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NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS

Claflin University Orangeburg, SC

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is the core postsecondary education data collection program for the NCES. It is a single, comprehensive system designed to encompass all institutions and educational organizations whose primary purpose is to provide postsecondary education. For additional information see http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds. IPEDS DATA FEEDBACK REPORT

October 01, 2008

Dear Institutional Executive:

The National Center for Education Statistics is pleased to provide you with your institution’s annual IPEDS Data Feedback Report. The report compares data provided by your institution in 2007-08 through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) to data for a similar group of institutions. Like last year, your institution was given the opportunity to select its own comparison group. We strongly encourage institutions to take advantage of the opportunity to select the other institutions to which they want to be compared in the report, as they generally find the report more informative. If your institution did not submit its own group, IPEDS identified a comparison group for you (see the list toward the back of this report for the institutions in your comparison group).

I also encourage you to visit the IPEDS Executive Peer Tool (ExPT) at http://nces.ed.gov/ipedspas/ExPT/. Not only can you download a PDF of this report as it was sent to you, you can also select a different comparison group and recreate the full report in the PDF format. In addition, there are a number of additional figures available in the ExPT that are not included in your original report such as enrollments by student level, admissions and test scores, and more finance figures.

Thank you for all of your efforts to support IPEDS throughout the data collection process. Without your support and the high quality data that your institution provides, these reports would not be possible. Should you have any comments on how we can improve the Data Feedback Report and ExPT, please send them to [email protected].

Best regards,

Elise S. Miller IPEDS Program Director

What Is the Purpose of This Report? in the and other jurisdictions, such as Puerto Rico, whose primary purpose is to provide postsecondary education. IPEDS collects institution-level data on students (enrollment and The IPEDS Data Feedback Report is intended to provide institutions graduation rates), student charges, program completions, faculty, a context for examining the data they submitted to the Integrated staff, and finances. Each year nearly 6,700 postsecondary Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Our goal is to institutions provide information to the U.S. Department of Education produce a report that is useful to institutional executives and that through IPEDS. These data are used at the federal and state level may help improve the quality and comparability of IPEDS data. for policy analysis and development; at the institutional level for benchmarking and peer analysis; and by students and parents, What Is in This Report? through the Navigator (http://collegenavigator.ed.gov/), to aid in the college search process. For more information about IPEDS, see http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds. The figures provided in this report are those suggested by the IPEDS Technical Review Panel. They were developed to provide selected indicators and data elements for your institution and a Would You Like to Do More Analysis of Your IPEDS Data? comparison group of institutions. The figures are based on data collected during the 2007-08 IPEDS collection cycle and are the The information in this report can be produced for a different most recent data available. Additional information about these comparison group using the IPEDS Executive Peer Tool (ExPT) at indicators is provided in the Methodological Notes at the end of the http://nces.ed.gov/ipedspas/expt. If you would like to make report. Following the figures is a list of the institutions in your comparisons on a wider range of IPEDS variables, or do additional comparison group and the criteria used for their selection. Please types of analyses, the IPEDS Data Center is available at refer to "Comparison Group" in the Methodological Notes for more http://nces.ed.gov/ipedspas. In both systems, you may select your information. own comparison group. Through the ExPT, you may also print additional copies of this report. What Is IPEDS?

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is a system of survey components that collects data from all institutions

Selected Figures

These figures are based on 2007-08 IPEDS data submitted by your institution, , and the comparison group listed later in this report. The number of institutions in the comparison group from which the median is derived is shown as "(N = x)" in the labels or in the legend at the bottom of the figure.

