The Office of Enrollment Services maintains as its primary mission the planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of a comprehensive enrollment management plan that fosters collaboration and promotes teamwork in the achievement of an academically enriched student population. Enrollment Services consists of the Green to Gold Program, Office of Admissions, Office of Student Financial Aid, Office of the Registrar and the Student One Stop Shop.
As outlined in the Division's strategic plan, the 2013/14 annual programmatic priorities for the area of Enrollment Services includes the following:
To increase the overall institutional enrollment;
To recruit and serve students who are an institutional fit; and
To improve delivery of services that are responsive to students' unique needs and that promote effective learning.
The university has continued to experience an increase in applications for Fall 2014 admission from prospective first-time freshmen this year to date as compared to last year. To date, close to 3500 applications have been received from prospective first-time freshmen. The number of acceptances for Fall 2014 has increased from 1320 last year to about 1581 this year to date, which represents a 20% increase.
The University continues to observe quality among accept prospective first-time freshmen students for fall 2014. The average cumulative high school GPA for accepted prospective first-time freshmen for Fall 2014 to date is 3.2 as compared to 3.0 at this time last year. The average composite ACT score among prospective accepted first-time freshmen for fall 2014 is 20. It should be noted that the goal is to ensure that more of the quality accepted students among those accepted to the University actually enroll.
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