Institutional Snapshot
The purpose of the institutional snapshot is to give the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) accreditation site visit team a basic impression of the organization's overall scope and nature of operations during a specified time frame, the two years preceding the on-site visit. The items listed and HLC reference numbers are from the HLC specifications.
| HLC ref # | HLC item description | CU-Boulder self-study display name | Self-study display number | Self-study page reference | Relevant CU-Boulder postings | Second posting - if needed for 2-year data, or provides more detail |
| 1 | Student Demography Headcounts | 6-11, 353 | CU-Boulder Enrollment Snapshot Index (shows fall 2009 and fall 2008) | |||
| 1A | Undergraduate Enrollments by Class Levels (Freshmen-Senior) | Selected Measures: UG total, new freshman, transfers | 1.4 | 14 | CU-Boulder Enrollment Snapshot: Table 14 | |
| 1B | Undergraduate Students by Degree Seeking and Non-degree Seeking Status (showing totals, with breakdowns by gender and by race/ethnicity per IPEDS report) | Selected Measures: Diversity (%s) | 1.4 | 14 | IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2008-09 | IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2007-08 |
| 1C | Graduate/Professional Students by Degree Seeking and Nondegree Seeking Status (showing totals, with breakdowns by gender and by race/ethnicity per IPEDS report) | Selected Measures: Graduate/professional | 1.4 | 14 | IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2008-09 | IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2007-08 |
| 1D | Age Range of Undergraduate Students (24 and under; 25 and older) | Number of students by age bracket, Fall 2009 - by full/part-time status, level, and class level | Number of students by age bracket, Fall 2008 - by full/part-time status, level, and class level | |||
| 1E | Numbers of Students by Residency Status of Credit-seeking Students who Come to a Campus or Site for Instruction | Financial Profile, FY 2000 and 2009: Enrollment by residency for UG | 5.3 | 139, 147-151 | Degree-seeking students, 1998 to present - by level and residency | |
| 1Ea | - In-State Resident | Financial Profile, FY 2000 and 2009: Enrollment by residency for UG | 5.3 | 139 | CU-Boulder Enrollment Snapshot: Table 1 | |
| 1Eb | - Out-of State Resident | Financial Profile, FY 2000 and 2009: Enrollment by residency for UG | 5.3 | 139 | CU-Boulder Enrollment Snapshot: Table 1 | |
| 1Ec | - Non-US Resident | International Student Enrollment by Level, Fall 1960-2008 | 7.8 | 284 | CU-Boulder Enrollment Snapshot: Table 5 | |
| 2 | Student Recruitment and Admissions | |||||
| 2A | Number of Applications, Acceptances, and Matriculations for Each of the Following Categories of Entering Students | |||||
| 2Aa | - Freshman | Academic Preparation of Freshman Applicants, Admits, and Matriculants Over Time | ||||
| 2Ab | - Undergraduate Transfer | Common Data Set 2009-2010: Transfer admissions, section D | Common Data Set 2008-09: Transfer admissions, section D | |||
| 2Ac | - Graduate/Professional | Graduate/Professional Admissions | ||||
| 2B | If your institution requires standardized test scores as a condition of admission, what instrument(s) do you require and what is the mean score for each? | |||||
| 2Ba | - ACT Mean Score of Students Accepted | Selected Measures: Academic profile, new summer/fall freshman | 1.4, App F | 14, 353 | Academic preparation of freshman - Admits by residency 1998 - present | |
| 2Bb | - SAT Mean Score of Students Accepted | Selected Measures: Academic profile, new summer/fall freshman | 1.4, App F | 14, 353 | Academic preparation of freshman - Admits by residency 1998 - present | |
| 3 | Financial Assistance for Students | Financial Profile (see "institutional aid as percent of revenue" by residency) | 5.3 | 20-21, 139, 147-151 | ||
| 3A | What percentages of your undergraduate and of your graduate students applied for any type of financial assistance? | |||||
| 3Aa | - Undergraduate | Undergraduate Financial Aid Profiles, Fall 2009, by residency | Undergraduate Financial Aid Profiles, Fall 2008, by residency | |||
| 3Ab | - Graduate/Professional | Graduate Financial Aid Profiles | ||||
| 3B | How many of your undergraduate students and of your graduate/professional students received financial assistance of any type? What percentage is this of your total enrollment? What percentages of your total enrollment received assistance in each of the following categories? ( Loans,Work-Study,Scholarships/Grants, Academic Based Merit Based Scholarships? | |||||
| 3Ba | - Undergraduate | Undergraduate Financial Aid Profiles, Fall 2009, by residency | Undergraduate Financial Aid Profiles, Fall 2008, by residency | |||
| 3Bb | - Graduate/Professional | Graduate Financial Aid Profiles | ||||
