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Common Data Set 2005-2006

The Common Data Set Initiative is a collaborative effort between publishers and the educational community to improve the quality and accuracy of information provided to all involved in a student's transition into higher education, as well as to reduce the burden on colleges of compiling and reporting information. Questions and definitions used by the U.S. Department of Education in its college surveys are a guide in the development of CDS items. Common Data Set items undergo broad review by secondary schools and two-and four-year colleges.

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General information

Enrollment and persistence

First-time, first-year freshman admission

Transfer admission

Academic offerings and policies

Student life

Annual expenses

Financial aid

Instructional faculty and class size

Degrees conferred

Up-to-date admission information also is available through the Undergraduate Admission website.

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A. GENERAL INFORMATION
A1. Address Information
Name of College or University: Stanford University
City/State/Zip: Stanford, CA 94305
Main Phone Number: 650-723-2300
WWW Home Page Address: http://www.stanford.edu
Admissions Phone Number: 650-723-2091
Admissions Office Mailing Address, City/State/Zip: Undergraduate Admission, Old Student Union, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305-3005
Admissions Fax Number: 650-723-6050
Admissions E-mail Address: admission@stanford.edu

A2. Source of institutional control: Private (nonprofit)

A3. Classify your undergraduate institution: Coeducational college

A4. Academic year calendar: Quarter

A5. Degrees offered by your institution: Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral, First Professional

B. ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE
B1. Institutional Enrollment, Men and Women.
 

Total all undergraduates: 6,576*
 

Total all graduate and professional students: 12,466
 

GRAND TOTAL ALL STUDENTS:19,042*

* Does not include 214 undergraduate students studying at a Stanford overseas campus.
 

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 date or as of October 15, 2005.
 

Persistence
B3. Number of degrees awarded by your institution from July 1, 2004, to June 30, 2005.

Bachelor's degrees: 1,790
Master's degrees: 2,041
Doctoral degrees: 638
First professional degrees: 266
 

Graduation Rates
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 1998. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 1997.
 

B4. Initial 1998 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: 1,749
 

B5. Of the initial 1998 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: 0
 

B6. Final 1998 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions:1,749
 

B7. Of the initial 1998 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2001): 1,330
 

B8. Of the initial 1998 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2001 and by August 31, 2002): 248
 

B9. Of the initial 1998 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): 66
 

B10. Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9): 1,644
 

B11. Six-year graduation rate for 1998 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6): 94%

Retention Rates

B22. For the cohort of all full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered your institution as freshmen in fall 2004 (or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the date your institution calculates its official enrollment in fall 2005? 98%
 
 

C. FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) ADMISSION

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 2005. Include early decision, early action, and students who began studies during summer in this cohort. Applicants should include only those 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: 10,236
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied: 9,959
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted: 1,249
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted: 1,177

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled: 845
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled:
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled: 788
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled:
 

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

Number of wait-listed students admitted: 13

Is your waiting list ranked? No
 

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
 

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

Recommend
 

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.
 

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
 

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

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

ADMISSION
 

B. If your institution will make use of the ACT in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants for Fall 2007, please indicate which one of the following applies:

ACT with Writing component required
 

C. Please indicate how your institution will use the SAT or ACT writing component:

For admission

D. In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for academic advising?

No

E. Does your institution use the SAT Reasoning or SAT Subject Tests or the ACT for placement only? If so, please mark the appropriate box below:

SAT Subject Tests: Recommend
 

F. Latest date by which SAT or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission: Jan. 1

Latest date by which SAT Subject Test scores must be received for fall-term admission: Jan. 1

Freshman Profile
C9. Percent and number of first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2005 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores. Include information for all enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) 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 re-centered 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: 97% Number submitting SAT scores: 1,586
Percent submitting ACT scores: 23% Number submitting ACT scores: 383
 

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

* of those submitting scores
 

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 tenth of high school graduating class: 89%
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class: 97%
Percent in top half of high school graduating class: 99%
Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class: 1%
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: 80%

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 3.75 and higher 93%
Percent who had GPA of between 3.50 and 3.74: 5%
Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49: 1%

Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24: 1%

C12. Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA: 3.9

Admission Policies

C13. Application fee
Does your institution have an application fee? Yes
Amount of application fee: $75
Can it be waived for applicants with financial need? Yes