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Figure 1. Unduplicated 12-month headcount of all students and of Figure 2. Percent of all students enrolled, by race/ethnicity, and undergraduate students, total FTE enrollment (academic percent who are women: Fall 2007 year 2006-07), and full- and part-time fall enrollment (Fall 2007)

Image description. Image description. Enrollment measure Race/ethnicity or gender XHorizontal scale titled Bar Number chart with of students.5 groups with 2 items per group. XHorizontal scale titled Bar Percent. chart with 8 groups with 2 items per group. ItemGroup 1, 1,Your Unduplicated institution 1969.headcount - total. ItemGroup 1, 1,Your White, institution non-Hispanic. 2. GroupItem 2, 2, Comparison Unduplicated group headcount median -(N=98) undergraduates. 1298. GroupItem 2, 2, Comparison Black, non-Hispanic. group median (N=98) 66. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 1862. median (N=98) 1252. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 94. median (N=98) 14. ItemGroup 1, 3,Your Total institution FTE enrollment. 1802. ItemGroup 1, 3,Your Hispanic. institution 0.01. GroupItem 2, 4, Comparison Full-time fall group enrollment. median (N=98) 1068. GroupItem 2, 4, Comparison Asian or Pacific group Islander. median (N=98) 2. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 1637. medianEnrollment (N=98) 1043. measure Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 0.01. median (N=98)Race/ethnicity 1. or gender ItemGroup 1, 5,Your Part-time institution fall enrollment.126. ItemGroup 1, 5,Your American institution Indian 0.01. or Alaska Native. Item 2, Comparison group median (N=98) 135. GroupItem 2, 6, Comparison Race/ethnicity group unknown. median (N=98) 0.01. line, Shape Label: Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 0.01. median (N=98) 2. InstitutionLegend, Shape Label: Your institution ItemGroup 1, 7,Your Nonresident institution alien. 4. ComparisonGroupLegend, Shape Label: Comparison group median (N=98) GroupItem 2, 8, Comparison Women. group median (N=98) 1. ComparisonGroupLegendLine1, Shape Label: Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 67. median (N=98) 58. ComparisonGroupLegendLine2, Shape Label: Shape End of image description. line,Shape Label: InstitutionLegend,Shape Label: Your institution ComparisonGroupLegend,Shape Label: Comparison group median (N=98)2 ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,EndWhite, of image description. non-Hispanic Label: Unduplicated 1,969 66 headcount - total 1,298 94 Black, non-Hispanic 14 Unduplicated 1,862 0 headcount - Hispanic undergraduates 1,252 2 Asian or 0 Total FTE 1,802 Pacific Islander 1 enrollment 1,068 American Indian or 0 Alaska Native 0 0 Full-time 1,637 Race/ethnicity unknown 2 fall enrollment 1,043 4 Nonresident alien 1 Part-time 126 67 fall enrollment 135 Women 58

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Number of students Percent Your institution Comparison group median (N=98) Your institution Comparison group median (N=98) NOTE: For details on calculating full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment, see Calculating NOTE: Median values for the comparison group may not add to 100 percent. See "Use of FTE in the Methodological Notes at the end of this report. Total headcount, FTE, and full- Median Values for Comparison Group" in the Methodological Notes at the end of this and part-time fall enrollment include both undergraduate and postbaccalaureate students, report for how median values are determined. N is the number of institutions in the when applicable. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group. comparison group. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Fall 2007, 12-month Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2008, Fall Enrollment Enrollment component and Spring 2008, Fall Enrollment component. component.

Figure 3. Academic year tuition and required fees for full-time, Figure 4. Percent of full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates: undergraduate students receiving financial aid, by type 2005-06–2007-08 of aid: 2006-07

Image description. Image description. Academic year Type of aid XHorizontal scale titled Bar Tuition chart withand 3fees. groups with 2 items per group. XHorizontal scale titled Bar Percent. chart with 4 groups with 2 items per group. ItemGroup 1, 1,Your 2007-08. institution $12358. ItemGroup 1, 1,Your Federal institution grants. 68. GroupItem 2, 2, Comparison 2006-07. group median (N=98) $13330. GroupItem 2, 2, Comparison State and localgroup grants. median (N=97) 45. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group $11764. median (N=98) $12430. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 75. median (N=97) 50. ItemGroup 1, 3,Your 2005-06. institution $10892. ItemGroup 1, 3,Your Institutional institution grants. 32. Item 2, Comparison group median (N=98) $11916. GroupItem 2, 4, Comparison Loans. group median (N=97) 82. line, Shape Label: Academic year Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 79. median (N=97)Type 68. of aid InstitutionLegend, Shape Label: Your institution Shape ComparisonGroupLegend, Shape Label: Comparison group median (N=98) line,Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine1, Shape Label: InstitutionLegend,Shape Label: Your institution ComparisonGroupLegendLine2, Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegend,Shape Label: Comparison group median (N=97) End of image description. ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,End of image description. Label:

