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St. Ambrose University Common Data Set
2004 - 2005
The concept of a common data set arose out of the demand placed on colleges and universities for large amounts of information from various external organizations.  The common data set is made up of a set of standards and definitions of data to help ensure that data is more likely to be reliable (consistent), valid (measure of what they are intended to measure), and accurate.  Please refer to www.commondataset.org for more information.

General information

Enrollment and persistence

First-time, first-year freshman admission

Transfer admission

Academic offerings and policies

Student life

Annual expenses

Financial aid

Instructional faculty and class size

Degrees conferred

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A1 Address Information  
A1 Name of College/University: St. Ambrose University
A1 Mailing Address: 518 West Locust Street
A1 City/State/Zip Davenport, IA 52803-2898
A1 Main Phone: 563-333-6000
A1 WWW Home Page Address: www.sau.edu
A1 Admissions Phone Number: 563-333-6300
A1 Admissions Toll-Free Phone Number: 800-383-2627
A1 Admissions Fax number: 563-333-6297
A1 Admissions E-mail Address: admit@sau.edu/
A1 Is there a separate URL application site on the Internet? If so, please specify: www.sau.edu/administration/newstudent/
     
A2 Source of institutional control (Check only one):
A2 Public    
A2 Private (nonprofit) X  
A2 Proprietary    
     
A3 Classification of institution:    
A3 Coeducational college X  
A3 Men's college    
A3 Women's college    
     
A4 Academic year calendar:    
A4 Semester    
A4 Quarter    
A4 Trimester    
A4 4-1-4 X  
A4 Continuous    
A4 Differs by program (describe):    
     
A4 Other (describe):    
     
     
A5 Degrees offered:    
A5 Certificate X  
A5 Diploma    
A5 Associate    
A5 Transfer Associate    
A5 Terminal Associate    
A5 Bachelor's X  
A5 Postbachelor's certificate X  
A5 Master's X  
A5 Post-master's certificate X  
A5 Doctoral X  
A5 First professional    
A5 First professional certificate    

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B. ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE

B1 Institutional Enrollment - Men and Women Provide numbers of students for each of the following categories as of the institution's official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2004.
B1   FULL-TIME PART-TIME
B1   Men Women Men Women
B1 Undergraduates        
B1 Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen 212 273 2 1
B1 Other first-year, degree-seeking  0 0 0 0
B1 All other degree-seeking 692 962 154 295
B1 Total degree-seeking 904 1,235 156 296
B1 All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses 0 0 16 33
B1 Total undergraduates  904 1,235 172 329
B1 First-Professional        
B1 First-time, first-professional students 0 0 0 0
B1 All other first-professionals 0 0 0 0
B1 Total first-professional 0 0 0 0
B1 Graduate        
B1 Degree-seeking, first-time 26 74 52 80
B1 All other degree-seeking 67 108 213 243
B1 All other graduates enrolled in credit courses 0 0 7 25
B1 Total graduate 93 182 272 348
B1 Total all undergraduates 2,640
B1 Total all graduate and professional students 895
B1 GRAND TOTAL ALL STUDENTS 3,535
         
B2 Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category. Provide numbers of undergraduate students for each of the following categories as of the institution's official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2003. Include international students only in the category "Nonresident aliens." Complete the "Total Undergraduates" column only if you cannot provide data for the first two columns.
B2   Degree-Seeking
First-Time
First Year
Degree-Seeking
Undergraduates (include first-time first-year)
Total
Undergraduates (both degree- and non-degree-seeking)
B2 Nonresident aliens 16 8 24
B2 Black, non-Hispanic 68 43 111
B2 American Indian or Alaskan Native 7 4 11
B2 Asian or Pacific Islander 37 12 49
B2 Hispanic 80 26 106
B2 White, non-Hispanic 2,206 1,028 3,244
B2 Race/ethnicity unknown      
B2 TOTAL 2,414 1,121 3,545
         
  Persistence        
B3 Number of degrees awarded from July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003  
B3 Certificate/diploma        
B3 Associate degrees        
B3 Bachelor's degrees 483      
B3 Postbachelor's degrees 15      
B3 Master's degrees 335      
B3 Post-Master's certificates 12      
B3 Doctoral degrees 2      
B3 First professional degrees        
B3 First professional certificates        
         
  Graduation Rates        
  The items in this section correspond to data elements collected by the IPEDS Web-based Data Collection System's Graduation Rate Survey (GRS). For complete instructions and definitions of data elements, see IPEDS GRS instructions and glossary on the 2003 Web-based survey.
         