C14. Application closing date
Does your institution have an application closing date? Yes
Application closing date (fall): 12/15

C15. Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall? No

C16. Notification to applicants of admission decision sent by: April 1

C17. Reply policy for admitted applicants: Must reply by: May 1

C18. Deferred admission: Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission? Yes
If yes, maximum period of postponement: 2 years

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? No

C20. Common Application: Will you accept the Common Application distributed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals if submitted? No

Is your college a member of the Common Applicantion Group? No

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

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: Nov. 1

Early action notification date: Dec. 15

Is your early action a "restrictive" plan under which you limit students from applying to other early plans? Yes

 

D. TRANSFER ADMISSION

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 transfer students in fall 2004.
 

Application for Admission
D3. Indicate terms for which transfers may enroll: Fall

D4. Must a transfer applicant have a minimum number of credits completed or else must apply as an entering freshman? Yes
If yes, what is the minimum number of credits and the unit of measure? 39 quarter units

D5. Indicate all items required of transfer students to apply for admission:
 

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

D7. If a minimum college grade point average is required of transfer applicants, specify
(on a 4.0 scale): ____________

D8. List any other application requirements specific to transfer applicants:

D9. List application priority, closing, notification, and candidate reply dates for transfer students.
 

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

D11. Describe additional requirements for transfer admission, if applicable:

Transfer Credit Policies

D12. Report the lowest grade earned for any course that may be transferred for credit: C-

D13. Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a two-year institution:
Number: 90 Unit type: quarter

D14. Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a four-year institution:
Number: 90 Unit type: quarter

D15. Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn an associate degree: N/A

D16. Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn a bachelor's degree: 90

D17. Describe other transfer credit policies:
Credit from another institution will be transferred for courses which are substantially equivalent to those offered at Stanford University on the undergraduate level, subject to the approval of the credit evaluator. A maximum of 20 quarter units may represent courses which do not parallel specific courses at Stanford, again, subject to the approval of the credit evaluator as to quality and suitability.

Credit earned in extension and correspondence courses is transferable only if the university offering the courses allows that credit toward its own bachelor's degree. Such credit is limited to a maximum of 45 quarter units for extension courses, a maximum of 15 quarter units for correspondence study, and a maximum of 45 quarter units for the combination of extension and correspondence courses.

E. ACADEMIC OFFERINGS AND POLICIES
E1. Special study options: Identify those programs available at your institution:
 

Other: Marine research center, Stanford in Washington

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

Other: Undergraduates complete at least 180 units, including requirements for the major, a writing requirement, one year of a foreign
language and courses in the following areas:

Introduction to the Humanities: One course each quarter of the freshman year

Disciplinary Breadth: Five courses required, at least one in engineering and applied sciences, humanities, mathematics, natural sciences and social sciences

Education for Citizenship: Two courses in at least two of the following subject areas—ethical reasoning, the global community, American cultures and gender studies

 

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

* includes off campus, Stanford in Washington and overseas campuses.

F2. Activities offered:
 

F3. ROTC (programs offered at cooperating institutions)
Army ROTC is offered at Santa Clara University
Naval ROTC is offered at UC Berkeley
Air Force ROTC is offered at San Jose University

F4. Housing
 

G. ANNUAL EXPENSES
Provide 2005-2006 academic year costs for the following categories that are applicable to your institution.
X Check here if your institution's 2006-2007 academic year costs are not available at this time and provide an approximate date (i.e., month/day) when your institution's final 2004-2005 academic year costs will be available: February 2006

G1. Undergraduate full-time tuition, required fees, room and board
List the typical tuition, required fees, and room and board for a full-time undergraduate student for the FULL 2005-2006 academic year (30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours for institutions that derive annual tuition by multiplying credit hour cost by number of credits). A full academic year refers to the period of time generally extending from September to June; usually equated to two semesters, two trimesters, three quarters, or the period covered by a four-one-four plan. Room and board is defined as double occupancy and 19 meals per week or the maximum meal plan. Required fees include only charges that all full-time students must pay that are not included in tuition (e.g., registration, health, or activity fees.) Do not include optional fees (e.g., parking, laboratory use).
 

* Orientation fee required for freshmen only.