| 3C | Using the formula cited below, what was the tuition discount rate (TDR) for undergraduate and graduate student populations? If this rate cannot be separated for these two categories, so note and simply report aggregate figures. TDR = total institutional financial aid dollars as a proportion of income that would result from all students paying full tuition (I = Institutional Financial Aid Dollars Awarded for Tuition P = Payments of Tuition Expected of Students and their External Aid TDR = I/(I + P) as a percentage) | |||||
| 3Ca | - Undergraduate | Financial Profile (see "institutional aid as percent of revenue" by residency) | 5.3 | 139 | ||
| 3Cb | - Graduate/Professional | Graduate Financial Aid Profiles | ||||
| 4 | Student Retention and Program Productivity | |||||
| 4A | What percentage of your first-time, full-time fall entering undergraduate students in the previous year returned for study during the fall semester on which this report is based? Please provide the following data in aggregate and with breakdowns by race/ethnicity per IPEDS categories -Number Entering (NE) -Number Returning (NR) -NR/NE as percentage | Selected Measures: Retention to second fall, new summer/fall freshmen | 1.4, App F | 14, 353 | Undergraduate graduation rates, freshman retention rates, and time to degree | Graduation & freshman retention rates by residency at entry, 1999 through summer 2009 |
| 4B | How many students earned graduate or professional degrees during the past year, and what was the distribution by race/ethnicity per IPEDS categories? | Selected Measures: Degrees awarded (FY) | 1.4 | 14 | CU-Boulder degrees by gender and ethnic/racial groups over time: FY 1999 - 2009 | IPEDS Completions Report, 2008-09 |
| 4C | Report the number of graduates in the previous academic year by college/program in keeping with the broad discipline categories | Degrees awarded by discipline college and program, last 5 fiscal years | ||||
| 4D | List, by discipline and by name of test, the separate pass rates of undergraduate, and graduate/professional students sitting for licensure examinations as appropriate: Fundamentals of Engineering, GRE, Bar Exam, CPA, Teacher Licensure | 166-167 | CU-Boulder Academic Rigor Report to the Regents 2009 – Highlights (See pages 17-21) | CU-Boulder Academic Rigor Report to the Regents 2008 – Highlights (See pages 27-34) | ||
| 5 | Faculty Demography | CU-Boulder Campus Employees by Job Category, Fall 2008 | 1.1 | 6-7 | Categorizing faculty and staff in PBA tables, CDS, IPEDS, and others | |
| 5A | Indicate the headcount of faculty in the full-time and part-time categories according to highest degree earned | Common Data Set: Faculty, section I - 2009-2010 | Common Data Set: Faculty, section I - 2008-2009 | |||
| 5B | Indicate the headcount of faculty in the full-time and part-time categories according to broad discipline group | Faculty and staff - See employee counts at fall census; note that counts are by job category, college, A&S division, demography, and year | ||||
| 5Ba | - Race/Ethnicity (using the standard IPEDS categories) | See 5B above | ||||
| 5Bb | - Gender | See 5B above | ||||
| 5Bc | - Rank | See 5B above; see also Faculty Salaries: FTE Distribution by Institution | ||||
| 5C | Report the number of faculty by college/program (full-time and part-time together) in keeping with the broad discipline groups | See 5B above | ||||
| 6 | Availability of Instructional Resources and Information Technology | |||||
| 6A | Provide an account of the technology resources dedicated to supporting student learning (library sites, residence hall hookups, Internet Cafes, etc.) and explain how you monitor the level of their usage. | Information Technology Activity: Five-year Comparison | 6.8 | 228-234 | ||
| 7 | Financial Data | 135-160 | Current Funds Budget, 2009-2010 | Current Funds Budget, 2008-2009 | ||
| 7 | Please provide the following information for the past two completed fiscal years. | University of Colorado at Boulder Resource Allocation Process | 5.5 | 154 | IPEDS Finance, FY 2008 | IPEDS Finance, FY 2007 |
| 7A | Actual Unrestricted Revenues (Tuition and Fees, State/Local Appropriations (if applicable, Denominational Income (if applicable), Investment and Annuity Income Contributions, Auxiliary, Other, Total) | Financial Profile, FY 2000 and 2009 | 5.3 | 139 | Annual Financial Reportsand Supplements, FY 2008 - Report - Supplement | Annual Financial Reportsand Supplements, FY 2008 - Report - Supplement |
| 7B | Actual Unrestricted Expense (Instructional/Departmental/Library, Student Services, Operation and Maintenance of Plant, Administration, Fundraising, Auxiliary, Other, Total) | Expense Components per Student FTE, FY 2007 | 5.4 | 137-142 | See 7A | |
| 7C | If, in either of the past two completed fiscal years, the total in 7B exceeded the total in 7A above, how did the institution cover its shortfall? | n/a |