68 $12,358 Federal grants 2007-08 45 $13,330

State and 75 local grants 50 $11,764 2006-07 $12,430 32 Institutional grants 82

$10,892 2005-06 79 $11,916 Loans 68

$0 $2,500 $5,000 $7,500 $10,000 $12,500 $15,000 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Tuition and fees Percent Your institution Comparison group median (N=98) Your institution Comparison group median (N=97) NOTE: The tuition and required fees shown here are the lowest reported from the NOTE: For details on how students are counted for financial aid reporting, see Cohort categories of in-district, in-state, and out-of-state. N is the number of institutions in the Determination for Reporting Student Financial Aid and Graduation Rates in the comparison group. Methodological Notes at the end of this report. N is the number of institutions in the SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, comparison group. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Fall 2007, Institutional SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Characteristics component. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2008, Student Financial Aid component.

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Figure 5. Types and average amounts of financial aid received by Figure 6. Graduation rates of full-time, first-time, degree/ full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking certificate-seeking undergraduates within 150% of undergraduates: 2006-07 normal time to program completion, by race/ethnicity: 2001 cohort

Image description. Image description. HorizontalType of aid Bar chart with 4 groups with 2 items per group. HorizontalGraduation Bar rates chart by race/ethnicitywith 8 groups with 2 items per group. GroupX scale 1, titled Federal Dollars. grants (N=97). GroupX scale 1, titled Graduation Percent. rate, overall (N=97). Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group $3904. median $3546. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 55. median 38. ItemGroup 1, 2,Your State institution and local $5163. grants(N=96). ItemGroup 1, 2,Your White, institution non-Hispanic 100. (N=81). GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Institutional group grants median (N=97). $3161. GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Black, non-Hispanic group median (N=88). 44. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group $7854. median $5340. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 53. median 30. ItemGroup 1, 4,Your Loans(N=97). institution $5636. ItemGroup 1, 4,Your Hispanic institution (N=81). No data. Item 2, Comparison group median $4418.Type of aid GroupItem 2, 5, Comparison Asian or Pacific group Islander medianGraduation (N=57).29. rates by race/ethnicity line, Shape Label: Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group No data.median 40. InstitutionLegend, Shape Label: Your institution ItemGroup 1, 6,Your American institution Indian No ordata. Alaska Native (N=43). ComparisonGroupLegend, Shape Label: Comparison group median GroupItem 2, 7, Comparison Race/ethnicity group unknown(N=45). median 0.01. ComparisonGroupLegendLine1, Shape Label: Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group No data.median 29. ComparisonGroupLegendLine2, Shape Label: ItemGroup 1, 8,Your Nonresident institution alien 100. (N=59). End of image description. Item 2, Comparison group median 56. line, Shape Label: InstitutionLegend, Shape Label: Your institution ComparisonGroupLegend, Shape Label: Comparison group median ComparisonGroupLegendLine1, ShapeGraduation Label:rate, overall ComparisonGroupLegendLine2, Shape Label: 55 End of image description. (N=97) 38 Federal grants $3,904 (N=97) $3,546 White, non-Hispanic 100 (N=81) 44

Black, non-Hispanic 53 (N=88) 30 State and $5,163 local grants(N=96) $3,161 Hispanic (N=81) 29

Asian or 40 Institutional grants $7,854 Pacific Islander (N=57) (N=97) $5,340 American Indian or Alaska Native (N=43) 0

Race/ethnicity $5,636 unknown(N=45) 29 Loans(N=97) $4,418 Nonresident alien 100 (N=59) 56

$0 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Dollars Percent Your institution Comparison group median Your institution Comparison group median NOTE: Average grant (or loan) values were calculated by dividing the total grants (or NOTE: The graduation rates are the Student Right-to-Know (SRK) rates. For more loans) awarded by the total number of recipients in each institution. N is the number of information see the Methodological Notes at the end of the report. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group. institutions in the comparison group. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2008, Student Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2008, Graduation Financial Aid component. Rates component.

