SECTION 1: DEMOGRAPHICS AND CHARACTERISTICS
Size of Home Community of Entering Students at UWSP
Size of Community
Large city (250K+)
Medium city (50-250K)
Small city (2,500-50K)
Small town (<2,500)
Farm
1981 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
7.4
4.4
4.7
5.3
5.2
4.9
5.0
2.4
3.1
3.9
4.0
3.1
5.4
5.7
5.4
2.6
2.3
3.8
5.6
4.2
4.2
4.2
14.1 14.0 16.4 14.9 12.0 16.3 15.7 13.9 13.2 16.0 13.3 17.1 16.0 15.6 16.1 16.3 18.3 16.4 16.6 16.4 16.2 13.8
32.8 48.2 47.4 46.3 46.3 47.5 46.2 48.2 49.1 46.5 46.6 49.4 45.5 43.6 45.9 51.3 49.0 50.3 49.3 45.5 44.0 46.0
34.4 22.3 23.2 23.8 15.3 13.8 14.3 14.5 13.3 14.6 16.4 13.1 13.4 14.0 14.4 12.8 13.6 13.6 16.9 16.4 16.5 17.0
11.3 11.1
8.3
9.7 21.3 17.6 18.9 20.9 21.3 19.0 19.8 17.3 19.7 21.1 18.3 16.9 16.8 15.9 11.5 17.7 19.2 18.9
Size of High School Graduating Class of Entering Students
Size of High School
Graduating Class
50 or less
51-100
101-250
251-500
501 or larger
1981 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
3.9
7.1
8.7
7.5
9.9
9.9
8.0
6.6
8.7
8.0
7.4
7.6
6.5
5.2
7.5
7.4
6.6
6.1
7.0
7.3
7.4
7.3
11.8 21.2 21.2 21.3 23.4 16.6 22.9 20.5 19.9 22.2 21.7 16.0 18.6 17.4 16.9 16.9 18.0 18.8 19.5 14.1 14.8 15.8
33.5 32.1 33.7 32.5 30.9 33.6 24.0 32.7 28.3 28.3 30.4 32.4 32.7 29.2 30.6 31.5 30.3 28.5 23.5 28.2 29.5 29.4
27.6 36.5 33.9 33.3 27.9 32.0 34.2 32.2 32.4 31.5 29.1 32.2 32.2 37.9 34.2 29.2 33.6 36.1 37.5 36.6 36.6 40.4
23.1
3.1
2.6
5.3
7.9
7.8 10.9
7.8 10.6 10.0 11.5 11.8 10.0 10.3 10.6 15.0 11.5 10.4 12.6 13.8 11.7
6.8
Parental Educational Level Among Incoming Students
Both parents with a high school diploma or less
At least one parent attended college but did not complete a bachelor’s degree
TOTAL First Generation Students*
At least one parent earned a bachelor’s degree
At least one parent earned a graduate degree
TOTAL RESPONDENTS
*First generation is defined as neither parent having completed a four-year college/university degree.
-Includes only cases with completed data fields for both mother and father
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
24% 31% 20% 27% 25% 22% 26% 24% 22% 17% 16% 16% 17%
27% 27% 28% 27% 29% 27% 27% 28% 24% 30% 29% 30% 29%
51% 58% 48% 53% 54% 49% 53% 53% 46% 47% 46% 46% 46%
31% 28% 23% 30% 31% 34% 32% 34% 35% 34% 34% 34% 33%
18% 13% 30% 17% 15% 17% 15% 14% 19% 19% 20% 20% 21%
566 567 630 602 613 575 509 523 378 1402 1294 1425 1427