Comprehensive tuition and room and board fee (if your college cannot provide separate tuition and room and board fees): _______________________
Other: _____________________________________________________________________________________

G2. Number of credits per term a student can take for the stated full-time tuition: 12 minimum, 25 maximum
G3. Do tuition and fees vary by year of study (e.g., sophomore, junior, senior)? No
G4. If tuition and fees vary by undergraduate instructional program, describe briefly:

G5. Provide the estimated expenses for a typical full-time undergraduate student:
 

H. FINANCIAL AID
Aid Awarded to Enrolled Undergraduates
H1. Enter total dollar amounts awarded to full-time and less than full-time degree-seeking undergraduates in the following categories. Include aid awarded to international students (i.e., those not qualifying for federal aid). Aid that is non-need-based but that was used to meet need should be reported in the need-based aid column.

Indicate the academic year for which data are reported for items H1, H2, H2A, and H6: 2004-2005 Actual
 
Which needs-analysis methodology does your institution use in awarding institutional aid?
___ Federal methodology (FM)
___ Institutional methodology (IM)
_X_ Both FM and IM
 

H2. Number of Enrolled Students Receiving Aid: List the number of degree-seeking full-time and less-than-full-time undergraduates who applied for and received financial aid. Aid that is non-need-based but that was used to meet need should be counted as need-based aid. Numbers should reflect the cohort receiving the dollars reported in H1. Note: In the chart below, students may be counted in more than one row, and full-time freshmen should also be counted as full-time undergraduates.
 

H2A. Number of Enrolled Students Awarded Non-need-based Scholarships and Grants: List the number of degree-seeking full-time and less-than-full-time undergraduates who had no financial need and who were awarded institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid. Numbers should reflect the cohort awarded the dollars reported in H1. Note: In the chart below, students may be counted in more than one row, and full-time freshmen should also be counted as full-time undergraduates.
 

H4. Percent of the 2004 undergraduate class who graduated between July 1, 2003 and June 30, 2004 and borrowed through any loan programs (federal, state, subsidized, unsubsidized, private, etc.; exclude parent loans). Include only students who borrowed while enrolled at your institution. 45 %

H5. Average per-borrower cumulative undergraduate indebtedness of those in line H4. Do not include money borrowed at other institutions: $15,172

Aid to Undergraduate Degree-seeking Nonresident Aliens

H6. Indicate your institution's policy regarding financial aid for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens:

Institutional need-based scholarship or grant aid is available.

If college-administered financial aid is available for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens, provide the number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens who received need-based or non-need-based aid: 203
Average dollar amount awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens: $ 29,081
Total dollar amount of financial aid from all sources awarded to all undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens: $5,554,481
 

Process for First-Year/Freshman Students

H7. Check off all financial aid forms domestic first-year (freshman) financial aid applicants must submit:
X_ FAFSA
__ Institution's own financial aid form
X_ CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE
__ State aid form
__ Noncustodial (Divorced/Separated) Parent's Statement
__ Business/Farm Supplement
__ Other: _____________________________________________________________

H8. Check off all financial aid forms nonresident alien first-year financial aid applicants must submit:
__ Institution's own financial aid form
__ CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE
X_ Foreign Student's Financial Aid Application
X_ Foreign Student's Certification of Finances
__ Other: _______________________________________________________________

H9. Indicate filing dates for first-year (freshman) students:
Priority date for filing required financial aid forms: February 1
Deadline for filing required financial aid forms: ____
No deadline for filing required forms (applications processed on a rolling basis): _______

H10. Indicate notification dates for first-year (freshman) students (answer a or b):
a.) Students notified on or about (date): _______
b.) Students notified on a rolling basis: yes/no If yes, starting date: April 3

H11. Indicate reply dates:
Students must reply by (date): May 1 or within _______ weeks of notification.

Types of Aid Available
Please check off all types of aid available to undergraduates at your institution:

H12. Loans
FEDERAL DIRECT STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM (DIRECT LOAN)
__ Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans
__ Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
__ Direct PLUS Loans

FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM (FFEL)
X_ FFEL Subsidized Stafford Loans
X_ FFEL Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
X_ FFEL PLUS Loans

X_ Federal Perkins Loans
__ Federal Nursing Loans

__ State Loans
__ College/university loans from institutional funds
X_ Other (specify): __GATE Loans___________
 

H13. Scholarships and Grants
NEED-BASED:
X_ Federal Pell
X_ SEOG

X_ State scholarships/grants
X_ Private scholarships
X_ College/university gift aid from institutional funds
__ United Negro College Fund
__ Federal Nursing Scholarship
__ Other (specify): ____________________________
 

H14. Check off criteria used in awarding institutional aid. Check all that apply.
 

