Are we seeking an
enhanced national
reputation with a
branch campus,
regional name?
Missouri
Public HS Graduates
1987-88 to 2001-02 (actual), 2002-03 to 2017-18 (projected)
60,000
55,000
50,000
45,000
WICHE: Knocking at the College Door, 2003
2017-18
2015-16
2013-14
2011-12
2009-10
2007-08
2005-06
2003-04
2001-02
1999-00
1997-98
1995-96
1993-94
1991-92
1989-90
1987-88
40,000
Missouri’s 2005 Student Funnel
for All Engineering Fields

Public High School Seniors Cohort:
67,074

Public High School Graduates:
57,495

All ACT Testers/College Bound:
42,705

Any Engineering Interest, all scores:
1,519

Engineering Interest, +21 comp. score:
1,028
(21 = MO average score / 50%)

Engineering Interest, +24 comp. score:
769
(24 = UM minimum for auto admission)

UMR’s Freshmen Engineering Majors
from Missouri
560
Projected Change in High School Graduates
2002-2012
+9
-11
-17
-20
-4
+7
+11
-22
-6
-11
+7
+12
+20
+4
-3
-8
-7
+53
+5
-6
-8
+2
+7
+4
-2
-4
+3 -3
-7
+3
+8
-1
-12
+6
+13
-3
-1
+2 +16
+9
+9
-10
> 20 %
+11% to +20%
0% to +10%
Decreases
NCES, 2003
-10
-10
-2
-1
0
+10
+5
+3
-10
Trends in Engineering
Potential United States Undergraduate Engineering Majors
All College Bound, ACT Tested Students Interested in Any
Engineering Field
70000
65000
60000
55000
50000
45000
(<5%)
40000
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Name Recognition Among
College-Bound Students
Outside of Missouri

Even with the increased recruiting efforts
since 2000, of the more than 1.1 million ACT
testers in 2006, only 551 non-Missouri high
school seniors sent ACT scores to UMR.

238 of the 551 out-of-state ACT scores were
from students interested in engineering.

UMR is 9th in Missouri for number of ACT
scores received from out-of-state students.
80%
University of M issouri-Rolla
Average enrollment
is 6,457
70%
South Dakota School of M ines and
Technology
Colorado School of M ines
% Engineering Enrollment
60%
M ichigan Technological University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Worcester P olytechnic Institute
Rensselaer P olytechnic Institute
50%
Stevens Institute of Technology
40%
M assachusetts Institute of
Technology
Average enrollment
is 29,391
New Jersey Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
30%
Illinois Institute of Technology
P urdue University
20%
University of M ichigan-Ann Arbor Stanford University
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
University of California-Berkeley
10%
Carnegie M ellon
Drexel University
Texas A&M University
The University of Texas at Austin
University of Southern California
Texas Tech University
University of M issouri-Kansas City
University of M issouri-Columbia
University of M issouri-St. Louis
0%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
% Engineering, Business, Science & Math Enrollment
80%
90%
100%
The Arts and Sciences
departments are
critically important to
the future of our
University.
Arts and Sciences

UMR hired a total of 18 new tenure track
faculty members in FY06 and FY07.
 8 tenure track hires were in Arts and Sciences,
including English, Philosophy, and Psychology
 Currently searching for tenure track faculty in
Computer Science, History, Spanish, and Technical
Communication

This years’ A&S budget has been
supplemented by over $890,000

Potential graduate programs
Interesting Fact:
Outstanding programs in Business,
Economics, English, Finance, History,
Management Information Systems,
Psychology, etc. exist at technological
research universities.
Examples:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute