An Overview of Our Students

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is an Equal Opportunity employer and educator.

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

An Overview of Our Students

Board of Trustees Academic and Student Affairs Committee October 23, 2013

Outline

Who are our students? Demographic diversity

Academic diversity

How do they finance their education?

Predictors of headcount

Questions and discussion

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The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is an Equal Opportunity employer and educator.

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

Who are our students?

Snapshot of 2013 demographic diversity 58% of students are in Greater Minnesota

23% are students of color: 61,500

39% are 25 or older (average age is 26)

55% are female

38% are Pell-eligible (103,000)

20% are first generation (54,000) (56% by the federal definition)

54% are from underrepresented groups (144,000)

10,650 are veterans

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Figure 1: Educating Minnesota

Southeast, 26,164, 10%

Twin Cities, 114,983, 42%

Northwest, 41,411, 15%

Northeast, 18,997, 7%

Central, 33,703, 12%

Southwest, 37,251, 14%

Total Credit Headcount = 272,509 fiscal year 2013 Source: System Office Research, Planning and Policy 5

Figure 2: Total headcount continued to grow through fiscal year 2013

259,285276,964 279,299 275,738 272,509

135,163 139,086 139,578163,887 156,568

141,590155,546 160,643

368,759 373,820 381,442 389,527

423,172 433,532420,889 431,284 433,152

238,657 242,356239,337 249,949

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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Fiscal Year

Credit Non-Credit TotalSource: System Office Research, Planning and Policy

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Predictors of student headcount

The number of high school graduates

Adult population aged 24 to 34

Minnesota’s unemployment rate

Minnesota per capita income

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Figure 3: Racial Ethnic diversity

Am. Indian, 0.9%

Asian & PI, 4.5%

Black, 9.5%

Hispanic, 4.2%

Two or more, 3.5%

White, 72.7%Other, 4.7%

Total Credit Headcount = 272,509 fiscal year 2013

Source: System Office Research, Planning and Policy 8

Figure 4: Students of color comprise an increasing percentage of our students

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21.6%

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Source: System Office Research, Planning and Policy

Students of Color: 2005 = 33,606 2013 = 61,575 Increase = 83.3% Other Students: 2005 = 205,737 2013 = 210,934 Increase = 2.5%

Figure 5: Significantly more students are low income (eligible for Pell grants)

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27.6%

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Pell Eligible Students: 2005 = 56,408 2013 = 103,805 Increase = 84.0% Other Students: 2005 = 182,929 2013 = 168,704 Decrease = -7.8%

Figure 6: Increasing percentage of our students are from groups underrepresented in college

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48.5%

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Underrepresented Students: 2005 = 103,451 2013 = 143,945 Increase = 39.1% All Students: 2005 = 135,886 2013 = 128,564 Decrease = -5.4%

Figure 7: Age diversity

25 - 34, 22.7%

19 - 24, 41.4%

Unknown, 0.6%

35 and over, 16.2%

18 or less, 19.2%



Our students’ academic diversity High school students, high school graduates, graduate students,

adult learners, workers and professionals

58% of college and 34% of university students enroll on a part-time basis

54% of college and 34% of university first-time students take developmental courses

38% of college and 11% of university first-time students take developmental math courses

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Figure 8: Diversity of enrollment status

High School, 10.4%

First Time Undergrad, 38.0%

Other Undergrad, 10.6%

Graduate, 3.2%

Transfer Undergrad, 37.8%



Figure 9: Increasing percentage of students enroll on a part-time basis

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53.1%

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Fall 2004 Fall 2008 Fall 2012


Part-time Students: 2005 = 75,734 2013 = 101,079 Increase = 33.5% Full-time Students: 2005 = 100,582 2013 = 102,609 Increase = 2.0%

Figure 10: Many of our first-time students take developmental courses in their first two years

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Any Dev. Dev. Math Dev. Reading Dev. Writing


How our students finance their education 52% of our students who apply for financial aid are considered to

be independent of their parents

62% of all students receive some form of financial aid

44% receive grants

9% receive scholarships

44% take out student loans

3% receive work-study awards or student employment

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Figure 11: More students are eligible for and receiving financial aid

52.8%

8.9%

33.7%

4.3% 3.8%

44.2%

8.6%

43.5%

3.4%

34.0%36.9%

55.5%

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Any Aid Grants Scholarships Loans Work Study

2005 2009 2012


Figure 12: Our students are receiving increasing amounts of financial aid

$5,225

$1,302

$5,066

$1,872

$3,682

$7,302

$2,189$2,529 $2,220

$6,605$6,752

$1,495

$3,123

$1,638

$8,042

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$3,000

$6,000

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All Types Grants Scholarships Loans Work Study

2005 2009 2012


Figure 13: Debt of MnSCU Graduates

Compared to their counterparts at other higher education institutions, MnSCU students graduate with less or no debt.

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Questions and Discussion

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Possible Discussion Topics

Implications of a more diverse student body on: Instructional and support programs on campus

Resource requirements

Achievement of persistence and completion improvement goals

Expectations regarding the continuation of these trends in the future

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ASA Proposed Board Agenda Items for FY14

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November 2013 Amendment to Policy 3.8 Student Complaints and Grievances (1st Reading) Mesabi Range: Proposed Name Change Update on Itasca Workforce Alignment Workgroup Pine Technical – Mission Approval (1st Reading)

January 2014

Amendment to Policy 3.8 Student Complaints and Grievances (2nd Reading) Amendment to Policy 3.36 Academic Programs(1st Reading) Meeting the Baccalaureate Needs of the Twin Cities Metro Area Pine Technical – Mission Approval (2nd Reading) Joint with Finance: 2016 Capital Budget and 2015 Revenue Fund Guidelines

(1st Reading) Joint with Diversity: Closing the Achievement Gap – Annual Update on

Persistence and Completion E-Education Strategy

March 2014 Joint with ASA /?: Study Session: Impact of E-Learning on the Enrollment and

Retention of Underrepresented Student *Bold indicates action item

April 2014 Amendment to Policy 3.36 Academic Programs (2nd Reading) Amendment to Policy 3.15 Advanced Placement Credit (1st Reading) Amendment to Policy 3.16 International Baccalaureate (1st Reading) Amendment to Policy 3.35 Credit for Prior Learning (1st Reading) Progress on Performance Measures to Receive 5% of FY15 Appropriation Study Session: Transfer

May 2014 Amendment to Policy 3.21 Undergraduate Course Credit Transfer (1st Reading) Amendment to Policy 3.37 Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (1st Reading) Amendment to Policy 3.15 Advanced Placement Credit (2nd Reading) Amendment to Policy 3.16 International Baccalaureate (2nd Reading) Amendment to Policy 3.35 Credit for Prior Learning (2nd Reading) Annual Report on Program Inventory Measuring Student Success Placeholder: Work in Support of Charting the Future

June 2014

Amendment to Policy 3.21 Undergraduate Course Credit Transfer (2nd Reading) Amendment to Policy 3.37 Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (2nd Reading) Placeholder: Work in Support of Charting the Future

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