Undergraduate Enrollment

In early fall 2002, students enrolled on campus totaled approximately 18,000 undergraduates including 3,300 first-year students of whom 18 percent were African American, Latino, Asian, and Native American (ALANA). The Class of 2006 was chosen from an applicant pool of 20,450, with successsful candidates presenting an average weighted grade-point average of 3.42. On average, first-year students ranked in the top quarter of their high-school class and had combined SAT scores of 1123.

Commonwealth College, the University’s honors college, estimated its incoming class at 370. The weighted grade-point average was 4.0 and students ranked in the top 5 percent of their high-school class. The average SAT score was 1316. Total enrollment in Commonwealth College was 2,603.

Transfer students enroll in sizable numbers for both the fall and spring semester. In fall 2001, 3,200 students applied and more than 1,100 enrolled; spring ’02 candidates totaled more than 1,300, of whom approximately 400 enrolled. Their mean grade point average was 3.10, and about half entered as sophomores and half as juniors.

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