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1996-97 Quick Facts
Final Enrollment


Table of Contents
Admissions Enrollment by Campus Gender Top Ten Majors
Athletics Enrollment by College Headcount Enrollment 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 1995-1996   Degree Programs
Associate's 61   Bachelor's 53
Bachelor's 2,602   Master's 44
Master's 621   Specialist   3
Specialist 14   Doctoral 14
Doctoral 50      
Total 3,348      


Tuition (per Credit Hour)
  Undergraduate Graduate
Florida Resident $63.04 $118.60
Non-Resident $237.88 $389.34

Headcount Enrollment, Fall 1996
  Full-time Part-time Total %
Freshman 1,622 251 1,87310%
Sophomore 928 247 1,175 6%
Junior 2,426 2,256 4,682 25%
Senior 2,042 2,647 4,689 25%
2nd BA241 8191,0606%
Total Undergraduate 7,259 6,22013,479 72%
Master's 732 1,435 2,167 12%
Doctoral 131 183 314 2%
Total Graduate 863 1,618 2,481 13%
Unclassified 99 2,760 2,859 15%
Total 8,221 10,59818,819 100%


Ethnicity
  Full-time Part-time Total %
Asian 320 386 7064%
Black 908 1,221 2,12911%
Hispanic 821 1,073 1,89410%
Native American 54 39 931%
White 5,477 7,72713,20470%
International 641 152 793 4%


Gender
  Full-time Part-time Total %
Female 4,638 6,51311,15159%
Male 3,583 4,085 7,66841%


Residency

Florida Counties

Florida 17,327 92%   Broward 7,949
Non-Florida (U.S.) 1,129 6%   Palm Beach 6,770
Non-U.S. 363 2%   Miami-Dade 878
        All Others 1,730
 
 
Headcount Enrollment by Campus
  Primary        
Boca Raton 12,984 69%      
Davie 3,521 19%      
Tower 518 3%      
Jupiter 996 5%      
Treasure Coast 526 3%      
Off-Campus 274 1%      
           


Headcount Enrollment by College
 Undergrad GraduateUnclassified Total%
Arch, Urban & Public Affairs 857 206 96 1,159 6%
Arts & Letters 2,518 255 621 3,394 18%
Business 3,937 534 339 4,810 26%
Education 2,198 778 1,114 4,090 22%
Engineering 1,048 333 180 1,561 8%
Liberal Arts 508 0 133 641 3%
Nursing 456 127 77 660 4%
Science 1,957 248 299 2,504 13%
Total13,479 2,4812,85918,819 100%


Top Ten Majors by Enrollment
Undergraduate     Graduate  
Elementary Education 1,634   Business Administration 378
Biological Sciences 955   Educational Leadership 241
Accounting 912   Counselor Education 195
Management 725   Public Administration 156
Psychology 701   Exceptional Student Education 147
Criminal Justice 456   Nursing 128
Nursing 456   Elementary Education 103
Communication 420   Computer Science 94
Finance 342   Executive MBA 79
Computer Information Systems 334   English 70


Fall 1996 FTE       Average Age  
Undergraduate 9,590     Undergraduate 26
Graduate 1,431     Graduate 33
Total 11,021 Unclassified 36
 
 
Admissions
  Applied Admitted Registered    
First-Time-In-College 3,491 2,578 1,017    
All Others 6,449 4,844 3.074    
Total 9,940 7,422 4,091    
 
 
First-Time-In-College Test Scores (Average)
ACT 21        
SAT 1054        
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 706 6 712  
Adjuncts 37 420 457  
A&P 272 6 278  
Staff 672 418 1,090  
Total 1,687 850 2,537  
 
 
Faculty
  Full-time Part-time Total  
Female 269 5 274  
Male 437 1 438  
Total 706 6 712