Transcript U.S. News and World Report

2012 Edition
Based primarily on data from the 2010-2011 academic year and fall 2011
Best Regional Universities
Southern Region
UNF soars upwards
2012 Edition: Rank 41
2011 Edition: Rank 48
2010 Edition: Rank 51
“Account for intangibles such as faculty dedication to teaching.”
U.S. News & World Report
surveys institutions within
peer groups
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Presidents
Provosts
Admission Deans
* 5-point scale
(marginal to
distinguished)
* 44% response rate
UNF has been at 2.9 for the last three editions
aka Undergraduate Academic Reputation
Average
Graduation
Rate
80% [20%]
Average
Freshman
Retention
Rate
20% [5%]
“The higher the proportion of freshmen who return to
campus for their sophomore year and eventually
graduate, the better the school is apt
to be at offering classes and services
that students need to succeed.”
Graduation
&
Retention
25%
2010-2011
82%
2007-2008
77%
81%
Freshman Retention Rate : 20% [5%]
2009-2010
83%
2005-2011
50%
2008-2009
83%
2002-2008
46%
6-Year Graduation Rate : 80% [20%]
48%
2003-2009
49%
2004-2010
47%
30%
[6%]
• Proportion of classes with fewer than 20 students
• Shifted from 22% to 30%
10%
[2%]
• Proportion of classes with 50 or more students
• Shifted from 12% to 10%
35%
[7%]
• Faculty Salary (Average during 2010-11 & 2011-12)
• Increased 2.74%
15%
[3%]
• Proportion of faculty with highest degree in their field
• Shifted from 79% to 78%
5%
[1%]
• Student-faculty ration
• Shifted from 21/1 to 20/1
5%
[1%]
• Proportion of faculty who are full-time
• Remained at 85%
50%
• SAT: Critical Reading & Math
• Shifted from 1060-1230 to 1060-1240
[7.5%]
40%
• High School Ranking – Top 25%
• Shifted from 52% to 60%
[6%]
10%
[1.5]
• Acceptance Rate: ratio of admits to
applicants
• Shifted from 51% to 50%
“Generous per-student spending indicates that a college
can offer a wide variety of programs and services.
U.S. News measures financial resources by using the
average spending per student on instruction, research,
student services, and related educational expenditures in
the 2010 and 2011 fiscal years.”
Education Expenditures/FTE:
2009 ($13,460)
2010 ($10,904)
2011 ($11,671)
UNF average per-student expenditures
for the 2011 edition (2009/2010)
and 2012 edition (2010/2011)
dropped by 7.12%
“Reflects the average percentage of living alumni with
bachelor’s degrees who gave to their school during
2009-10 and 2010-11, which is an indirect measure
of student satisfaction.”
UNF shifted from 7% to 8%
Only 2 of our peer/aspirants performed better than UNF
Comparisons with UNF peer & aspirants
S chool
Overall
S core
Rank /
(100
Region Tier highest)
Peer
Assessment
S core (5.0
=highest)
% of
% of
% of
Freshman
classes classes
fullRetention Graduation under with 50 S tudent to
time
Rate
Rate
20
or more Faculty ratio faculty
Masters by Region
S AT/ACT
25th-75th
percentile
Freshman Freshman
Alumni
in top 25% in top 10% Acceptance giving
of HS class of HS class
Rate
rate
James M adison
South
6
84
3.9
91%
82%
31%
12%
16/1
85%
1050-1240
70%
60%
8%
College of New
Jersey
North
6
80
3.5
95%
86%
37%
0.2%
13/1
72%
1130-1330
89%
46%
7%
South
10
76
3.6
87%
65%
40%
8%
17/1
89%
1050-1230
55%
62%
10%
South
14
72
3.3
86%
68% 6
32%
7%
16/1
83%
1090-1250
65%
53%
7%
6
30%
10%
20/1
85%
1060-1240
60%
50%
8%
36%
1%
17/1
75%
990-1170
58%
54%
4%
17/1
63%
900-1080
39% 5
57%
5%
Appalachian
State Univ.
UNC Wilmington
UNF
S outh
Towson
University
North
M ontclair State
Univ.
North
41
52
2.9
81%
48%
44
47
3.1
84%
68%
61
44
3.0
82%
62%
33%
3.0%
Nationals by Region
M iami
University of
Ohio
National
89
50
89%
81%
30%
12%
90%
24-29
32%
74%
17%
University of
M aryland Baltimore
County
National
160
34
86%
57%
36%
13%
85%
1110-1310
25%
61%
4%
National
199
2nd
Tier
27
78%
53%
26%
22%
89%
980-1150
19%
70%
5%
70%
35%
35%
16%
79%
910-1160
11%
70%
4%
UNC Charlotte
Portland State
Univ.
National
Areas where a peer institution's performance was less than UNF's
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