UNCG Sets New Enrollment Record

GREENSBORO - It’s official. UNCG has another record enrollment for fall semester.

The 14,328 figure includes 11,106 undergraduate students (up 3.3 percent) and 3,222 graduate students (up 1.7 percent). Add in 544 distance learners and the number grows to 14,872. The freshman class is UNCG’s second largest with 2,055 first-time freshmen.

Enrollment includes 9,618 women (67 percent) and 4,710 men (33 percent). Other highlights for 2003-04 include UNCG’s largest undergraduate and graduate enrollments, and the highest residence hall occupancy. Also, UNCG continues to lead the UNC system with more than 20 percent in minority enrollment in this year’s freshman class.

Freshman Stats
• Number applied: 8191
• Number accepted: 5582 (68.1% accept rate)
• Number enrolled: 2,055
• Percentage ranked 1st or 2nd in graduating class:  .8%
• Percentage ranked 10th or higher in graduating class: 5.8%
• Percentage ranked in top 10% of graduating class: 13.3%
• Percentage ranked in top 20% of graduating class: 32.2%
• High School GPA: 3.5
• Average SAT score: 1045
• Middle half of SAT scores range from: 950-1130
• Percentage of African-Americans: 19.56%
• Percentage of Asian-Americans: 3.26%
• Percentage of Hispanics: 1.90%
• Percentage of Native Americans: 0.19%
• Percentage of Whites: 70.51%  (Other: 4.57%, includes mixed-race individuals and non-replies)
• Male: 30.36%
• Female: 69.64%

Overall Enrollment Stats
• Undergraduate:11,106 (+ 416)
• Graduate: 3,222 (+ 55)
• Total Headcount on Campus: 14,328 (+ 471)
• Unduplicated Distance Learning: 544 (+ 11)
• Combined on Campus and Distance Learning Headcount: 14,872

New Records
• Second largest freshman class
• Largest undergraduate enrollment
• Largest graduate enrollment
• Largest overall enrollment
• Highest residence hall occupancy
• Still the highest minority representation of any historically white campus in the UNC system

(Posted 9-15-03)

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