Figure 7. Graduation rate cohort as a percent of all Figure 8. Number of degrees awarded, by level: Academic year undergraduates and as a percent of total entering 2006-07 students (Fall 2007); graduation rate and transfer-out rate (2001 cohort); and retention rates (Fall 2007)

Image description. Image description. HorizontalMeasure Bar chart with 6 groups with 2 items per group. HorizontalLevel of degree Bar chart with 5 groups with 2 items per group. GroupX scale 1, titled Graduation Percent. rate cohort as a percent of undergraduates(N=98). GroupX scale 1, titled First-professional Number of degrees. degrees. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 23. median 23. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 0.01. median (N=98) 0.01. ItemGroup 1, 2,Your Graduation institution rate 78. cohort as a percent of entering class (N=98). ItemGroup 1, 2,Your Doctor's institution degrees. 0.01. GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Graduation group rate, overallmedian (N=97). 77. GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Master's degrees. group median (N=98) 0.01. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 55. median 38. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 30. median (N=98) 0.01. ItemGroup 1, 4,Your Transfer-out institution rate No data.(N=29). ItemGroup 1, 4,Your Bachelor's institution degrees. 273. GroupItem 2, 5, Comparison Full-time retention group median rate(N=97). 12. Measure GroupItem 2, 5, Comparison Associate's group degrees. median (N=98)Level 189. of degree Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 68. median 64. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 0.01. median (N=98) 0.01. ItemGroup 1, 6,Your Part-time institution retention 100. rate(N=65). Shape Item 2, Comparison group median 39. line,Shape Label: line, Shape Label: InstitutionLegend,Shape Label: Your institution InstitutionLegend, Shape Label: Your institution ComparisonGroupLegend,Shape Label: Comparison group median (N=98) ComparisonGroupLegend, Shape Label: Comparison group median ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine1, Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,End of image description. Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine2, Shape Label: End of imageGraduation description. rate cohort 23 as a percent of First-professional 0 23 undergraduates(N=98) degrees 0

Graduation rate cohort as 78 a percent of entering class 77 0 (N=98) Doctor's degrees 0 Graduation rate, overall 55 (N=97) 38 30 Master's degrees 0 Transfer-out rate (N=29) 12 273 Bachelor's degrees Full-time 68 189 retention rate(N=97) 64

0 Part-time 100 Associate's degrees retention rate(N=65) 39 0

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 Percent Number of degrees Your institution Comparison group median Your institution Comparison group median (N=98) NOTE: Graduation rate cohort includes all full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking NOTE: N is the number of institutions in the comparison group. undergraduate students. Entering class includes all students coming to the institution for SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, the first time. Only institutions with a mission to prepare students to transfer are required Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Fall 2007, Completions to report transfers out. Graduation and transfer-out rates are the Student Right-to-Know component. rates. 4-year schools report retention rates for students seeking a bachelor's degree. For more information, see the Methodological Notes. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2008, Fall Enrollment component and Graduation Rates component.

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Figure 9. Percent distribution of core revenues, by source: Fiscal Figure 10. Core expenses per FTE enrollment, by function: Fiscal year 2007 year 2007

