First-Time Freshmen
Freshmen Applicants, Acceptances and Enrollees ...................................................................................... 5
High School Rank of First-Time Freshmen ................................................................................................ 6
Distribution of SAT Scores of First-Time Freshmen .................................................................................. 7
North Carolina Region of Origin for First-Time Freshmen ........................................................................ 8
North Carolina Counties Producing the Most First-Time Freshmen .......................................................... 8
Geographic Origin of All First-Time Freshmen.......................................................................................... 9
First-Time Freshmen Enrollment by County and State............................................................................... 10
Race, Load, and Gender of First-Time Freshmen ....................................................................................... 13
Freshman Applicants, Acceptances & Enrollees
Fall Term Resident Credit
8,000
7,331
7,000
Number of Freshmen
6,000
4,905
4,964
4,830
5,000
4,000
3,738
3,705
4,792
3,743
3,705
3,254
3,000
1,578
2,000
1,568
1,557
1,259
1,224
1,000
0
2004
2005
2006
Applied
InState
2004
Out-ofState
InState
2007
Accepted
Enrolled
2005
Out-ofState
InState
2006
Out-ofState
2008
2007
Out-ofInState
State
2008
InOut-ofState
State
Applied
Male
Female
4,112
2,007
2,105
793
366
427
4,152
1,998
2,154
812
354
458
4,051
1,966
2,085
779
377
402
3,995
1,938
2,057
797
326
471
6,052
2,875
3,177
1,279
578
701
Accepted
Male
Female
% of Applicants Accepted
3,172
1,513
1,659
77
566
239
327
71
3,123
1,454
1,669
75
582
236
346
72
3,167
1,501
1,666
78
538
255
283
69
2,752
1,302
1,450
69
502
207
295
63
3,214
1,520
1,694
53
529
226
303
41
Enrolled
Male
Female
% of Accepted Enrolling
1,446
716
730
46
132
55
77
23
1,438
721
717
46
119
59
60
20
1,459
718
741
46
109
62
47
20
1,150
553
597
42
109
49
60
22
1,128
564
564
35
96
40
56
18
Source: OCR B1 Students in Institutions of Higher Education: Applications, Acceptances and Actual Enrollment
Ref: Freshmen Applications, Acceptances and Enrollees
HIGH SCHOOL CLASS RANK
OF FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN
FALL TERM
Percentage of New Freshmen*
Class Rank
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Top Fifth
Second Fifth
Third Fifth
Fourth Fifth
Lowest Fifth
23
28
28
20
1
22
26
29
21
2
23
27
29
18
3
26
29
27
16
2
31
31
25
12
1
Number Not Available
83
88
115
64
77
Source: NCHED A-4: First-Time Freshmen Admissions
*Percentage of new freshmen who provided class rank information.
Ref: HS Rank of First Time Freshmen.xls
DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST (SAT) SCORES
OF FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN
FALL 2008
In-State
750 - 800
700 - 749
650 - 699
600 - 649
550 - 599
500 - 549
450 - 499
400 - 449
350 - 399
300 - 349
250 - 299
200 - 249
Total
Average Score
1%
1%
4%
9%
14%
24%
30%
14%
3%
0%
0%
0%
1,104
510
VERBAL
Out-ofState
0%
1%
3%
12%
17%
26%
20%
14%
6%
1%
0%
0%
81
515
All
0%
1%
4%
10%
14%
24%
30%
14%
3%
0%
0%
0%
1,185
511
In-State
MATH
Out-ofState
0%
2%
4%
10%
23%
27%
24%
8%
2%
0%
0%
0%
1,104
528
Source: NCHED A-4: First-Time Freshmen Admissions, Fall 2008
Ref: SAT Scores of First Time Freshmen.xls
1%
3%
5%
10%
22%
21%
26%
10%
1%
1%
0%
0%
81
526
All
In-State
0%
2%
4%
10%
23%
26%
24%
9%
2%
0%
0%
0%
1,185
528
0%
1%
2%
6%
12%
23%
30%
19%
6%
1%
0%
0%
1,100
489
WRITING
Out-ofState
0%
0%
11%
6%
11%
19%
32%
15%
6%
0%
0%
0%
81
507
All
0%
1%
3%
6%
12%
22%
30%
19%
6%
1%
0%
0%
1,181
490
North Carolina Region of Origin of First-Time Freshmen
State Wide - Fall 2008
Piedmont Counties
52%
Eastern Counties
7%
Immediate 11County Area
26%
Other Appalachian
Counties
15%
North Carolina Counties Producing Most First-Time Freshmen
Fall Term
Mecklenburg
Buncombe
Wake
Catawba
Jackson*
Henderson
Gaston
Haywood
Forsyth
Iredell
Union
2005
2006
2007
2008
123
98
122
42
35
50
33
68
58
29
38
152
107
124
48
56
41
55
73
36
27
53
109
99
54
53
61
38
60
57
41
22
25
89
70
67
55
54
51
42
36
35
32
32
*Includes freshmen with "unknown" county
