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COMMON DATA SET: AY 2004-2005

[A. General Information]  [B. Enrollment and Persistence]  [ C. First-Time, First-Year Admission ]        [ D. Transfer Admission ]  [ E. Academic Offerings and Policies]  [ F. Student Life ]  [ G. Annual Expenses]  [ H. Financial Aid ]  [ I. Instructional Faculty and Class Size ] [ J. Degrees Conferred]

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A1. Address Information

Name of College or University  The University of Maine at Farmington
Mailing Address, City/State/Zip  224 Main Street  Farmington, Maine 04938
Main phone  207-778-7000
WWW Home Page Address  www.umf.maine.edu
Admissions Phone Number  778-7050
Admissions Office Mailing Address, City/State/Zip  246 Main Street  Farmington, Maine 04938
Admissions Fax number:  1-207-778-8182
           

A2. Source of institutional control (check one only)

   Public
       Private (nonprofit) 
       Proprietary

A3. Classify your undergraduate institution:

 X  Coeducational college
     Men's college
     Women's college

A4. Academic year calendar

X

Semester   4-1-4
Quarter   Continuous (describe):
Trimester   Differs by program (describe):
Other (describe):     

 

A5. Degrees offered by your institution

Certificate Postbachelor's certificate
Diploma Master's
Associate Post-master's certificate
        Transfer Doctoral
        Terminal First professional
X Bachelor's First professional certificate

 

B1. Institutional Enrollment--Men and Women Provide numbers of students for each of the following categories as of the institution's official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2004.

FULL-TIME

PART-TIME

Men Women Men Women
Undergraduates  
Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen 168 342 0 5
Other first-year, degree-seeking 40 80 2 11
All other degree-seeking 507 903 50 129
Total degree-seeking 715 1325 52 145
All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses 9 12 21 70
Total undergraduates 724 1337 73 215
First-professional  
First-time, first-professional students 0 0 0 0
All other first-professionals 0 0 0 0
Total first-professional 0 0 0 0
Graduate  
Degree-seeking, first-time 0 0 0 0
All other degree-seeking 0 0 0 0
All other graduates enrolled in credit courses 0 0 0 0
Total graduate 0 0 0 0

 

Total all undergraduates: * 2,237

  * Total does not include non-degree seeking students.

Total all graduate and professional students: 0

GRAND TOTAL ALL STUDENTS: 2,349 (includes non-matriculates and part-time students)


B2. Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category. Provide numbers of undergraduate students for each of the following categories as of the institution's official fall reporting data or as of October 15, 2004.

  Degree-seeking, First-time, First-Year Degree-seeking Undergraduates (includes first-year students)

Non-resident aliens

1 7

Black, non-Hispanic

1 4

American Indian or Alaskan Native

6 19

Asian or Pacific Islander

6 17

Hispanic

2 16

White, non-Hispanic

494 2,174

Race/ethnicity unknown

0 0

Total

510 2,237

Persistence

B3. Number of degrees awarded by your institution from July 1, 2003,to June 30, 2004.

Certificate/diploma -
Associate degrees -
Bachelor's degrees 354
Postbachelor's certificates  
Master's degrees  
Post-master's certificates  
Doctoral degrees  
First professional degrees -
First professional certificates -

Graduation Rates

The items in this section correspond to data elements formerly collected by IPEDS or currently collected by the IPEDS Web-based Data Collection System's Graduation Rate Survey (GRS). 

For Bachelor's or Equivalent Programs

Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 1997. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 1997.

B4. Initial 1997 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: 466
B5. Of the initial 1997 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: deceased, permanently disabled, armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions: NA
B6. Final 1997cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions: 466
B7. Of the initial 1997 initial cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2001): 148
B8. Of the initial 1997 cohort, how may completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2001and by August 31, 2002):  93
B9. Of the initial 1997 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2002 and by August 31, 2003): 19
B10. Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7,B8, and B9): 260 
B11. Six-year graduation rate for 1997 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6): 55.8%

Retention Rates

Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 2003 (or the preceding summer term). The initial cohort may be adjusted for students who departed for the following reasons: deceased, permanently disabled, armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government or official church missions. No other adjustments to the initial cohort should be made.