Image description. Image description. HorizontalRevenue source Bar chart with 5 groups with 2 items per group. HorizontalFunction Bar chart with 7 groups with 2 items per group. GroupX scale 1, titled Tuition Percent. and fees. GroupX scale 1, titled Instruction. Dollars per FTE. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 51. median (N=96) 54. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group $6711. median (N=96) $5551. ItemGroup 1, 2,Your Government institution grants23. and contracts. ItemGroup 1, 2,Your Research. institution $802. GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Private gifts, group grants, median and (N=96)contracts. 6. GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Public service. group median (N=96) $0.01. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 20. median (N=96) 18. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group $471. median (N=96) $0.01. ItemGroup 1, 4,Your Investment institution return. 6. ItemGroup 1, 4,Your Academic institution support. $2493. GroupItem 2, 5, Comparison Other core grouprevenues. median (N=96)Revenue 10. source GroupItem 2, 5, Comparison Institutional group support. median (N=96) $1044.Function Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 0.01. median (N=96) 3. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group $4934. median (N=96) $3836. Shape ItemGroup 1, 6,Your Student institution services. $2290. line,Shape Label: GroupItem 2, 7, Comparison Other core groupexpenses. median (N=96) $2855. InstitutionLegend,Shape Label: Your institution Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group $0.01. median (N=96) $0.01. ComparisonGroupLegend,Shape Label: Comparison group median (N=96) Shape ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,Shape Label: line,Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,End of image description. Label: InstitutionLegend,Shape Label: Your institution ComparisonGroupLegend,Shape Label: Comparison group median (N=96) ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,End of image description. Label: $6,711 51 Instruction Tuition and fees $5,551 54 $802 Research $0 Government grants 23 and contracts 6 $471 Public service $0

Private gifts, grants, 20 $2,493 Academic support and contracts 18 $1,044

$4,934 Institutional support 6 $3,836 Investment return 10 $2,290 Student services $2,855 0 Other core revenues $0 3 Other core expenses $0

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 $0 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 Percent Dollars per FTE Your institution Comparison group median (N=96) Your institution Comparison group median (N=96) NOTE: The comparison group median is based on those members of the comparison NOTE: The comparison group median is based on those members of the comparison group that report finance data using the same accounting standards as the focus group that report finance data using the same accounting standards as the focus institution. For a detailed definition of core revenues, see the Methodological Notes. N is institution. Expenses per full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment, particularly instruction, may the number of institutions in the comparison group. be inflated because finance data includes all core expenses while FTE reflects credit SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, activity only. For details on calculating FTE enrollment and a detailed definition of core Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2008, Finance expenses, see the Methodological Notes. N is the number of institutions in the comparison component. group. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Fall 2007, 12-month Enrollment component and Spring 2008, Finance component.

Figure 11. Full-time equivalent staff by assigned position: Fall 2007 Figure 12. Average salaries of full-time instructional staff equated to 9-month contracts, by academic rank: Academic year 2007-08

Image description. Image description. HorizontalStaff category Bar chart with 4 groups with 2 items per group. HorizontalAcademic rankBar chart with 7 groups with 2 items per group. GroupX scale 1, titled Instruction/ Number research/of staff. public service. GroupX scale 1, titled All ranks(N=97). Average salary. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 108. median (N=98) 81. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group $52566. median $44972. ItemGroup 1, 2,Your Executive/ institution administrative/ 42. managerial. ItemGroup 1, 2,Your Professor(N=95). institution $61922. GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Other professional. group median (N=98) 24. GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Associate professorgroup median (N=96). $54406. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group 96. median (N=98) 47. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group $58099. median $46725. ItemGroup 1, 4,Your Non-professional. institution 62. ItemGroup 1, 4,Your Assistant institution professor $50019. (N=96). Item 2, Comparison group median (N=98)Staff 50. category GroupItem 2, 5, Comparison Instructor(N=84). group median $41851.Academic rank line, Shape Label: Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group $40174. median $35724. InstitutionLegend, Shape Label: Your institution ItemGroup 1, 6,Your Lecturer(N=10). institution $32718. ComparisonGroupLegend, Shape Label: Comparison group median (N=98) GroupItem 2, 7, Comparison No academic group rank median (N=14). $38527. ComparisonGroupLegendLine1, Shape Label: Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution group No data.median $36977. ComparisonGroupLegendLine2, Shape Label: Shape End of image description. line,Shape Label: InstitutionLegend,Shape Label: Your institution ComparisonGroupLegend,Shape Label: Comparison group median ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,End of image description. Label: $52,566 All ranks(N=97) Instruction/ 108 $44,972 research/ public service 81 $61,922 Professor(N=95) $54,406

