Fall 2012 College Attendance for Freshmen Who Were Admitted but Chose
Not to Enroll at UMass Boston
In fall 2012, UMass Boston admitted 4,835 new freshmen. Of those, 1,267 enrolled at
UMass Boston and 3,568 chose not to enroll. The Office of Institutional Research and
Policy Studies (OIRP) used our access to National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) data to
identify higher education institutions that the students who chose not to enroll here
attended instead. Of the 3,568 students we queried NSC about, 2,913 were located at
another college or university. The NSC could not locate 655 of the students. This does
not mean that those students did not attend another institution. Their institutions may not
have reported yet this semester, or the students may have blocked reporting of their
locations, attended institutions that do not participate in the NSC, or made it impossible
for the NSC to identify them by changing a detail of their name (middle initial, suffix,
spelling, etc.) because of peculiarities in the way NSC identifies students. A full listing of
the colleges attended is provided in Appendix I beginning on page 5.
One hundred one of the students who did not enroll at UMass Boston attended a two-year
college instead. Fifty-nine attended a Massachusetts public two-year college and 41
attended a public two-year school out of state. One student attended a private two-year
out of state. There was some speculation that such a large number of students attending
two-year schools might be explained by those seeking nursing programs, but this was not
the case. None of the students had applied for a nursing major at UMass Boston, and
more than a third were undecided on a major when they applied here. Those attending a
two-year school tended to have lower SAT scores and high school GPAs. The numbers of
students attending the Massachusetts two-year schools are displayed in Table 1.
Table 1: Attendance at Massachusetts Public Two-year Schools
Massachusetts Public Two-Year Colleges
Number of Students
Bunker Hill Community College
12
Massasoit Community College
8
Holyoke Community College
6
Massachusetts Bay Community College
5
North Shore Community College
4
Northern Essex Community College
4
Quincy College
4
Mount Wachusett Community College
3
Springfield Technical Community College
3
Bristol Community College
2
Cape Cod Community College
2
Greenfield Community College
2
Middlesex Community College
2
Berkshire Community College
1
Quinsigamond Community College
1
Total
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The 41 students who attended an out-of-state two-year school attended a total of 39
different institutions. None of those institutions had more than 2 of the students. All but
one student attended public two-year schools. The full listing is in the appendix.
About 24% of the students who did not enroll here attended another Massachusetts public
four-year school, a total of 855 students. Almost two thirds of those students chose
another UMass campus. The numbers of students at each Massachusetts public four-year
are displayed in Table 2.
Table 2: Attendance at Massachusetts Public Four-Year Schools
Massachusetts Public Four-Year Colleges
Number of Students
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
219
University of Massachusetts at Lowell
172
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
129
Bridgewater State University
91
Salem State University
84
Framingham State University
53
Worcester State University
32
Fitchburg State University
26
Westfield State University
24
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
12
Massachusetts College of Art
7
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
6
Total
855
A total of 649 students chose a public four-year institution outside of Massachusetts. The
students attended a total of 160 public institutions outside of Massachusetts.
The institutions enrolling at least 10 of the students are displayed in Table 3 on the
following page. All others are listed in the appendix.
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Table 3: Attendance at Out-of-State Public Four-Year Schools
Non-Massachusetts Public Four-Year Colleges
Number of Students
University of New Hampshire
50
University of Rhode Island
40
University of Connecticut
34
University of Vermont
24
Pennsylvania State University
20
SUNY University at Albany
19
Rutgers -The State University of NJ -Newark
18
Temple University
16
Plymouth State University
14
Arizona State University
11
Rhode Island College
11
SUNY University At Buffalo
11
University of Maine, Orono
11
West Virginia University
11
Central Connecticut State University
10
Indiana University Bloomington
10
The largest group of students, 859, chose to attend a private four-year school in
Massachusetts. Suffolk University was the most popular by far, with the Massachusetts
College of Pharmacy and Wentworth Institute second and third. This is the same order as
with the 2011 cohort. Overall, the students attended 47 different private schools in
Massachusetts.
A listing of those institutions enrolling 10 or more of the students is presented in Table 4
with the remainder in the appendix. Overall, the students attended 47 different private
schools in Massachusetts.
Table 4: Attendance at Massachusetts Private Four-Year Schools
Massachusetts Private Four-Year Colleges
Number of Students
Suffolk University
162
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
103
Wentworth Institute of Technology
82
Emmanuel College
58
Boston University
51
Northeastern University
43
Simmons College
33
Regis College
29
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Table 4: Attendance at Massachusetts Private Four-Year Schools, cont.
