SU At-A-Glance [Enrollment Information]

Fall 2008:

	Undergraduate	Graduate	Total
Total Enrollment	7,281	587	7,868
Full-time enrollment	6,662	242	6,904
Part-time enrollment	619	345	964
% Female	55%	71%	56%
% Male	45%	29%	44%
Minority Race/Ethnicity**
African-American	11.7%	8.5%	11.5%
American Indian	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.8%	1.0%	2.6%
Hispanic	2.7%	1.2%	2.5%
Nonresident Alien	0.6%	2.9%	0.8%
Total Minority & Nonresident Alien	18.3%	14.1%	17.9%
% In-State	86.1%	86.9%	86.1%
% Out-of-State	13.3%	10.2%	13.1%
% Nonresident Alien/Other	0.6%	2.9%	0.8%
Countries Represented	58	16	62
States/Territories Represented	30	12	31

**Race and ethnicity calculations exclude those whose race/ethnicity is "unknown."

Total Headcount (2008) 7,868

increase from Fall 2007 (+287)

3.8%

increase from Fall 2003 (+1,052)

15.4%

increase from Fall 1998 (+1,788)

29.4%

Percent that are Undergraduate: 92.5%

Percent of Undergraduates that are full-time: 91.5%

Percent full-time (all students): 87.7%

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Student Age:

Fall 2008:	Average Age
All Students	22.0
Undergraduates	21.2
Graduates	31.5

91.9% of all undergraduates are age 24 and younger

12.8% of the total student body is age 25 and older

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On-Campus Residents (Fall 2008):

1,750 (24% of full-time undergraduates)

Retention and Graduation Rates:

Freshman to Sophomore Retention Rate (2007 Cohort): 82.8%

Six-year (6-year) Graduation Rate (2001 Cohort):

74.5% (Source: MHEC—includes transfer-out completers)

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Student/ Faculty Ratio & Class Size:

Student/Faculty Ratio: 16.3 (FTES/FTEF)

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