B22. For the cohort of all full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered your institution as freshmen in fall 2003 (or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the date your institution calculates its official enrollment in fall 2004?  70.00%
Applications

C1. First-time, first-year (freshman) students: Provide the number of degree-seeking, first time, first year students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in fall 2004. Include early decision, early action, and students who began studies during summer in this cohort. Applicants include all students who fulfilled the requirements for consideration for admission (i.e., who completed actionable applications) and who have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, non admission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution). Admitted applicants should include wait-listed students who were subsequently offered admission.

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who applied  618 

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied   1,038

 

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted  415

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted  774

 

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled  169

Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled   0

 

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman)  women who enrolled    354

Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman)  women who enrolled   0

C2. Freshman wait-listed students (students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability)

Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list? Yes:  No: __X

If yes, please answer the questions below for fall 2003 admissions:

Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list:  NA

Number accepting a place on the waiting list:  NA

Number of wait-listed students admitted:  NA

Admission Requirements

C3. High school completion requirement

Check the appropriate box to identify your high school completion requirement for degree-seeking entering students:

High school diploma is required and GED is accepted X
High school diploma is required and GED is not accepted
High school diploma or equivalent is not required

C4. Does your institution require or recommend a general college-preparatory program for degree-seeking students?

Require    X

Recommended

Neither required or recommended

C5. Distribution of high school units required and/or recommended. Specify the distribution of academic high school course units required and/or recommended of all or most degree-seeking students using Carnegie units (one unit equals one year of study or its equivalent). If you use a different system for calculating units, please convert.

 

 

Units required

 

Units recommended

Total academic units    
English 4
Mathematics 3 4-5
Science 2 3-4
Of these, units that must be lab 2 3-4
Foreign language 2 3-4
Social studies 2 3-4
History
Academic electives
Other (specify)    


 

Basis for Selection

C6. Do you have an open admission policy, under which virtually all secondary school graduates or students with GED equivalency diplomas are admitted without regard to academic record, test scores, or other qualifications?  NO

If so, check which applies:

 

Open admission policy as described above for all students NA

Open admission policy as described above for most students, but NA

Selective admission for out-of-state students NA

Selective admission to some programs NA

Other (explain) _______NA____

C7. Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in your first-time, first- year, degree-seeking (freshman) admission decisions.

  Very Important Important Considered Not Considered
Academic Factors            
Secondary school record X      
Class rank X       
Recommendations   X     
Standardized test scores         X
Essay   X     



 

  Very Important Important Considered Not Considered
Nonacademic Factors        
Interview   X    
Extracurricular activities X      
Talent/ability   X    
Character/personal qualities   X    
Alumni/ae relation     X  
Geographical residence     X  
State residency     X  
Religious affiliation/commitment       X
Minority status     X  
Volunteer work   X    
Work experience   X


 

SAT and ACT Policies

C8. Entrance exams

A. Does your institution make use of SAT I, SAT II, or ACT scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants? NO

If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution’s policies for use in admission.

 

 

ADMISSION

   Require Recommend Require for some Considered if submitted Not used
SAT I NA NA NA NA NA
ACT NA NA NA NA NA
SAT I or ACT (no preference) NA NA NA NA NA
SAT I or ACT--SAT I preferred NA NA NA NA NA
SAT I or ACT--ACT preferred NA NA NA NA NA
SAT I and SAT II NA NA NA NA NA
SAT I and SAT II or ACT NA NA NA NA NA
SAT II NA NA NA NA NA

 

In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for placement or counseling?

Placement Yes X   
Counseling             No X

B: Does your institution use the SAT I or II or the ACT for placement only? If so, please mark the appropriate boxes below:
YES

PLACEMENT

  

Require

Recommend

Require for some

SAT I  

 X

 
SAT II      
ACT      
SAT I or ACT  

 X

 

 

C. Latest date by which SAT I or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission 
Latest date by which SAT II scores must be received for fall-term admission

D. If necessary, use this space to clarify your test policies (e.g., if tests are recommended for some students, or if tests are not required of some students):
Freshman Profile

Provide percentages for ALL enrolled degree-seeking full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2004, including students who began studies during summer, international students/nonresident aliens, and students admitted under special arrangements.

