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Academic preparation of freshman - Matriculants by residency 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

 
Residents
Matriculants Fall of
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 2,642 2,819 2,751 3,002 3,137 2,983 3,109 3,277 3,327 3,064 3,227
No high school rank 15% 15% 9% 9% 8% 9% 9% 11% 9% 10% 11%
Top 10% of HS class 27% 25% 27% 27% 29% 30% 25% 25% 27% 30% 27%
Top 20% of HS class 52% 49% 50% 53% 53% 54% 47% 47% 50% 55% 51%
Top 25% of HS class 63% 60% 62% 63% 64% 65% 58% 58% 61% 66% 61%
Top 50% of HS class 95% 92% 94% 95% 95% 96% 92% 91% 93% 96% 94%
Avg high school percentile rank 77.8 76.2 77.4 77.9 78.3 78.9 75.8 75.7 77.1 79.0 77.5
High school GPA 3.50 3.52 3.58 3.60 3.63 3.65 3.61 3.60 3.65 3.68 3.66
SAT-high single adm 1159 1149 1158 1155 . . . . . . .
SAT-high components . . . 1158 1177 1178 1175 1175 1180 1191 1191
ACT-high single adm 24.9 24.8 24.9 25.0 . . . . . . .
ACT-high components . . . 25.2 25.3 25.6 25.3 25.4 25.8 26.2 26.4
Predicted CU GPA 2.88 2.89 2.93 2.95 2.98 3.05 3.01 3.01 3.05 3.09 3.07
CCHE index-Original 112.0 112.0 113.2 113.5 114.5 115.4 . . . . .
CCHE index-2004 revision . . . . . 118.8 117.6 117.3 118.8 120.1 119.8
 



Non-residents
Matriculants Fall of
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 1,924 2,266 2,231 2,389 2,434 2,155 1,898 2,340 2,228 2,769 2,292
No high school rank 45% 48% 41% 44% 46% 49% 51% 52% 55% 57% 62%
Top 10% of HS class 16% 13% 13% 14% 13% 12% 15% 19% 19% 21% 16%
Top 20% of HS class 34% 29% 32% 32% 32% 31% 32% 34% 39% 38% 38%
Top 25% of HS class 45% 39% 42% 43% 42% 41% 43% 44% 48% 49% 49%
Top 50% of HS class 84% 81% 86% 84% 83% 82% 81% 85% 87% 87% 84%
Avg high school percentile rank 69.4 67.1 69.4 69.0 68.3 67.5 68.1 69.8 71.3 72.1 70.3
High school GPA 3.29 3.30 3.37 3.38 3.38 3.35 3.38 3.40 3.43 3.45 3.39
SAT-high single adm 1161 1159 1166 1164 . . . . . . .
SAT-high components . . . 1172 1173 1173 1176 1161 1161 1167 1163
ACT-high single adm 24.8 24.9 24.8 24.8 . . . . . . .
ACT-high components . . . 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.1 25.3 25.4 25.6 25.9
Predicted CU GPA 2.78 2.78 2.83 2.83 2.84 2.84 2.87 2.88 2.90 2.92 2.88
CCHE index-Original 108.8 108.9 110.5 110.5 110.6 110.2 . . . . .
CCHE index-2004 revision . . . . . 113.3 113.9 113.6 114.6 115.1 114.0
 



All
Matriculants Fall of
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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