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FALL 1995 ON-CAMPUS ENROLLMENT SUMMARY
On-campus headcount enrollment increased to 11,927 in Fall
1995, up 388 students (3.4%) from 11,539 in Fall 1994. This
was the largest on-campus enrollment ever. Enrollment in Fall
1995 included 10,671 full-time and 1,256 part-time students,
of which 10,503 were undergraduates, 859 were graduate
students, and 565 were special students enrolled in regular
credit courses. There was an increase of 390 full-time and a
decrease of two part-time students from Fall 1994. Full-time
undergraduate enrollment increased by 359 (3.7%). There was a
record number of 2,539 entering class students, up from 2,289
in Fall 1994. Transfers increased from 523 in Fall 1994 to
533 in Fall 1995. The number of enrolled students returning
increased, with 6,922 full-time undergraduates returning in
Fall 1995, up from 6,816 returning in Fall 1994 and 6,904 in
Fall 1993. A large proportion of the increase in enrollment
consisted of full-time entering class students.
Applications for admission as entering class students
increased 5.1% to 12,314 in Fall 1995 from 11,712 in Fall
1994. Overall, the University accepted 6,989 (56.8%) of its
applicants for the entering class, up from 6,167 (52.7%) in
Fall 1994. This was the highest acceptance rate since Fall
1973. The yield rate (the percentage of those offered
admission who accepted the offer and enrolled) decreased from
37.1% in Fall 1994 to 36.3% in Fall 1995. The percentage of
Virginia applicants accepted increased from 54.3% in Fall
1994 to 60.2% in Fall 1995. The yield rate for Virginia
applicants decreased from 41.7% in Fall 1994 to 40.4% in Fall
1995. The percentage of out-of-state applicants accepted
increased from 50.5% in Fall 1994 to 52.5% in Fall 1995,
while the out-of-state yield held steady at 30.7% in Fall
1994 and 30.6% in Fall 1995. The percentage of non-white
entering class students in Fall 1995 was 14.0%, down slightly
from 14.2% in 1994 (and returning to the Fall 1993 rate). The
number of African-American entering class students in Fall
1995 was 160, down seven students from Fall 1994 and equal to
the number for Fall 1985. In-state African-American entering
class students decreased significantly from 146 to 119. The
greatest percentage increases in non-white entering class
students since 1986 (ten years) have been Non-Resident Aliens
and Hispanics. Non-Resident Alien students have increased by
429% to 37 since Fall 1986, when Non-Resident Alien entering
class students numbered only 7. Hispanic students have
increased from eleven in Fall 1986 to 41 in Fall 1995.
Entering African-American students are down 13% from the 1986
level of 183.
Mean SAT scores, using the current re-centered values, for
entering class students in Fall 1995 were 590 verbal, 589
math, and 1,179 composite. The 1995 composite is slightly
lower than the re-centered composite of 1,192 for Fall 1994.
The 1995 national average SAT composite score was 1,012,
while the average for Virginia was 1,000.
The percentage of males in the undergraduate student body
(45.7%) decreased slightly from Fall 1994 (46.2%). The
percentage of entering class students from out-of-state
increased slightly from 34.4% in Fall 1994 to 34.9% in Fall
1995. In-state entering class students increased by 151 while
out-of-state entering class students increased by 99.
Out-of-state students accounted for 28.0% of JMU's total
on-campus enrollment in Fall 1995, compared with 26.3% in
Fall 1994.
Graduate enrollment increased from 795 in Fall 1994 to 859
in Fall 1995. Full-time graduate enrollment increased from
428 in Fall 1994 to 462 in Fall 1995. Graduate students
account for 7.2% of on-campus enrollment, up slightly from
6.9% in Fall 1994.
Ten-year summary tables appear on the reverse side of this
page. More detailed enrollment tables will be published in
the 1995-96 James Madison University Statistical Summary.
Copies of the Statistical Summary will be sent to
departmental offices and placed on reserve in Carrier
Library. Select pages from the Statistical Summary
will also be available through the Internet on the Campus
Wide Information System.
TABLE 1
Total Fall On-Campus Headcount Enrollment, 1986-1995
Fall Undergraduate Graduate Special Total
1986 8,718 557 482 9,757
1987 9,060 605 461 10,126
1988 9,434 600 491 10,525
1989 9,557 628 524 10,709
1990 9,680 713 618 11,011
1991 9,946 766 552 11,264
1992 9,787 815 601 11,203
1993 9,927 811 616 11,354
1994 10,152 795 592 11,539
1995 10,503 859 565 11,927
TABLE 2
Entering Class Acceptances and SAT Scores, 1986-1995
Mean SAT
Percent Composite
Fall Applied Accepted Enrolled Accepted (Recentered)
1986 11,080 4,018 1,897 36.3 1,159
1987 11,582 4,128 1,957 35.6 1,173
1988 13,550 4,202 2,034 31.0 1,182
1989 12,061 4,332 1,923 35.9 1,183
1990 11,198 4,845 1,912 43.3 1,179
1991 11,726 5,225 2,123 44.6 1,187
1992 11,832 5,201 2,042 44.0 1,187
1993 11,223 5,285 2,082 47.1 1,192
1994 11,712 6,167 2,289 52.7 1,192
1995 12,314 6,989 2,539 56.8 1,179
TABLE 3
Entering Class Enrollment by Ethnic Origin 1986-1995
Non-
African- American- Asian- Resident
Fall American Indian Hispanic American White Alien Total
1986 183 3 11 31 1,662 7 1,897
1987 189 3 16 30 1,712 7 1,957
1988 246 2 50 47 1,685 4 2,034
1989 247 0 19 54 1,597 6 1,923
1990 223 4 18 57 1,598 12 1,912
1991 211 3 22 66 1,807 14 2,123
1992 187 2 26 80 1,734 13 2,042
1993 167 5 29 70 1,790 21 2,082
1994 167 4 34 95 1,963 26 2,289
1995 160 7 41 111 2,183 37 2,539
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