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1995-96 Quick Facts
Final Enrollment


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AdmissionsEnrollment by Campus Headcount Enrollment Top Ten Majors
Athletics Enrollment by College Gender Tuition
Average Age Ethnicity Personnel  
Degrees Fall FTE Residency  


Founded 1961
Type Public, Four-Year, Coeducational, Doctoral Degree Granting University
Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
President Anthony James Catanese, Ph.D.
Calendar Semester


Degrees Conferred 1994-1995   Degree Programs
Associate's 29   Bachelor's 51
Bachelor's 2,403   Master's 43
Master's 634   Specialist   3
Specialist 25   Doctoral 14
Doctoral 37      
Total 3,128      


Tuition (per Credit Hour)
  Undergraduate Graduate
Florida Resident $60.24 $112.16
Non-Resident $223.65 $365.18


Headcount Enrollment, Fall 1995
  Full-time Part-time Total %
Freshman 1,436 243 1,6799%
Sophomore 778 239 1,017 6%
Junior 2,319 2,107 4,426 24%
Senior 2,081 2,593 4,674 26%
2nd BA2098161,025 6%
Total Undergraduate 6,823 5,99812,82171%
Master's 672 1,405 2,077 11%
Doctoral 151 198 349 2%
Total Graduate 823 1,603 2,426 13%
Unclassified 84 2,748 2,832 16%
Total 7,73010,349 18,079100%


Ethnicity
  Full-time Part-time Total %  
Asian 302 410 712 4%  
Black 794 1,064 1,858 10%  
Hispanic 760 898 1,658 9%  
Native American 35 21 56 0.3%  
White 5,286 7,768 13,054 72%  
International 553 188 741 4%  
 
 
Gender
Female 4,321 6,306 10,627 59%  
Male 3,409 4,043 7,452 41%  



Residency

Florida Counties

Florida 16,693 92%   Broward 7,598
Non-Florida (U.S.) 1,058 6%   Palm Beach 6,642
Non-U.S. 328 2%   Miami-Dade 802
        All Others 1,651
 
 
Headcount Enrollment by Campus
  Primary        
Boca Raton 12,932 72%      
Davie 3,105 17%      
Tower 470 3%      
Jupiter 803 4%      
Treasure Coast 520 3%      
Off-Campus 249 1%      
           


Headcount Enrollment by College
  UndergradGraduate UnclassifiedTotal %
Arch, Urban & Public Affairs 47 178 97 322 2%
Arts & Letters 1,822 189 466 2,477 14%
Business 3,480 505 304 4,289 24%
Education 1,958 727 1,028 3,713 21%
Engineering 1,074 375 196 1,645 9%
Liberal Arts 478 0 123 601 3%
Nursing 477 118 70 665 4%
Science 1,879 237 353 2,469 14%
Social Science 1,606 97 195 1,898 10%
Total 12,821 2,426 2,832 18,079100%


Top Ten Majors by Enrollment
Undergraduate     Graduate  
Elementary Education 1,492   Business Administration 387
Biological Sciences 987   Educational Leadership 255
Accounting 982   Counselor Education 170
Psychology 620   Exceptional Student Education 153
Management 589   Public Administration 130
Nursing 477   Nursing 118
Criminal Justices 392   Elementary Education 93
Communication 381   Computer Science 88
Finance 347   Computer Engineering 77
Computer Science 325   Electrical Engineering 69



Fall 1995 FTE       Average Age  
Undergraduate 9,210     Undergraduate 26
Graduate 1,397     Graduate 34
Total 10,607 Unclassified 36
 
 
Admissions
  Applied Admitted Registered    
First-Time-In-College 3,311 2,363 914    
All Others 6,164 4,771 6,063    
Total 9,475 7,134 6,977    
 
 
First-Time-In-College Test Scores (Average)
ACT 21        
SAT 979        
High School GPA 3.2        


Athletics
Men's Sports Women's Sports
Baseball Basketball
Basketball Cross Country
Cross Country Golf
Golf Soccer
Soccer Softball
Swimming Swimming
Tennis Tennis
  Volleyball


Personnel
  Full-time Part-time Total  
Faculty 677 11 688  
Adjuncts 21 295 316  
A&P 218 5 223  
Staff 795 633 1,428  
Total 1,711 944 2,655  
 
 
Faculty
  Full-time Part-time Total  
Female 247 8 255  
Male 430 3 433  
Total 677 11 688