Executive/ 42 Associate professor $58,099 administrative/ (N=96) $46,725 managerial 24 Assistant professor $50,019 (N=96) $41,851 96 Other professional $40,174 Instructor(N=84) 47 $35,724

$32,718 Lecturer(N=10) $38,527 62 Non-professional 50 No academic rank (N=14) $36,977

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 $0 $20,000 $40,000 $60,000 $80,000 Number of staff Average salary Your institution Comparison group median (N=98) Your institution Comparison group median NOTE: Graduate assistants are not included in this figure. N is the number of institutions NOTE: Average full-time instructional staff salaries for 11/12-month contracts were in the comparison group. adjusted to 9-month average salaries by multiplying the 11/12-month salary by .8182. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Salaries based on less than 9-month contracts are not included. Medical school staff Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Winter 2007-08, Human salaries are not included. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group. Resources component. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Winter 2007-08, Human Resources component.

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COMPARISON GROUP This custom comparison group for Claflin University includes the following 98 institutions:

Alderson Broaddus College (Philippi, WV) College (Pineville, LA) Alice Lloyd College (Pippa Passes, KY) Mars Hill College (Mars Hill, NC) (Columbia, SC) Martin Methodist College (Pulaski, TN) Anderson University (Anderson, SC) (Maryville, TN) Asbury College (Wilmore, KY) (Fayetteville, NC) (Wilson, NC) Mid-Continent University (Mayfield, KY) Belhaven College (Jackson, MS) (Fairfield, AL) (Belmont, NC) (Sumter, SC) (Columbia, SC) Mount Olive College (Mount Olive, NC) Berea College (Berea, KY) (Newberry, SC) Berry College (Mount Berry, GA) (Rocky Mount, NC) Bethune-Cookman University (Daytona Beach, FL) North Greenville University (Tigerville, SC) (Blue Mountain, MS) Oakwood College (Huntsville, AL) (Bluefield, VA) Ohio Valley University (Vienna, WV) Brescia University (Owensboro, KY) Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, AR) (Brevard, NC) Our Lady of Holy Cross College (, LA) Brewton-Parker College (Mount Vernon, GA) Philander (Little Rock, AR) (Dayton, TN) Pikeville College (Pikeville, KY) Caribbean University-Bayamon (Bayamon, PR) Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo (Arecibo, PR) (Salisbury, NC) Reinhardt College (Waleska, GA) (Murfreesboro, NC) (Holly Springs, MS) Clearwater Christian College (Clearwater, FL) Saint Pauls College (Lawrenceville, VA) Coker College (Hartsville, SC) (Raleigh, NC) Columbia College (Columbia, SC) Shorter College (Rome, GA) Concord University (Athens, WV) Southeastern University (Lakeland, FL) Covenant College (Lookout Mountain, GA) Southern Adventist University (Collegedale, TN) Crichton College (Memphis, TN) (Tuscaloosa, AL) Davis & Elkins College (Elkins, WV) Temple University (Chattanooga, TN) (New Orleans, LA) Tennessee Wesleyan College (Athens, TN) (Jacksonville, FL) Thomas More College (Crestview Hills, KY) Emmanuel College (Franklin Springs, GA) (Thomasville, GA) (Montgomery, AL) Toccoa Falls College (Toccoa Falls, GA) (Ferrum, VA) Trinity International University (Davie, FL) (Saint Augustine, FL) Universidad Adventista de las Antillas (Mayaguez, PR) Memorial University (Miami Gardens, FL) University of Charleston (Charleston, WV) (Lakeland, FL) (Clarksville, AR) High (High Point, NC) Virginia Intermont College (Bristol, VA) (Naples, FL) (Denmark, SC) Inter of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla (Aguadilla, PR) Warner Southern College (Lake Wales, FL) Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo (Arecibo, PR) West Virginia State University (Institute, WV) Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Barranquitas (Barranquitas, PR) Williams Baptist College (Walnut Ridge, AR) Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo (Fajardo, PR) (Wingate, NC) Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Guayama (Guayama, PR) Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce (Mercedita, PR) John (Siloam Springs, AR) Johnson C Smith University (Charlotte, NC) Jones College-Jacksonville (Jacksonville, FL) Kentucky Christian University (Grayson, KY) Kentucky Wesleyan College (Owensboro, KY) LaGrange College (Lagrange, GA) (Jackson, TN) Le Moyne-Owen College (Memphis, TN) (Cleveland, TN) Lenoir-Rhyne College (Hickory, NC) Limestone College (Gaffney, SC) (Salisbury, NC)