Massachusetts Private Four-Year Colleges
Number of Students
Bentley University
27
Boston College
23
Curry College
20
Stonehill College
20
Lasell College
19
Merrimack College
18
Clark University
15
Lesley University
15
Endicott College
14
Assumption College
13
Western New England University
11
The balance of the students located by the NSC, 459, attended private schools outside of
Massachusetts. The students were located at 166 different private four-year schools in 32
states across the country. A relative few institutions had as many as ten of the students,
and most of them were in the northeast. Those institutions with at least ten of the students
attending are listed in Table 5, with the full listing in the appendix.
Table 5: Attendance at Out-of-State Private Four-Year Schools
Other Private Four-Year Colleges
Number of Students
Quinnipiac University
20
American University
17
Pace University
13
Bryant University
12
Drexel University
12
Hofstra University
12
Syracuse University
12
University of Hartford
12
University of Tampa
12
Ithaca College
10
Johnson & Wales University
10
New York University
10
Salve Regina University
10
The Appendix begins on the following page. All of the two-year schools are listed
alphabetically in Table 6 beginning on page 5, and the four-year schools are listed
alphabetically in Table 7 beginning on page 7. The numbers of students attending each
school are reported.
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Appendix I: Schools Attended by Level and Alphabetically
Table 6: Two-Year Schools Attended
Two-Year School
Number Attending
Austin Community College
1
Berkshire Community College
1
Bristol Community College
2
Bunker Hill Community College
12
Cape Cod Community College
2
Capital Community College
1
City College Of San Francisco
1
City of Chicago - Harold Washington College
1
City of Chicago - Malcolm X College
1
College of Lake County
1
Community College of Aurora
1
Delaware County Community College
1
East Los Angeles College
1
El Camino College
1
Gateway Community College
1
Grand Rapids Community College
1
Great Bay Community College
1
Green Mountain College
1
Greenfield Community College
2
Holyoke Community College
6
Housatonic Community College
1
Irvine Valley College
1
Los Angeles City College
1
Marion Military Institute
2
Massachusetts Bay Community College
5
Massasoit Community College
8
Middlesex Community College
2
Minneapolis Community And Technical College
1
Moorpark College
1
Mount Wachusett Community College
3
Nassau Community College
2
NHTI - Concord's Community College
1
North Shore Community College
4
Northern Essex Community College
4
Norwalk Community College
1
Orange Coast College
1
Pasadena City College
1
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Two-Year School
Number Attending
Quincy College
4
Quinsigamond Community College
1
Raritan Valley Community College
1
Saddleback College
1
San Antonio College
1
Santa Barbara City College
1
Seminole State College Of Florida
1
Springfield Technical Community College
3
SUNY Hudson Valley Community College
1
SUNY Mohawk Valley Community College
1
SUNY Suffolk County CC - Brentwood
1
Tarrant County College
1
Tunxis Community College
1
Union County College
1
Valencia College
2
Wake Technical Community College
1
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Table 7: Four-Year Schools Attended
Four-Year School
Number Attending
Adelphi University
2
Adrian College
1
Albright College
1
Alfred University
2
Allegheny College
1
American International College
3
American University
17
Andrews University
1
Arizona State University
11
Assumption College
13
Barnard College
1
Barry University
1
Bates College
1
Bay Path College
2
Bay State College
1
Baylor University
4
Becker College
2
Bellevue College
1
Belmont University
1
Bennington College
2
Bentley University
27
Berklee College of Music
4
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
2
Boston College
23
Boston University
51
Brandeis University
7
Bridgewater State University
91
Bryant University
12
Buffalo State College
1
California Polytechnic State University
2
California State Polytechnic
1
California State University - Chico
2
California State University - Long Beach
1
California State University - Northridge
2
Canisius College
2
Caritas Laboure College
1
Castleton State College
2
Central Connecticut State University
10
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Table 7: Four-Year Schools Attended, continued
Four-Year School
Number Attending
Champlain College
2
Chapman University-Orange
2
Chestnut Hill College
1
Clark University
15
Clarkson University
1
Clemson University
1
Coastal Carolina University
4
Colby Sawyer College
3
College of Charleston
1
College of Saint Rose
2
College of the Holy Cross
8
College of Wooster
1
Colorado College
2
Colorado State University
2
Columbia College Chicago
2
Creighton University
1
CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College
3
CUNY College of Staten Island
1
CUNY Hunter College
2
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
1
CUNY Queens College
2
Curry College
20
Dartmouth College
1
Dean College
2
Denison University
