Assessment Brief #87
September 28, 2015
Did You Know? Quick Facts About
The Oxford Campus Class of 2019
The following preliminary data were compiled by the
Office of Institutional Research and the Office of
Enrollment Management from a variety of sources,
including: the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA), ACT Student Questionnaire responses (from
the Admissions Office), student applications, and the
Office of the Registrar. The information on this page
refers to incoming students on the Oxford campus
only.
Student Demographics
Did you know…
 51% are female; 49% are male
 55% are from Ohio; an additional 9% are from
the contiguous states of IN, MI, KY, PA and
WV
 Over 13% are ethnically multicultural; an
additional 8% are international
 71% of international students are from China
 27% graduated from a private high school
 13% have a parent who attended Miami
University and 11% have a sibling who
attended
Academic Credentials
Did you know…
 35% of the first-year students graduated in the
top 10% of their class

7% graduated in the top 1%

73 incoming first-year students were ranked #1
in their class
 58% have transfer credits (e.g., AP, PSEOP)
 The average credit received is 18 hours.
 The average ACT score is 28; 33% scored a 30
or higher and 43% scored a 29 or higher
 The average SAT Verbal score is 594 and the
average SAT Math score is 636
Student Majors and Coursework
Did you know…
 Students have 101 different intended majors;
18% of the students are in University Studies
The table below identifies the distribution of students’
majors across the divisions:
Division (Oxford Campus)
College of Arts and Science
(excluding University Studies)
Farmer School of Business
College of Engineering and Computing
College of Education, Health, and
Society
College of Creative Arts
Percent
Enrollment
30%
24%
13%
10%
5%
 56% are taking UNV 101 or equivalent
 31% are taking ENG 111 (Composition)
 20% are taking a 100-level Chemistry course
 30% are taking a 100-level biological sciences
course (BIO or MBI)
 22% are taking Calculus (I, II, or III)
 35% are taking at least one creative arts course
 27% are taking a foreign language
 13% are taking at least one Honors course (either
HON or H-level)
Financial Aid
Did you know…
 9% of incoming students are Pell Grant
recipients
 Using the U.S. Department of Education
definition, 35% of incoming students have
financial need
 100% of first-year students with financial need
received financial aid
 Among the 65% of students who filed a Free
Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA),
the following family incomes were reported:
Income Range (Oxford Campus)
Less than $50,000
$50,000 -- $100,000
$100,000 -- $150,000
$150,000 -- $200,000
Over $200,000
Percentage
13%
19%
22%
17%
29%
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