Enrollment and Graduation
Statistics 2008– 2009
Enrollment—Fall Term 2008
Men Women Total
Degree Seeking Students 790 1081 1871
Non-Degree Seeking Students 10 19 29
Total 800 1100 1900
Number of Number of
Full-Time Part-Time
Students Students Total
Degree Seeking First Time Freshmen 479 0 479
Other Degree Seeking Students 1379 13 1392
Non-Degree Seeking Students 0 29 29
Total 1858 42 1900
Racial/Ethnic Background—Fall Term 2008
Number of Number of
Full-Time Part-Time Percentage of
Students Students Student Body
White American 1314 28 70.6
International 205 7 11.2
Asian American 165 4 8.9
Black American 70 0 3.7
Hispanic American 84 3 4.6
Native American 20 0 1.0
Total 1858 42 100.0
Students By Age—Fall 2008
Number of Number of
Full-Time Part-Time Percentage of
Students Students Student Body
Under 18 41 8 2.6
18–19 868 1 45.7
20–21 864 9 45.9
22–24 81 13 5.0
25–29 4 2 0.3
30–34 0 4 0.2
35–39 0 2 0.1
40–49 0 1 0.1
50–64 0 2 0.1
65 and over 0 0 0.0
Total 1858 42 100.0
Geographical Distribution—Fall Term 2008
Number of Percentage of
Students Student Body
Ramsey County (Minnesota) 87 4.6
Hennepin County (Minnesota) 121 6.4
Minnesota (outside Twin Cities) 181 9.5
U.S.(excluding Minnesota) 1299 68.4
Foreign Countries 212 11.2
Total 1900 100.0
Home States of Students—Fall Term 2008
Alaska-5 Maine-6 Oklahoma-6
Arizona-16 Maryland-39 Oregon-52
Arkansas-1 Massachusetts-74 Pennsylvania-31
California-102 Michigan-25 Puerto Rico-1
Colorado-55 Minnesota-389 Rhode Island-7
Connecticut-19 Mississippi-2 South Carolina-1
District of Columbia-5 Missouri-28 South Dakota-17
Florida-13 Montana-10 Tennessee-11
Georgia-16 Nebraska-10 Texas-40
Hawaii-6 Nevada-3 Utah-2
Idaho-4 New Hampshire-12 Vermont-11
Illinois-106 New Jersey-22 Virgina-29
Indiana-15 New Mexico-13 Washington-52
Iowa-36 New York-118 West Virginia-1
Kansas-24 North Carolina-14 Wisconsin-159
Kentucky-6 North Dakota-12 Wyoming-2
Louisiana-1 Ohio-26
Home Countries of Foreign Students by Citizenship—Fall Term 2008
Albania-4 France-1 Norway-1
Angola-1 Georgia-1 Pakistan-9
Argentina-3 Germany-4 Paraguay-1
Australia-1 Ghana-3 Peru-1
Austria-1 Greece-1 Philippines-1
Bangladesh-1 Guatemala-1 Romania-1
Belarus-2 Honduras-1 Russia-2
Bosnia-Herzegov-1 Hong Kong-1 Senegal-2
Botswana-1 Hungary-1 Serbia-1
Bulgaria-4 India-22 Sierra Leone-3
Burkina Faso-1 Israel-3 Singapore-2
Burundi-1 Italy-1 Slovakia-2
Canada-3 Jamaica-12 South Korea-14
China-29 Japan-4 Spain-1
Colombia-2 Jordan-3 Sri Lanka-2
Costa Rica-1 Kenya-1 Sweden-6
Croatia-5 Latvia-1 Taiwan-2
Cyprus-6 Malaysia-1 Tanzania-5
Czech Republic-2 Mexico-2 Turkey-1
Ecuador-3 Mongolia-1 Ukraine-1
Estonia-3 Montenegro-1 Vietnam-3
Ethiopia-3 Netherlands-3 Zimbabwe-2
Finland-1 Niger-1
Class of 2008 B.A. Degrees by Major
(includes double majors)
American Studies-14 Humanities, Media, Cultural
Studies-13
Anthropology-17 Individually Designed-1
Art-18 International Studies-26
Asian Studies-6 Japanese Language and Culture-12
Biology-36 Latin American Studies-3
Chemistry-16 Linguistics-7
Classics-11 Mathematics-20
Cognitive and Neuroscience Studies-9 Music-12
Computer Science-6 Philosophy-10
Economics-55 Physics-11
English-37 Political Science-49
Environmental Studies-17 Psychology-35
French and Francophone Studies-2 Religious Studies-12
Geography-25 Russian Studies-5
Geology-8 Sociology-16
German Studies-9 Theater and Dance-8
Hispanic Studies-16 Women’s, Gender, Sexuality
Studies-4
History-16
Graduation Rates
(Definition of student cohorts and computational
methods determined by the Student Right-to-Know Act)
Six year graduation rate:
For all freshmen entering the college in 2002 87%
For all freshmen entering the college in 2001 86%
For all freshmen entering the college in 2000 86%
For all freshmen entering the college in 1999 85%
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