2
Depaul University
6
Dominican University of California
1
Drexel University
12
Duquesne University
1
Earlham College
1
East Carolina University
3
East Stroudsburg University
2
East Tennessee State University
1
Eastern Connecticut State University
5
Eastern Nazarene College
5
Elizabethtown College
1
Elmira College
1
Elms College
1
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Table 7: Four-Year Schools Attended, continued
Four-Year School
Number Attending
Elon University
1
Emerson College
9
Emmanuel College
58
Emory University
1
Endicott College
14
Fairfield University
5
Fairleigh Dickinson University - Madison
1
Fisher College-Traditional
1
Fitchburg State University
26
Flagler College
1
Florida Atlantic University
5
Florida Gulf Coast University
3
Florida Institute of Technology
3
Florida International University
8
Florida State University
1
Fordham University
4
Framingham State University
53
Franklin And Marshall College
1
Franklin Pierce University
8
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
1
Frostburg State University
1
George Mason University
6
George Washington University
2
Georgetown University
3
Georgia Institute of Technology
1
Georgia Southern University
1
Gordon College
6
Guilford College
1
Hamilton College
1
Hamline University
1
Hampden-Sydney College
1
Hampshire College
3
Hartwick College
2
Harvard University
3
Haverford College
1
Hendrix College
1
Hobart & William Smith Colleges
1
Hofstra University
12
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Table 7: Four-Year Schools Attended, continued
Four-Year School
Number Attending
Hollins University
1
Hood College
1
Howard University
2
Husson College
1
Illinois Institute of Technology
1
Indiana University Bloomington
10
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
1
Indiana University Purdue University In
1
Iona College
2
Iowa State University
1
Ithaca College
10
James Madison University
6
Johnson & Wales University
10
Kansas State University
2
Keene State College
8
Kent State University
2
Lake Forest College
1
Lasell College
19
Lebanon Valley College
2
Lee University
1
Lesley University
15
Liberty University
1
Lindenwood University
1
Long Island University
1
Louisiana State University - Ag
1
Louisiana Tech University
2
Loyola University Chicago
2
Loyola University In New Orleans
3
Loyola University Maryland
1
Lycoming College
1
Lynchburg College
2
Lyndon State College
1
Manhattan College
3
Manhattanville College
3
Marist College
2
Marquette University
2
Marshall University, Huntington
1
Marymount Manhattan College
3
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Table 7: Four-Year Schools Attended, continued
Four-Year School
Number Attending
Massachusetts College of Art
7
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
12
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
103
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
6
Mercer University Macon
1
Mercy College
2
Merrimack College
18
Miami University
4
Michigan State University
6
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
1
Mississippi State University
2
Monmouth University
3
Montclair State University
3
Mount Holyoke College
1
Mount Ida College
2
Muhlenberg College
2
Nazareth College of Rochester
3
New College of Florida
1
New Jersey Institute of Technology
3
New York University
10
Newbury College
4
Nichols College
2
North Carolina State University
1
Northeastern University
43
Northeastern University - Law/Spcs
5
Northern Arizona University
2
Northwestern State University
1
Norwich University
2
Ohio Northern University
1
Oklahoma Christian University
1
Old Dominion University
1
Oregon State University
1
Pace University
13
Pace University - Pleasantville
4
Pennsylvania State University
20
Philadelphia University
2
Plymouth State University
14
Portland State University
1
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Table 7: Four-Year Schools Attended, continued
Four-Year School
Number Attending
Pratt Institute
1
Providence College
6
Purdue University - West Lafayette
8
Quinnipiac University
20
Ramapo College of New Jersey
1
Randolph-Macon College
2
Regis College
29
Regis University-Semesters
1
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1
Rhode Island College
11
Rivier University
2
Rochester Institute of Technology
3
Roger Williams University
9
Roosevelt University
1
Rowan University
4
Rutgers - The State University of NJ
3
Rutgers -The State University of NJ-Newark
18
Sacred Heart University
9
Saint Anselm College
9
Saint Joseph's College of Maine
2
Saint Louis University
2
Saint Michaels College
3
Salem State University
84
Salve Regina University
10
San Diego State University
1
San Francisco State University
2
Santa Clara University
2
Sarah Lawrence College
2
Savannah College of Art & Design
1
Seattle University
1
Seton Hall University
6
Siena College
1
Simmons College
33
Smith College
3
Sonoma State University
1
Southern Adventist University
1
Southern Connecticut State University
4
Southern Methodist University
1
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Table 7: Four-Year Schools Attended, continued
Four-Year School
Number Attending