Check the types of payments available to undergraduate students.

x Academic Management Services (AMS)

I. INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY AND CLASS SIZE
I-1. Please report number of instructional faculty members in each category for Fall 2005.
The following definition of instructional faculty is used by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) in its annual Faculty Compensation Survey. Instructional Faculty is defined as those members of the instructional-research staff whose major regular assignment is instruction, including those with released time for research. Institutions are asked to EXCLUDE:
(a) instructional faculty in preclinical and clinical medicine
(b) administrative officers with titles such as dean of students, librarian, registrar, coach, and the like, even though they may devote part of their time to classroom instruction and may have faculty status,
(c) undergraduate or graduate students who assist in the instruction of courses, but have titles such as teaching assistant, teaching fellow, and the like
(d) faculty on leave without pay, and
(e) replacement faculty for faculty on sabbatical leave.
Full-time: faculty employed on a full-time basis
Part-time: faculty teaching less than two semesters, three quarters, two trimesters, or two four-month sessions. Also includes adjuncts and part-time instructors.
Minority faculty: includes faculty who designate themselves as black, non-Hispanic; American Indian or Alaskan native; Asian or Pacific Islander; or Hispanic.
Doctorate: includes such degrees as Doctor of Education, Doctor of Juridical Science, Doctor of Public Health, and Doctor of Philosophy degree in any field such as agronomy, food technology, education, engineering, public administration, ophthalmology, or radiology.
First-professional: includes the fields of dentistry (DDS or DMD), medicine (MD), optometry (OD), osteopathic medicine (DO), pharmacy (DPharm or BPharm), podiatric medicine (DPM), veterinary medicine (DVM), chiropractic (DC or DCM), law (JD) and theological professions (MDiv, MHL).
Terminal degree: the highest degree in a field: example, M. Arch (architecture) and MFA (master of fine arts).
 

I-2. Student to Faculty Ratio
Report the Fall 2005 ratio of full-time equivalent students (full-time plus 1/3 part time) to full-time equivalent instructional faculty (full time plus 1/3 part time). In the ratio calculations, exclude both faculty and students in stand-alone graduate or professional programs such as medicine, law, veterinary, dentistry, social work, business, or public health in which faculty teach virtually only graduate level students. Do not count undergraduate or graduate student teaching assistants as faculty.

Fall 2004 Student to Faculty ratio: 6.3 to 1 (based on 6,705 students and 1,066 faculty)
 

I-3. Undergraduate Class Size
In the table below, please use the following definitions to report information about the size of classes and class sections offered in the Fall 2005 term.
 

Class Sections: A class section is an organized course offered for credit, identified by discipline and number, meeting at a stated time or times in a classroom or similar setting, and not a subsection such as a laboratory or discussion session. Undergraduate class sections are defined as any sections in which at least one degree-seeking undergraduate student is enrolled for credit. Exclude distance learning classes and noncredit classes and individual instruction such as dissertation or thesis research, music instruction, or one-to-one readings. Exclude students in independent study, co-operative programs, internships, foreign language taped tutor sessions, practicums, and all students in one-on-one classes. Each class section should be counted only once and should not be duplicated because of course catalog cross-listings.
 

Class Subsections: A class subsection includes any subsection of a course, such as laboratory, recitation, and discussion subsections that are supplementary in nature and are scheduled to meet separately from the lecture portion of the course. Undergraduate subsections are defined as any subsections of courses in which degree-seeking undergraduate students enrolled for credit. As above, exclude noncredit classes and individual instruction such as dissertation or thesis research, music instruction, or one-to-one readings. Each class subsection should be counted only once and should not be duplicated because of cross-listings.
 

Number of Class Sections with Undergraduates Enrolled
Undergraduate Class Size
 

J. DEGREES CONFERRED
Degrees conferred between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005
 

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