For Bachelor's or Equivalent Programs      
  Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 1997. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 1997.
B4 Initial 1997 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: 318
B5 Of the initial 1997 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: deceased, permanently disabled, armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions:  134
B6 Final 1997 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions: (subtract question B5 from question B4) 318
B7 Of the initial 1997 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2001):  153
B8 Of the initial 1997 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2001 and by August 31, 2002):  27
B9 Of the initial 1997 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2002 and by August 31, 2003):  2
B10 Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9):  182
B11 Six-year graduation rate for 1997 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6):  57%
         
         
Retention Rates        
  Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 2002 (or the preceding summer term). The initial cohort may be adjusted for students who departed for the following reasons: deceased, permanently disabled, armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government or official church missions. No other adjustments to the initial cohort should be made.
B22 For the cohort of all full-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered your institution as freshmen in fall 2003 (or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the date your institution calculates its official enrollment in fall 2004?  81%

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C. FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) ADMISSION

  Applications          
C1 First-time, first-year, (freshmen) students: Provide the number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in fall 2004. Include early decision, early action, and students who began studies during summer in this cohort. Applicants should include only those students who fulfilled the requirements for consideration for admission (i.e., who completed actionable applications) and who have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution). Admitted applicants should include wait-listed students who were subsequently offered admission.  
C1 Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who applied 684    
C1 Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied 891    
        1575  
C1 Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted 585    
C1 Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted 762    
        1347  
C1 Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled 212    
C1 Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled 2    
        214  
C1 Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled 273    
C1 Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled 1    
        274  
C2 Freshman wait-listed students (students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability)  
  Yes No  
C2 Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list?   X  
C2 If yes, please answer the questions below for fall 2003 admissions:      
C2 Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list      
C2 Number accepting a place on the waiting list      
C2 Number of wait-listed students admitted      
           
  Admission Requirements        
C3 High school completion requirements        
C3 High school diploma is required and GED is accepted X      
C3 High school diploma is required and GED is not accepted        
C3 High school diploma or equivalent is not required        
           
C4 Does your institution require or recommend a general college-preparatory program for degree-seeking students?  
C4 Require        
C4 Recommend X      
C4 Neither require nor recommend        
           
C5 Distribution of high school units required and/or recommended. Specify the distribution of academic high school course units required and/or recommended of all or most degree-seeking students using Carnegie units (one unit equals one year of study or its equivalent). If you use a different system for calculating units, please convert.  
C5   Units
Required
Units
Recommended
     
C5 Total academic units   18      
C5 English   4      
C5 Mathematics   3      
C5 Science   2      
C5     Of these, units that must be lab   2      
C5 Foreign language   1      
C5 Social studies   1      
C5 History   1      
C5 Academic electives   4      
C5 Other (specify)          
           
  Basis for Selection          
C6 Do you have an open admission policy, under which virtually all secondary school graduates or students with GED equivalency diplomas are admitted without regard to academic record, test scores, or other qualifications?  If so, check which applies:  
C6 Open admission policy as described above for all students       
C6 Open admission policy as described above for most students, but      
C6 selective admission to some programs       
C6 other (explain)       
Min HS GPA 2.5; SAT 780 or ACT 20 required, or rank in top half class    
           
