EDUCATION TRENDS SUMMARY
Enrollment
• Head Count (2008-09) = 39060; FTE (2008-09) = 20001
• FTE Sp2008 by campus: WC=6092 (31.6%), CY=3933 (20.4), H=2249 (11.7%), DE=3993
(20.7%), other=2989 (15.6%)1 and DE FTEs doubled from 2003 to 20072
• Day class=55.1%; evening=23.7%; unspecified=21.2% (FTE, Sp2008)3
• Residency: NV=91.4%; Out of State=7%; Military=1.1%; Good Neighbor=0.5% (FTE,
Sp2008)4
• FT enrollment=46%; PT enrollment=54% (FTE, Sp2008)5
• African-American=10.3%; American Indian=1.0%; Asian-12.3%; Caucasian=45.2%;
Hawaiian/Pac.Isl.=2.5%; Hispanic=19.5%, Unknown=9.1% (FTE, Sp2008)6
• 2003-2007: FTE increased among African Americans, Hispanics, Hawaiian/Pacific
Islanders, and Asians Hispanic enrollment show greatest increase ±500 FTE/yr.7
• DE shows less Hispanic greater Caucasian enrollment: Caucasian=59.7%; Hispanic=13.2%;
African-American=10.5% (F2006)8
• Female=52.8%; male=47.2% (FTE, Sp2008)9
• Growth last 3-5 years:
CSN = ____ %, comparison institutions = ____ %, NSHE = ____ %
• Largest growth by campus, student demographic, school
• School w/ largest enrollment: Arts/Letters, head count = 24013; FTE = 4903.7 (Sp2008)10
• Total CSN Sections offered: 4896 (Sp2008) 4782 (F2007)
• Avg. CSN Class size: 20.3 (Sp2008)
• Capture rate of millennium scholars going to NSHE decreasing 43.1 to 38.3% 2004-2006,
(overall the decrease is from 56.1 to 53.2% 2004-2006)11
• Top CSN majors among millennium scholars (Associate of Arts 17.0%; Business 9.4%;
Nursing 7.9%: Assoc.-General Studies 6.8%; Hotel, Restaurant, & Casino Mgmt 3.0%)12
Tuition & Student Aid
• CSN tuition = $57.25/cr (2008-09)
• Year Tuition for full time student: CSN = $1736
UNLV = $4201, SUU (in-/out-of state) = $3796/$7313
UPhoenix (LVcampus/online) = $11130/$13200
• CSN students (21%) receive less federal aid than students at comparison institutions
(32%)13
1
http://www.csn.edu/PDFFiles/Administration/Planning_and_Development/InstitutionalResearch/StudentProfile/StudentProfile0816.pdf
2
http://www.csn.edu/PDFFiles/Institutional%20Research/CSN_Institutional_Performance_Report_2007.pdf
3
http://www.csn.edu/PDFFiles/Administration/Planning_and_Development/InstitutionalResearch/StudentProfile/StudentProfile0816.pdf
4
http://www.csn.edu/PDFFiles/Administration/Planning_and_Development/InstitutionalResearch/StudentProfile/StudentProfile0816.pdf
5
http://www.csn.edu/PDFFiles/Administration/Planning_and_Development/InstitutionalResearch/StudentProfile/StudentProfile0816.pdf
6
http://www.csn.edu/PDFFiles/Administration/Planning_and_Development/InstitutionalResearch/StudentProfile/StudentProfile0816.pdf
7
http://www.csn.edu/PDFFiles/Institutional%20Research/CSN_Institutional_Performance_Report_2007.pdf
8
http://www.csn.edu/PDFFiles/Institutional%20Research/CSN_Institutional_Performance_Report_2007.pdf
9
http://www.csn.edu/PDFFiles/Administration/Planning_and_Development/InstitutionalResearch/StudentProfile/StudentProfile0816.pdf
10
http://www.csn.edu/uploadedfiles/Administration/Institutional_Research_and_Planning/Reports/Enrollment%20School_Dept%20%20Final.pdf
11
http://system.nevada.edu/Chancellor/Academic-A1/Millennium/Millennium/Millennium-Data-Sheet-Jan-2008.pdf
12
http://system.nevada.edu/Chancellor/Academic-A1/Millennium/Millennium/Millennium-Data-Sheet-Jan-2008.pdf
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CSN students (21%) receive less state/local aid than students at comparison institutions
(34%)14 – impact of millennium scholarship ???
Millennium scholars: steady decrease in eligible students 73.7%(F2003), 69.7 (F2004)
65.5% (F2005), 61.1%(F2006)15
Student Success & Graduation
• Graduation rate: CSN = 6% overall; comparison institutions = 9% overall16
• How do CSN students define success?
• Retention services
• Advising/counseling services
• Remediation needs/services
• 35.7% all NSHE freshmen need remediation17
• Students unsatisfied because they are not aware of their progress/sanding early enough in
the semester18
• Student unsatisfied with academic advising and counseling (shows improvement)19
• Student satisfaction and concerns varied somewhat by CSN campus20
Faculty
• CSN = ___ % FT ___ % PT faculty; comparison institutions = ___ % FT ___ % PT faculty
• Higher dropout & lower graduation rates correlated with high reliance on PT faculty who are
not given similar resources to full-time faculty (office, email, computers, knowledge of
retention services, etc.)21
• Highest degree ___ % terminal ___ % graduate ___ % BA/BS/AA compared to other
institutions
• Faculty pay is on par with comparison institutions (avg. professor = $66572, avg. instructor =
$48936) 22
13
IPEDS, Figure 4, p. 3.
IPEDS, Figure 4, p. 3.
15
http://system.nevada.edu/Chancellor/Academic-A1/Millennium/Millennium/Millennium-Data-Sheet-Jan-2008.pdf
16
IPEDS, Figure 6, p. 4. Details on following page.
17
http://system.nevada.edu/Chancellor/Academic-A1/Millennium/Millennium/Millennium-Data-Sheet-Jan-2008.pdf
18
Noel-Levitz Satisfaction Inventory
19
Noel-Levitz Satisfaction Inventory
20
Noel-Levitz Satisfaction Inventory
21
http://news.ncsu.edu/news/2008/04/lg%20audrey%20jaeger.php and
http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/journal_of_higher_education/v077/77.6jacoby.html
22
IPEDS, Figure 12, p. 5.
14
Details — Graduation Rates