C9. Percent and number of first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2004 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores. Include information for ALL enrolled, first-time, first-year (freshman) degree-seeking students who submitted test scores. Do not include partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not verbal for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item. SAT scores should be recentered scores. The 25th percentile is the score that 25 percent scored at or below; the 75th percentile score is the one that 25 percent scored at or above.

 

Percent submitting SAT scores  86.6%    Number submitting SAT scores 454

Percent submitting ACT scores 0%     Number submitting ACT scores    0

 

  25th percentile 75th percentile
SAT I Verbal 460 580
SAT I Math 450 550
ACT Composite NA NA
ACT English NA NA
ACT Math NA NA

 

Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range:

 

  SAT I Verbal SAT I Math
700-800 2% 0.7%
600-699 18.7% 12.1%
500-599 40.4% 40.7%
400-499 31.6% 38.2%
300-399 6.8% 7.9%
200-299 0.4% 0.4%

 

  ACT Composite ACT English ACT Math
30-36 NA NA NA
24-29 NA NA NA
18-23 NA NA NA
12-17 NA NA NA
6-11 NA NA NA
below 6 NA NA NA


C10. Percent of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school class rank within each of the following ranges (report information for those students from whom you collected high school rank information).

 

Percent in top 10th of high school graduating class  12%

Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class  38%

Percent in top half of high school graduating class  73%

Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class  11%

Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class   1%

Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank: 84.35%

 

C11. Percentage of all enrolled, degree-seeking first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school grade-point averages within each of the following ranges (using 4.0 scale); report information only for those students from whom you collected high school GPA.

 

Percent who had GPA of 3.0 and higher     NA

Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.99    NA

Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99   NA

Percent who had GPA below 1.0   NA

 

C12. Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA: 

Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA:    NA
 
Admission Policies

C13. Application fee

Does your institution have an application fee?  Yes

Amount of application fee   40

Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?  Yes

C14. Application closing date

Does your institution have an application closing date?  No

Application closing date (fall) NA

Priority date   February 15th

C15. Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall? YES

C16. Notification to applicants of admission decision sent (fill in one only)

On a rolling basis beginning (date)  December 15th 

By (date)  

Other  ____

C17. Reply policy for admitted applicants (fill in one only)

Must reply by (date)  Three weeks from acceptance

No set date__________

Must reply by May 1 or within  weeks if notified thereafter

Other__________

C18. Deferred admission: Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission?

Yes   

 

If yes, maximum period of postponement: One academic year

C19. Early admission of high school students: Does your institution allow high school students to enroll as full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students one year or more before high school graduation? Yes

C20. Common application: Will you accept the Common Application distributed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals if submitted?  Yes 

If "yes," are supplemental forms required?  No

Is your college a member of the Common Application Group? Yes 

Early Decision and Early Action Plans

C21. Early decision: Does your institution offer an early decision plan (an admission plan that permits students to apply and be notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date and that asks students to commit to attending if accepted) for first-time, first-year (freshman) applicants for fall enrollment? No

If "yes," please complete the following:

First or only early decision plan closing date NA

First or only early decision plan notification date NA

Other early decision plan closing date NA

Other early decision plan notification date NA

 

For the Fall 2004 entering class:

Number of early decision applications received by your institution  NA

Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan  258

Please provide significant details about your early decision plan: 

 

C22. Early action: Do you have a nonbinding early action plan whereby students are notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date but do not have to commit to attending your college? Yes

 

If "yes," please complete the following:

Early action closing date December 15th_______

Early action notification date January 15th______

Fall Applicants

D1. Does your institution enroll transfer students? Yes    


If yes, may transfer students earn advanced standing credit by transferring credits earned from course work completed at other colleges/universities? Yes 
 

D2. Provide the number of students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled as degree-seeking full time transfer students in fall 2004.

  Applicants Admitted Applicants Enrolled applicants
Men 94 62 43
Women 169 118 77
Total 263 180 120

Application for Admission

D3. Indicate terms for which transfers may enroll:

     Fall  

     Winter  

     Spring  

     Summer
 
D4. Must a transfer applicant have a minimum number of credits completed or else must apply as an entering freshman?