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METHODOLOGICAL NOTES Data Perturbation and Confidentiality

Overview Four laws cover protection of the confidentiality of individually identifiable information collected by NCES: the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended; the E-Government Act of 2002; the Education Sciences The statistics and indicators in this report are based on data supplied Reform Act of 2002; and the USA Patriot Act of 2001. Under law, by institutions to IPEDS during the 2007-08 survey year. Once the public use data collected and distributed by NCES may be used only data submissions were locked by the institution’s keyholder (and for statistical purposes. Any effort to determine the identity of any others), they were reviewed by the Help Desk and migrated to the reported case is prohibited by law. In order to preserve individuals’ IPEDS Peer Analysis System. Response rates for 2007-08 exceeded confidentiality, data in the Graduation Rates, Student Financial Aid, 99 percent for most surveys. Detailed response tables are included and Human Resources components of IPEDS are perturbed. Only in the appendices to the IPEDS First Looks. See perturbed data are available in the IPEDS Data Center and the http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds under "publications." ExPT; the perturbed data were used in creating this report.

Comparison Groups Descriptions of Statistics Used in the Figures

Comparison group data are included to provide a context for Calculating FTE Enrollment interpreting your institution’s statistics. If your institution did not define a Custom Comparison Group for this report by June 30, 2008, NCES selected a comparison group for you based on the institutional The full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment used in this report is the characteristics detailed immediately above the listing of the sum of the institutions’ FTE undergraduate enrollment and FTE comparison group institutions. (If the Carnegie Classification of graduate enrollment (as calculated from or reported on the 2006-07 Institutions of Higher Education was used as an institutional 12-month Enrollment component) plus the estimated FTE of first- characteristic in the definition of a comparison group, the 2005 Basic professional students. Undergraduate and graduate FTE are version was used.) The comparison group used in this report may estimated using 12-month instructional activity (credit and/or contact not reflect your institution’s peer group or you may wish to compare hours). First-professional FTE is estimated by calculating the ratio of your institution to multiple groups of institutions. The Executive Peer full-time to part-time first-professional students from the 2006 fall Tool (ExPT) (see http://nces.ed.gov/ipedspas/expt) can be used to counts and applying this ratio to the 2006-07 12-month unduplicated produce the figures in this report for different groups of institutions. headcount of first-professional students. The estimated number of full-time students is added to one-third of the estimated number of part-time students. See “Calculation of FTE Students (using Use of Median Values for Comparison Group instructional activity)” in the IPEDS Glossary at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/glossary/. The value for the focus institution is compared to the median value for the comparison group for each statistic included in the figure. If Calculating FTE for Staff more than one statistic is presented in a figure, the median values are determined separately for each indicator or statistic. Where percent distributions are presented, median values may not add to The full-time equivalent (FTE) of staff is calculated by summing the 100 percent. Through the ExPT, users have access to all of the data total number of full-time staff from the Employees by Assigned used to create the figures included in this report. Position (EAP) section of the Human Resources component and adding one-third of the total number of part-time staff. Missing Statistics Cohort Determination for Reporting Student Financial Aid and Graduation Rates If a statistic is not reported for your institution, the omission indicates that the statistic is not relevant to your institution and the data were not collected. Student cohorts for reporting Student Financial Aid and Graduation Rates data are based on the reporting type of the institution. For institutions that report based on an academic year (those operating Use of Imputed Data on standard academic terms), student counts and cohorts are based on fall term data. Student counts and cohorts for program reporters All IPEDS data are subject to imputation for nonresponse–both total (those that do not operate on standard academic terms) are based (institutional) nonresponse and partial (item) nonresponse. Imputed on unduplicated counts of students enrolled during a full 12-month values are included for both your institution and any institutions in period. your comparison group. For example, if an institution in your comparison group did not complete the Fall Enrollment component, Core Expenses NCES imputed the data for that institution AND the imputed data were used in determining the median values for each comparison group statistic. Core expenses for public institutions (using the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) standards) include expenses for instruction, research, public service, academic support, institutional support, student services, operation and maintenance of plant, depreciation, scholarships and fellowships, other expenses, and nonoperating expenses. Core expenses for private, not-for-profit