C7 Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in first-time, first-year, degree-seeking (freshman) admission decisions.  
C7   Very Important Important Considered Not Considered  
C7 Academic          
C7 Secondary school record X        
C7 Class rank X        
C7 Recommendation(s)   X      
C7 Standardized test scores X        
C7 Essay       X  
C7 Nonacademic          
C7 Interview     X    
C7 Extracurricular activities     X    
C7 Talent/ability     X    
C7 Character/personal qualities   X      
C7 Alumni/ae relation   X      
C7 Geographical residence       X  
C7 State residency       X  
C7 Religious affiliation/commitment       X  
C7 Minority status       X  
C7 Volunteer work     X    
C7 Work experience       X  
           
  SAT and ACT Policies          
C8 Entrance exams           
  Yes No  
C8A Does your institution make use of SAT I, SAT II, or ACT scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants?     X    
C8A If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution’s policies for use in admission.  
  ADMISSION
    Require Recommend Require for some Consider if submitted Not Used
SAT I          
ACT          
SAT I or ACT (no preference)          
SAT I or ACT--SAT I preferred          
SAT I or ACT--ACT preferred X        
SAT I and SAT II          
SAT I and SAT II or ACT          
SAT II          
           
C8A In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for placement or counseling?  
  Yes No      
C8A Placement X        
C8A Counseling X        
           
C8B Does your institution use the SAT I or II or the ACT for placement only? If so, please mark the appropriate boxes below:  
C8B   PLACEMENT    
C8B   Require Recommend Require for some    
C8B SAT I          
C8B SAT II          
C8B ACT          
C8B SAT I or ACT          
           
C8C Latest date by which SAT I or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission August 1, 2004    
C8C Latest date by which SAT II scores must be received for fall-term admission      
           
C8D If necessary, use this space to clarify your test policies (e.g., if tests are recommended for some students, or if tests are not required of some students):    
C8D    
           
  Freshman Profile          
  Provide percentages for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2004, including students who began studies during summer, international students/nonresident aliens, and students admitted under special arrangements.  
             
C9 Percent and number of first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2003 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores.  Include information for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted test scores.  Do not include partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not verbal for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item.  SAT scores should be recentered scores.  The 25th percentile is the score that 25 percent scored at or below; the 75th percentile score is the one that 25 percent scored at or above.  
           
C9 Percent submitting SAT scores 2% Number submitting SAT scores 1  
C9 Percent submitting ACT scores 98% Number submitting ACT scores 482  
           
  First-time freshman test scores        
C9   25th Percentile 75th Percentile      
C9 SAT I Verbal          
C9 SAT I Math          
C9 ACT Composite 19 20      
C9 ACT English 18 25      
C9 ACT Math 18 24      
           
C9 Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range:  
C9   SAT I Verbal SAT I Math      
C9 700-800          
C9 600-699          
C9 500-599          
C9 400-499          
C9 300-399          
C9 200-299          
           
C9   ACT Composite ACT English ACT Math    
C9 30-36 3% 5% 2%    
C9 24-29 26% 26% 28%    
C9 18-23 60% 48% 48%    
C9 12-17 11% 21% 21%    
C9 6-11 0% 0% 0%    
C9 Below 6 0% 0% 0%    
           
C10 Percent of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school class rank within each of the following ranges (report information for those students from whom you collected high school rank information).  
C10 Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class 15%    
C10 Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class 34%    
C10 Percent in top half of high school graduating class 65%    
C10 Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class 34%    
C10 Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class 10%    
C10 Percent of total first-time freshmen who submitted high school class rank: 99%  
           
C11 Percentage of all enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school grade-point averages within each of the following ranges (using 4.0 scale).  Report information only for those students from whom you collected high school GPA.  
C11 Percent who had GPA of 3.0 and higher 62%      
C11 Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.99 38%      
C11 Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99 2%      
C11 Percent who had GPA below 1.0 0%      
           
C12 Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA:   2.411    
C12 Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA:   99.00%    
           
  Admission Policies          
C13 Application Fee          
C13   Yes No      
C13 Does your institution have an application fee? X        
C13 Amount of application fee: $25.00        
C13   Yes No      
C13 Can it be waived for applicants with financial need? X        
           
C14 Application closing date          
C14   Yes No      
C14 Does your institution have an application closing date?   X