   Yes   

   No  

If yes, what is the minimum number of credits and the unit of measure?  12 credit hours
 
 D5. Indicate all items required of transfer students to apply for admission:
 

  Required of all Recommended for all Recommended for some Required for some Not required
High school transcript X        
College transcript(s) X        
Essay or personal statement X        
Interview     X    
Standardized test scores         X
Statement of good standing from prior institution(s)     X    

D6. If a minimum high school grade point average is required of transfer applicants, specify (on a 4.0 scale):  NA

D7. If a minimum college grade point average is required of transfer applicants, specify (on a 4.0 scale): 2.0 for College of Arts and Sciences; 2.5 for College of Education, Health, and Rehabilitation

D8. List any other application requirements specific to transfer applicants: College of Education Deadline: October 1st for Spring admits and February 1st for fall admits

D9. List application priority, closing, notification, and candidate reply dates for transfer students. If applications are reviewed on a continuous or rolling basis, place a check mark in the "Rolling admission" column.

  Priority date Closing date Notification date Reply date Rolling admission
Fall         X
Winter  
Spring          X
Summer          
 

D10. Does an open admission policy, if reported, apply to transfer students?   Yes   No

D11. Describe additional requirements for transfer admission, if applicable: Transfer students into Education are strongly encouraged to have completed the Praxis Test successfully.
      

Transfer Credit Policies

D12. Report the lowest grade earned for any course that may be transferred for credit:  "D" within the UMaine System; "C" outside UMaine System

D13. Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a two-year institution: NA

D14. Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a four-year institution: NA

D15. Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn an associate's degree: NA

D16. Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn a bachelor's degree: 30

D17. Describe other transfer credit policies: NA
       

E1. Special study options: Identify those programs available at your institution. Refer to definitions.
  Accelerated program X Honors program
X Cooperative (work-study) program X Independent study
X Cross-registration X Internships
  Distance learning X Liberal arts/career combination
X Double major X Student-designed major
X Dual enrollment X Study abroad
  English as a Second Language   Teacher certification program
X Exchange student program (domestic)   Weekend college
  External degree program     
  Other (specify):       

E2. Has been removed from the CDS.

E3. Areas in which all or most students are required to complete some course work prior to graduation.

  Arts/fine arts   X
 
Humanities X
  Computer literacy X
 
Mathematics X
English (including composition) X
 
Philosophy X
  Foreign languages X
 
Sciences (biological or physical) X
  History X
 
Social science X
  Other (describe):    

 

Library Collections

Report the number of holdings. Refer to the IPEDS Academic Libraries Survey, Section D "Library Collections, FY 2002", lines 26-30, column 2 for corresponding equivalents.

 

E4. Books, serial back-files, and other materials including government documents (paper titles--line 27) that are accessible through the library's catalog: 98,248

 

E5. Current serials subscriptions in paper and microform--non-electronic--including government documents (line 29): 577

E6. Microforms (units--line 28): 82,773

 

E7. Audiovisual materials (units--line 30): 7,663

 

F1. Percentages of first-time, first-year (freshman) students and all degree-seeking undergraduates enrolled in fall 2004 who fit the following categories:

  First-time, first-year (freshman) full-time students Full-time Undergraduates (includes non-degree students)
Percent who are from out of state (exclude internat'l/ nonresident aliens) 16.47% 17.1%
Percent of men who join fraternities 0 0
Percent of women who join sororities 0 0
Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing 98% 46.90%
Percent who live off campus or commute 2% 53.10%
Percent of students age 25 and older 1.5% 12.72%
Average age of full-time students 18.4 22.5
Average age of all students (full- and part-time) 18.4 22.5

 

F2. Activities offered Identify those programs available at your institution.

X Choral groups Marching band X Student government
Concert band X Music ensembles X Student newspaper
X Dance X Musical theater X Student-run film society
X Drama/theater Opera Symphony orchestra
Jazz band Pep band X Television station
X Literary magazine X Radio station X Yearbook

F3. ROTC (program offered in cooperation with Reserve Officers' Training Corps)

Army ROTC is offered: NO

 On campus
    At cooperating institution (name):