 107 99 70 122 124 54 67 42 48 53 55 35 56 61 54 50 41 38 51 33 55 60 42 68 73 57 36 58 36 41 35 29 27 22 32 38 53 25 32
Geographic Origin of All First-Time Freshmen Fall 2008 North Carolina 92.24% Florida 1.22% South Carolina 1.06% Other s & Foreign 3.27% Georgia 2.21% Source: NCHED A-1.3: Home Base of Students Ref: Geographic Origin by County Country.xls
FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN ENROLLMENT BY COUNTY AND STATE FALL TERM 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 A. Immediate 11-County Area Buncombe 66 98 107 99 70 Cherokee 18 21 25 27 29 Clay 19 11 9 4 2 Graham 3 11 15 18 12 Haywood 67 68 73 57 36 Henderson 42 50 41 38 51 Jackson* 40 35 56 61 54 Macon 49 43 42 30 26 Madison 3 8 2 1 1 Swain 14 28 20 11 11 Transylvania 22 17 22 17 6 Total for Region 343 390 412 363 298 B. Other Appalachian Counties Alexander 5 9 9 7 9 Alleghany 1 0 2 0 0 Ashe 2 6 4 16 11 Avery 2 6 5 0 0 Burke 21 14 17 21 24 Caldwell 23 14 15 9 25 Davie 13 20 11 3 5 McDowell 14 30 16 24 19 Mitchell 1 5 2 1 1 Polk 13 9 15 6 4 Rutherford 37 23 20 24 26 Stokes 8 8 6 3 8 Surry 8 12 10 7 11 Watauga 7 3 1 3 4 Wilkes 8 20 16 12 8 Yadkin 15 4 3 5 8 Yancey 4 11 5 3 1 Total for Region 182 194 157 144 164 C. Piedmont Counties Alamance 11 17 13 7 15 Anson 0 0 3 2 1 Cabarrus 30 41 31 16 28 Caswell 2 4 1 0 0 Catawba 20 42 48 53 55 Chatham 5 7 8 4 5 Cleveland 36 32 34 25 28 Davidson 13 30 23 14 15 Durham 17 15 14 12 13 Forsyth 75 58 36 41 35 Gaston 54 33 55 60 42 Granville 7 3 2 2 4 Guilford 66 51 56 34 27 Harnett 9 4 5 3 5 Iredell 29 29 27 22 32 Lee 3 6 5 1 2 Lincoln 18 21 27 31 26 Mecklenburg 153 123 152 109 89 Montgomery 3 2 8 1 0 Moore 7 12 5 3 9 Orange 20 13 32 13 16
FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN ENROLLMENT BY COUNTY AND STATE FALL TERM 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Person 6 1 5 1 1 Randolph 31 20 8 14 9 Richmond 4 6 2 1 1 Rockingham 6 7 3 3 5 Rowan 25 19 21 15 19 Stanly 6 15 6 7 6 Union 51 38 53 25 32 Vance 0 2 2 2 0 Wake 111 122 124 54 67 Warren 1 0 1 0 0 Total for Region 819 773 810 575 587 D. Eastern Counties Beaufort 4 0 6 0 1 Bertie 0 0 0 0 0 Bladen 0 1 1 0 0 Brunswick 9 1 4 4 5 Camden 0 1 0 0 0 Carteret 4 2 2 1 2 Chowan 1 0 1 0 0 Columbus 0 0 1 1 1 Craven 6 5 3 5 3 Cumberland 8 21 8 9 8 Currituck 0 1 2 1 2 Dare 2 2 2 3 2 Duplin 4 0 1 0 0 Edgecombe 4 2 0 1 0 Franklin 4 4 3 0 1 Gates 0 0 1 0 0 Greene 1 0 0 0 1 Halifax 1 1 0 0 2 Hertford 1 1 0 0 0 Hoke 3 0 1 1 1 Hyde 0 2 0 0 0 Johnston 11 10 10 10 13 Jones 2 0 2 0 0 Lenoir 3 1 0 2 0 Martin 0 0 1 2 1 Nash 4 0 3 7 7 New Hanover 5 4 4 4 6 Northampton 0 0 0 0 3 Onslow 14 9 7 3 5 Pamlico 0 0 0 1 0 Pasquotank 0 0 0 1 0 Pender 1 2 6 1 0 Perquimans 0 1 1 0 0 Pitt 2 1 3 3 3 Robeson 1 4 2 3 5 Sampson 3 2 1 2 2 Scotland 2 3 1 3 4 Tyrrell 0 0 0 0 0
FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN ENROLLMENT BY COUNTY AND STATE FALL TERM 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Washington 0 0 1 0 0 Wayne 5 3 0 5 1 Wilson 4 1 3 3 1 Total for Region 109 85 81 76 80 Total for 1,453 1,442 1,460 1,158 1,129 E. Out-of- Florida 16 15 14 13 15 Georgia 32 42 38 27 27 South Carolina 23 20 13 19 13 Other s 48 37 38 39 37 Foreign 6 1 5 3 3 Total for Out-of- 125 115 108 101 95 Total New Freshmen 1,578 1,557 1,568 1,259 1,224 *Includes freshmen with "unknown" county Source: NCHED A-1.3: Home Base of Students Ref: Geographic Origin by County Country.xls
RACE, LOAD, AND GENDER OF FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN FALL 2008 LOAD AND CLASS NON- RESIDENT ALIEN Male AFRICAN- AMERICAN NATIVE AMERICAN Female Male Female Male Female Male ASIAN HISPANIC WHITE OTHER TOTAL Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Full-Time New Freshmen 1 0 55 28 3 5 4 4 15 11 490 547 33 23 601 618 Part-Time New Freshmen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 2 TOTALS 1 0 55 28 3 5 4 4 15 11 493 549 33 23 604 620 GRAND TOTAL 1 83 8 8 26 1,042 56 1,224 Source: IPEDS Fall Enrollment: 2008 Ref: Race Load Gender FTF