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Academic preparation of freshman - Matriculants by college 1999 - 2009

See explanatory notes
- Pct in top x% of HS class calculated using cases with non-missing HS rank
- CU predicted GPA is primarily a function of HS GPA. Calculation is specific to college.
- CCHE index is a function of test scores and HS GPA/rank

Also see data from - 1988 - 1998 || 1999 - 2009 || 2010 - present

Arch. & Planning

Matriculants	Fall of
Matriculants	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	134	147	153	174	177	187	154	162	169	159	133
No high school rank	30%	28%	19%	22%	21%	25%	15%	21%	21%	24%	32%
Top 10% of HS class	18%	17%	19%	19%	27%	23%	21%	25%	23%	26%	23%
Top 20% of HS class	40%	39%	36%	45%	50%	45%	44%	46%	47%	51%	48%
Top 25% of HS class	54%	52%	47%	61%	58%	55%	53%	55%	62%	64%	63%
Top 50% of HS class	95%	90%	94%	95%	96%	89%	90%	91%	97%	97%	92%
Avg high school percentile rank	75.4	73.7	72.9	76.2	77.9	74.3	73.0	74.7	77.3	78.0	76.4
High school GPA	3.43	3.47	3.45	3.52	3.56	3.53	3.53	3.55	3.58	3.62	3.58
SAT-high single adm	1144	1130	1135	1151	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
SAT-high components	.	.	.	1157	1160	1144	1151	1167	1159	1160	1156
ACT-high single adm	24.5	24.1	24.1	24.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
ACT-high components	.	.	.	25.1	25.1	24.7	24.3	25.0	24.9	26.0	26.1
Predicted CU GPA	2.84	2.84	2.84	2.90	2.93	2.96	2.94	2.99	2.99	3.06	3.03
CCHE index-Original	109.6	109.5	109.6	111.2	112.7	111.9	.	.	.	.	.
CCHE index-2004 revision	.	.	.	.	.	115.2	114.2	116.0	116.6	118.3	117.6

Arts & Sciences

Matriculants	Fall of
Matriculants	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	3,199	3,606	3,510	3,752	3,991	3,554	3,399	4,016	3,855	4,087	3,972
No high school rank	29%	31%	25%	26%	25%	27%	26%	30%	30%	35%	35%
Top 10% of HS class	20%	18%	19%	21%	21%	22%	20%	19%	20%	21%	19%
Top 20% of HS class	41%	37%	40%	41%	43%	44%	39%	37%	40%	42%	41%
Top 25% of HS class	52%	48%	51%	52%	53%	54%	49%	47%	51%	53%	50%
Top 50% of HS class	89%	85%	89%	89%	89%	90%	87%	86%	89%	91%	89%
Avg high school percentile rank	73.0	70.9	72.9	73.2	73.4	74.0	72.0	71.2	72.7	74.0	72.7
High school GPA	3.36	3.37	3.44	3.46	3.48	3.49	3.48	3.45	3.49	3.50	3.48
SAT-high single adm	1145	1138	1146	1146	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
SAT-high components	.	.	.	1152	1161	1160	1158	1149	1149	1153	1152
ACT-high single adm	24.4	24.3	24.5	24.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
ACT-high components	.	.	.	24.7	24.8	25.0	24.8	24.8	25.2	25.4	25.6
Predicted CU GPA	2.81	2.81	2.86	2.86	2.88	2.94	2.93	2.90	2.94	2.96	2.94
CCHE index-Original	108.9	108.8	110.4	110.5	111.1	111.4	.	.	.	.	.
CCHE index-2004 revision	.	.	.	.	.	114.9	114.4	113.5	114.8	115.2	114.9

Business

Matriculants	Fall of
Matriculants	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	579	666	672	738	715	715	733	665	703	747	637
No high school rank	27%	29%	22%	24%	29%	27%	28%	29%	29%	28%	31%
Top 10% of HS class	21%	20%	21%	20%	24%	22%	16%	24%	25%	32%	29%
Top 20% of HS class	48%	44%	47%	49%	49%	47%	41%	52%	55%	61%	57%
Top 25% of HS class	60%	58%	59%	61%	61%	59%	56%	66%	66%	73%	70%
Top 50% of HS class	94%	94%	94%	95%	95%	93%	92%	98%	97%	98%	97%
Avg high school percentile rank	76.1	75.1	76.5	76.2	77.4	75.9	74.5	79.0	78.7	81.4	80.0
High school GPA	3.46	3.48	3.55	3.57	3.57	3.55	3.57	3.66	3.67	3.73	3.69
SAT-high single adm	1147	1154	1165	1154	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
SAT-high components	.	.	.	1160	1182	1177	1176	1177	1180	1195	1194
ACT-high single adm	24.6	24.8	25.0	25.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
ACT-high components	.	.	.	25.2	25.5	25.6	25.5	25.7	26.1	26.6	26.9
Predicted CU GPA	2.86	2.89	2.93	2.94	2.97	3.07	3.07	3.15	3.17	3.23	3.20
CCHE index-Original	110.9	111.5	113.2	113.3	114.4	114.0	.	.	.	.	.
CCHE index-2004 revision	.	.	.	.	.	117.5	117.4	119.2	119.9	121.7	121.1