Source: NCHED A-1.3: Home Base of Students
Ref: Geographic Origin by County_State_Country.xls
Geographic Origin of All First-Time Freshmen
Fall 2008
North Carolina
92.24%
Florida
1.22%
South Carolina
1.06%
Georgia
2.21%
Other States &
Foreign
3.27%
Source: NCHED A-1
A-1.3:
3: Home Base of Students
Ref: Geographic Origin by County_State_Country.xls
FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN ENROLLMENT BY COUNTY AND STATE
FALL TERM
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
A. Immediate 11-County Area
Buncombe
Cherokee
Clay
Graham
Haywood
Henderson
Jackson*
Macon
Madison
Swain
Transylvania
Total for Region
66
18
19
3
67
42
40
49
3
14
22
343
98
21
11
11
68
50
35
43
8
28
17
390
107
25
9
15
73
41
56
42
2
20
22
412
99
27
4
18
57
38
61
30
1
11
17
363
70
29
2
12
36
51
54
26
1
11
6
298
B. Other Appalachian Counties
Alexander
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Burke
Caldwell
Davie
McDowell
Mitchell
Polk
Rutherford
Stokes
Surry
Watauga
Wilkes
Yadkin
Yancey
Total for Region
5
1
2
2
21
23
13
14
1
13
37
8
8
7
8
15
4
182
9
0
6
6
14
14
20
30
5
9
23
8
12
3
20
4
11
194
9
2
4
5
17
15
11
16
2
15
20
6
10
1
16
3
5
157
7
0
16
0
21
9
3
24
1
6
24
3
7
3
12
5
3
144
9
0
11
0
24
25
5
19
1
4
26
8
11
4
8
8
1
164
C. Piedmont Counties
Alamance
Anson
Cabarrus
Caswell
Catawba
Chatham
Cleveland
Davidson
Durham
Forsyth
Gaston
Granville
Guilford
Harnett
Iredell
Lee
Lincoln
Mecklenburg
Montgomery
Moore
Orange
11
0
30
2
20
5
36
13
17
75
54
7
66
9
29
3
18
153
3
7
20
17
0
41
4
42
7
32
30
15
58
33
3
51
4
29
6
21
123
2
12
13
13
3
31
1
48
8
34
23
14
36
55
2
56
5
27
5
27
152
8
5
32
7
2
16
0
53
4
25
14
12
41
60
2
34
3
22
1
31
109
1
3
13
15
1
28
0
55
5
28
15
13
35
42
4
27
5
32
2
26
89
0
9
16
FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN ENROLLMENT BY COUNTY AND STATE
FALL TERM
Person
Randolph
Richmond
Rockingham
Rowan
Stanly
Union
Vance
Wake
Warren
Total for Region
D. Eastern Counties
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick
Camden
Carteret
Chowan
Columbus
Craven
Cumberland
Currituck
Dare
Duplin
Edgecombe
Franklin
Gates
Greene
Halifax
Hertford
Hoke
Hyde
Johnston
Jones
Lenoir
Martin
Nash
New Hanover
Northampton
Onslow
Pamlico
Pasquotank
Pender
Perquimans
Pitt
Robeson
Sampson
Scotland
Tyrrell
2004
6
31
4
6
25
6
51
0
111
1
819
2005
1
20
6
7
19
15
38
2
122
0
773
2006
5
8
2
3
21
6
53
2
124
1
810
2007
1
14
1
3
15
7
25
2
54
0
575
2008
1
9
1
5
19
6
32
0
67
0
587
4
0
0
9
0
4
1
0
6
8
0
2
4
4
4
0
1
1
1
3
0
11
2
3
0
4
5
0
14
0
0
1
0
2
1
3
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
5
21
1
2
0
2
4
0
0
1
1
0
2
10
0
1
0
0
4
0
9
0
0
2
1
1
4
2
3
0
6
0
1
4
0
2
1
1
3
8
2
2
1
0
3
1
0
0
0
1
0
10
2
0
1
3
4
0
7
0
0
6
1
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
4
0
1
0
1
5
9
1
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
10
0
2
2
7
4
0
3
1
1
1
0
3
3
2
3
0
1
0
0
5
0
2
0
1
3
8
2
2
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
1
0
13
0
0
1
7
6
3
5
0
0
0
0
3
5
2
4
0
FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN ENROLLMENT BY COUNTY AND STATE
FALL TERM
Washington
Wayne
Wilson
Total for Region
2004
0
5
4
109
2005
0
3
1
85
2006
1
0
3
81
2007
0
5
3
76
2008
0
1
1
80
Total for State
1,453
1,442
1,460
1,158
1,129
16
32
23
48
6
125
15
42
20
37
1
115
14
38
13
38
5
108
13
27
19
39
3
101
15
27
13
37
3
95
1,578
1,557
1,568
1,259
1,224
E. Out-of-State
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Other States
Foreign
Total for Out-of-State
Total New Freshmen
*Includes freshmen with "unknown" county
Source: NCHED A-1.3: Home Base of Students
Ref: Geographic Origin by County_State_Country.xls
RACE, LOAD, AND GENDER OF FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN
FALL 2008
LOAD
AND
CLASS
NONRESIDENT
ALIEN
Male
Female
AFRICANAMERICAN
NATIVE
AMERICAN
Male
Female
Male
ASIAN
Female Male Female
HISPANIC
Male
Female
WHITE
Male
TOTAL
OTHER
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Full-Time
New Freshmen
1
0
55
28
3
5
4
4
15
11
490
547
33
23
601
618
Part-Time
New Freshmen
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
0
0
3
2
TOTALS
1
0
55
28
3
5
4
4
15
11
493
549
33
23
604
620
GRAND TOTAL
1
83
Source: IPEDS Fall Enrollment: 2008
Ref: Race Load Gender FTF
8
8
26
1,042
56
1,224