Southern New Hampshire- 15Week Ungrad
1
Southern Oregon University
1
Spelman College
1
Spring Arbor University
1
Springfield College
3
St Edwards University
2
St Francis College
1
St John Fisher College
1
St John's College Undergrads
1
St John’s University
4
St Joseph's College - Suffolk
1
St Joseph's University
5
St Mary's College of California
2
St. Catherine University
1
State University of New York New Paltz
4
Stetson University
1
Stevens Institute of Technology
1
Stevenson University
2
Stonehill College
20
Suffolk University
162
SUNY Binghamton
6
SUNY College - Brockport
1
SUNY College - Cortland
2
SUNY College - Geneseo
2
SUNY College - Old Westbury
1
SUNY College Oneonta
1
SUNY College Plattsburgh
2
SUNY College Potsdam
3
SUNY Farmingdale
1
SUNY Oswego
1
SUNY Stony Brook University
2
SUNY University at Buffalo
11
Susquehanna University
1
Syracuse University
12
Temple University
16
Texas A&M University
1
Texas Christian University
2
Texas State University - San Marcos
1
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Four-Year School
Number Attending
The Catholic University of America
6
The Evergreen State College
1
The New School
3
The Ohio State University
1
The University of Alabama In Huntsville
1
The University of Tulsa
1
Thomas College
1
Towson University
3
Tufts University
6
Union College
2
University at Albany, SUNY
19
University of Alabama
4
University of Arizona
6
University of Bridgeport
1
University of California - Irvine
1
University of California - Merced
2
University of California-Berkeley
4
University of California-Davis
2
University of California-Los Angeles
4
University of California-San Diego
2
University of California-Santa Barbara
4
University of California-Santa Cruz
4
University of Central Florida
6
University of Cincinnati
1
University of Colorado Denver
1
University of Colorado Boulder
6
University of Connecticut
34
University of Dayton
2
University of Delaware
6
University of Denver - Colorado
1
University of Florida
7
University of Hartford
12
University of Hawaii at Hilo
1
University of Houston
3
University of Illinois @ Urbana
3
University of Illinois at Chicago
1
University of Kansas
3
University of Kentucky
3
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Four-Year School
Number Attending
University of Louisville
1
University of Maine, Farmington
2
University of Maine, Orono
11
University of Mary Washington
1
University of Maryland - Baltimore County
1
University of Maryland - College Park
1
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
219
University of Massachusetts at Lowell
172
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
129
University of Miami
1
University of Michigan-Central Campus
2
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
3
University of Missouri-Columbia
1
University of Missouri-Kansas City
1
University of Montana
1
University of Nevada-Reno
1
University of New England
7
University of New Hampshire
50
University of New Haven-Semesters
2
University of New Mexico
4
University of North Carolina - Charlotte
6
University of North Carolina, Asheville
1
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
3
University of North Carolina-Greensboro
3
University of North Carolina-Wilmington
1
University of Oklahoma
1
University of Oregon, Main Campus
3
University of Pittsburgh
4
University of Portland
1
University of Redlands
2
University of Rhode Island
40
University of Rochester
1
University of San Diego
2
University of San Francisco
2
University of Scranton
1
University of South Carolina
1
University of South Carolina - Aiken
1
University of South Florida
6
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Four-Year School
Number Attending
University of Southern Maine
3
University of Southern Mississippi
1
University of St Thomas
1
University of Tampa
12
University of Tennessee
1
University of Texas Arlington
1
University of Texas at Dallas
1
University of the Pacific
1
University of the Sciences In Philadelphia
1
University of Vermont & State Agriculture
24
University of Virginia
1
University of Washington - Seattle
3
University of Wisconsin - Madison
2
University of Wisconsin - Platteville
1
Utah State University
1
Utica College
1
Virginia Commonwealth University
2
Virginia Military Institute
1
Virginia Polytech and State University
1
Virginia Wesleyan College
1
Wagner College
1
Washington College
1
Washington State University
1
Washington University
2
Wentworth Institute of Technology
82
West Chester University
1
West Virginia University
11
West Virginia Wesleyan College
1
Western Carolina University
1
Western Connecticut State University
3
Western New England University
11
Westfield State University
24
Westminster College
1
Wheaton College
6
Wheelock College
6
Willamette University
3
William Paterson University of New Jersey
1
Wittenberg University
1
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Table 7: Four-Year Schools Attended, continued
Four-Year School
Number Attending
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
7
Worcester State University
32
Xavier University
2
Xavier University of Louisiana
1
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