Who Are We?
OU in Multicultural Context:
OU Demographics Students, Faculty, Staff
Joni Wadley, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Academic & Student Assessment
Office of Institutional Research
Ohio University Athens Campus Fall
2008 Employee Demographics
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African American – 4%
Asian American – 3% (2% - fall 2002)
Hispanic – 1%
International – 2%
Native American – 1%
White – 86% (90% - fall 2002)
Female – 49% (50% - fall 2002)
Male – 51%
Ohio University Regional Campuses
Fall 2008 Employee Demographics
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African American – 5% (3% - fall 2002)
Asian American – 5% (4% - fall 2002)
Hispanic – 1% (0% - fall 2002)
International – 1%
Native American – 0%
White – 85% (91% - fall 2002)
Female – 54% (50% - fall 2002)
Male – 46%
Ohio University Athens Campus
Fall 2002 & Fall 2008 Employee
Demographic Comparisons
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From fall 2002 to fall 2008 – decrease in
total number employees.
Racial/Ethnic group categories
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Females
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Males
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◦ overall increases in all categories but
International and White.
◦ increases in all racial/ethnic categories except
White
◦ 60% of the decrease in employees overall were
females
◦ Decreases in numbers of African-American and
International males
Ohio University Regional Campuses
Fall 2002 & Fall 2008 Employee
Demographic Comparisons
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From fall 2002 to fall 2008 – increase of 5
in total number employees.
Racial/Ethnic group categories
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Females
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Males
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◦ overall increases in all categories but White.
◦ increases in all racial/ethnic categories
◦ 100% of the increase in employees overall were
females
◦ Decreases in numbers of White males and in
males overall
Ohio University Athens Campus
Fall 2008 Student Demographics
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African American – 5% (3% -fall 2002)
Asian American – 1%
Hispanic – 2% (1% - fall 2002)
International – 7% (6% - fall 2002)
Native American – 0%
White – 85% (89% - fall 2002)
Female – 51% (54% - fall 2002)
Male – 49%
Ohio University Fall 2008 Student
Demographics – Regional Campuses
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African American – 3% (2% - fall 2002)
Asian American – 0%
Hispanic – 1% (0% - fall 2002)
International – 0%
Native American – 1%
White – 95% (96% - fall 2002)
Female – 68% (67% - fall 2002)
Male – 32%
Ohio University Fall 2002 & Fall
2008 Student Demographic
Comparisons – Athens Campus
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From fall 2002 to fall 2008 – increase in
total number students.
Racial/Ethnic group categories
◦ overall increases in all but white.
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Females
◦ increases in all racial/ethnic categories except
white
◦ decrease in number of female students overall
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Males
◦ increases in in all racial/ethnic categories and
overall
Ohio University Regional Campuses
Fall 2002 & Fall 2008 Student
Demographic Comparisons
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From fall 2002 to fall 2008 – increase in
total number of undergraduate students.
Racial/Ethnic group categories
◦ overall increases in all categories
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Females
◦ increases in all racial/ethnic categories except
Asian American
◦ increase in number of female students overall
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Males
◦ increases in in all racial/ethnic except
international
◦ increase in number of male students overall
Ohio University Athens Campus
Student Enrollment by Residency
Fall 2002
15%
Fall 2008
Residents
85%
NonResidents
17%
Residents
83%
NonResidents
Ohio University Regional
Campuses Undergraduate
Student Enrollment by Residency
Fall 2002
Fall 2008
15%
Residents
96%
NonResidents
5%
95%
Residents
NonResidents
Fall 2008 International Total
Student Enrollment by Country
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Top ten countries represented
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China – 486
India – 338
Ghana – 71
Taiwan – 43
South Korea – 40
Brazil – 34
Indonesia – 30
Japan – 30
Saudi Arabia – 27
Canada - 22
Fall 2002 to Fall 2008 International
Total Student Enrollment Increases
by Country
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Top ten increases:
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China – 318
India – 93
Brazil - 23
Ghana – 19
Nigeria – 16
Afghanistan – 8
Kazakhstan – 6
Indonesia, Mexico, Sri Lanka - 5
Fall 2008 International
Undergraduate Total Student
Enrollment by Country
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Top ten countries represented
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China – 275
South Korea – 25
Taiwan – 16
Japan – 13
Canada– 9
Saudi Arabia– 8
Nigeria, Qatar – 6
Ghana, Kazakhstan – 5
Fall 2002 to Fall 2008
International Undergraduate Total
Student Enrollment Increases by
Country
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Top ten increases:
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China – 262
Qatar – 6
South Korea, Kazakhstan - 5
Brazil – 4
Nigeria, Ghana – 3
Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia – 2
Fall 2008 International
Undergraduate Total Student
Enrollment by Major
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Top ten countries represented
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Finance - 63
Undecided (UNC) – 38
General Business – 37
Accounting– 24
OPIE - 23
Management - 20
Electrical Engineering – 19
Communication Studies, Recreation & Sport
Sciences– 13
Fall 2008 International Graduate
Student Enrollment by Major
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Top ten countries represented
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General Business - 220
International Studies – 96
Electrical Engineering – 79
Physics & Astronomy– 64
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering - 49
Economics - 47
Instructional Technology – 46
Chemistry & Biochemistry– 45
Linguistics - 27
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