Engineering

Matriculants	Fall of
Matriculants	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	581	607	603	664	610	633	669	654	730	758	704
No high school rank	19%	19%	16%	15%	17%	16%	18%	20%	17%	23%	20%
Top 10% of HS class	45%	37%	38%	39%	38%	42%	37%	41%	47%	46%	49%
Top 20% of HS class	69%	65%	62%	64%	63%	68%	63%	67%	72%	74%	75%
Top 25% of HS class	78%	75%	72%	75%	74%	78%	74%	77%	81%	82%	84%
Top 50% of HS class	99%	98%	97%	98%	97%	98%	98%	99%	99%	99%	100%
Avg high school percentile rank	84.2	82.4	82.0	82.7	82.1	83.9	82.1	84.0	85.5	85.0	86.5
High school GPA	3.62	3.64	3.66	3.69	3.69	3.72	3.71	3.76	3.79	3.79	3.82
SAT-high single adm	1254	1243	1250	1243	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
SAT-high components	.	.	.	1248	1253	1266	1256	1255	1262	1280	1286
ACT-high single adm	27.2	27.1	27.1	27.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
ACT-high components	.	.	.	27.3	27.3	27.5	27.3	27.8	28.0	28.3	28.9
Predicted CU GPA	2.94	2.95	2.97	2.99	3.00	2.95	2.94	2.99	3.02	3.05	3.07
CCHE index-Original	120.6	119.9	120.9	120.9	121.3	122.3	.	.	.	.	.
CCHE index-2004 revision	.	.	.	.	.	124.6	123.9	125.1	126.1	126.6	127.9

Journalism

Matriculants	Fall of
Matriculants	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	37	46	28	23
No high school rank	14%	17%	11%	17%
Top 10% of HS class	63%	53%	80%	63%
Top 20% of HS class	91%	89%	100%	84%
Top 25% of HS class	97%	95%	100%	89%
Top 50% of HS class	100%	100%	100%	100%
Avg high school percentile rank	90.6	88.9	93.5	89.5
High school GPA	3.88	3.90	3.97	3.94
SAT-high single adm	.	.	.	.
SAT-high components	1252	1269	1303	1241
ACT-high single adm	.	.	.	.
ACT-high components	28.5	29.1	29.7	29.1
Predicted CU GPA	3.38	3.42	3.51	3.46
CCHE index-Original	.	.	.	.
CCHE index-2004 revision	127.8	129.8	131.7	129.4

Music

Matriculants	Fall of
Matriculants	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	73	59	44	63	78	49	52	83	52	54	50
No high school rank	25%	17%	16%	14%	26%	12%	13%	13%	21%	13%	30%
Top 10% of HS class	27%	37%	27%	19%	31%	21%	31%	22%	22%	28%	23%
Top 20% of HS class	51%	61%	41%	50%	64%	44%	53%	51%	41%	51%	51%
Top 25% of HS class	65%	65%	54%	54%	72%	58%	67%	60%	44%	66%	60%
Top 50% of HS class	84%	92%	95%	89%	90%	86%	89%	86%	90%	91%	86%
Avg high school percentile rank	75.8	78.4	73.9	73.1	78.2	74.0	76.3	75.0	72.4	77.0	74.0
High school GPA	3.47	3.60	3.51	3.49	3.62	3.56	3.67	3.57	3.62	3.62	3.67
SAT-high single adm	1177	1205	1170	1123	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
SAT-high components	.	.	.	1127	1211	1204	1249	1220	1188	1253	1223
ACT-high single adm	25.6	26.0	25.2	25.3	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
ACT-high components	.	.	.	25.5	26.3	26.1	26.3	26.2	26.5	26.9	27.5
Predicted CU GPA	3.22	3.29	3.21	3.14	3.33	3.27	3.36	3.27	3.33	3.35	3.39
CCHE index-Original	113.4	116.6	113.1	111.3	116.9	116.1	.	.	.	.	.
CCHE index-2004 revision	.	.	.	.	.	119.2	121.5	118.7	119.7	121.2	122.5

All

Matriculants	Fall of
Matriculants	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	4,566	5,085	4,982	5,391	5,571	5,138	5,007	5,617	5,555	5,833	5,519
No high school rank	27%	29%	24%	24%	24%	25%	25%	28%	28%	32%	32%
Top 10% of HS class	24%	21%	22%	23%	24%	25%	22%	23%	25%	27%	25%
Top 20% of HS class	46%	42%	44%	46%	46%	47%	44%	44%	48%	50%	48%
Top 25% of HS class	57%	53%	55%	57%	57%	58%	54%	54%	58%	61%	58%
Top 50% of HS class	91%	88%	91%	91%	91%	92%	89%	90%	92%	93%	92%
Avg high school percentile rank	75.1	73.2	74.6	75.0	75.2	75.6	73.9	74.1	75.7	76.9	75.8
High school GPA	3.41	3.42	3.48	3.50	3.52	3.53	3.53	3.52	3.56	3.57	3.55
SAT-high single adm	1160	1154	1162	1160	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
SAT-high components	.	.	.	1166	1175	1176	1176	1168	1170	1177	1177
ACT-high single adm	24.8	24.8	24.9	25.0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
ACT-high components	.	.	.	25.1	25.2	25.4	25.3	25.4	25.7	26.0	26.3
Predicted CU GPA	2.84	2.84	2.88	2.89	2.91	2.96	2.96	2.95	2.99	3.01	2.99
CCHE index-Original	110.7	110.6	112.0	112.2	112.8	113.2	.	.	.	.	.
CCHE index-2004 revision	.	.	.	.	.	116.5	116.2	115.8	117.1	117.8	117.4

Source: SURDS UG applicant files -- may not match other records

Run Date 11/10/2011 -- L:\IR\emgt\ADM\qualcomp_thru20110831.sas

Last revision 11/10/11

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