Claflin University 7 IPEDS DATA FEEDBACK REPORT and public institutions reporting under the Financial Accounting Retention Rates Standards Board (FASB) standards include expenses for instruction, research, public service, academic support, student services, institutional support, net grant aid to students, and other expenses. Full-time retention rates are defined as the number of full-time, first- For both FASB and GASB institutions, core expenses exclude time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who enter expenses for auxiliary enterprises (e.g., bookstores, dormitories), the institution for the first time in the fall and who return to the same hospitals, and independent operations. Expenses for operation and institution the following fall (as either full or part time), divided by the maintenance of plant for GASB institutions are included in other core total number of full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking expenses, but are allocated to each of the other functions for FASB undergraduates in the fall of first entrance. Part-time retention rates institutions. are similarly defined. For 4-year institutions offering a bachelor’s degree, this rate is reported only for those students seeking a bachelor’s degree. For less than 4-year institutions, the rate is Core Revenues calculated for all degree/certificate-seeking students.

Core revenues for public institutions reporting under GASB Total Entering (Undergraduate-Level) Students standards include tuition and fees; government appropriations (federal, state, and local); government grants and contracts; private gifts, grants, and contracts; investment income; other operating and Total entering (undergraduate-level) students are all students coming nonoperating sources; and other revenues and additions. Core into the institution for the first time. This includes students who initially revenues for FASB (primarily private, not-for-profit) institutions attended the prior summer term and returned again in the fall; all first- include tuition and fees; government appropriations (federal, state, time, first-year students; students transferring into the institution at and local); government grants and contracts; private gifts, grants, any undergraduate level for the first time; both full-time and part-time and contracts; investment return; sales and services of educational students; and all degree/certificate-seeking as well as non- activities; and other sources. Core revenues for private, for-profit degree/certificate-seeking students. Only degree-granting institutions institutions reporting under FASB standards include tuition and fees; report total entering students. government appropriations (federal, state, and local); government grants and contracts; private grants and contracts; net investment Tuition and Required Fees income; sales and services of educational activities; and other sources. In general, core revenues exclude revenues from auxiliary enterprises (e.g., bookstores, dormitories), hospitals, and Tuition is defined as the amount of money charged to students for independent operations. instructional services; required fees are those fixed sum charges to students for items not covered by tuition that are required of such a large proportion of all students that the student who does not pay the Equated Instructional Staff Salaries (Salaries Equated to 9- charge is an exception. The amounts used in this report are for full- Month Contracts) time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates and are those used by the financial aid office to determine need. For institutions that have differential tuition rates for in-district or in-state Total salary outlays for full-time instructional staff (by rank) on 11/12- students, the lowest tuition rate is used in the figure. month contracts were adjusted to 9/10-month outlays by multiplying the outlay for 11/12-month contracted instructional staff by .8182. The “equated” outlays were then added to the outlays for 9/10- Additional Methodological Information month instructional staff to determine an average salary for each rank. Salaries for instructional staff on less-than-9-month contracts are not included. Additional methodological information on the IPEDS components can be found in the publications available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/getpubcats.asp?sid=010#011. Graduation Rates and Transfer-out Rate Additional definitions of variables used in this report can be found in the IPEDS online glossary available at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/glossary/. Graduation rates are those developed to satisfy the requirements of the Student Right-to-Know (SRK) Act and are defined as the total number of individuals from a given cohort of full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates who completed a degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for the degree or certificate) before the ending status date of August 31, 2007, divided Dr. Henry N Tisdale, President by the entire cohort of full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking Claflin University (ID: 217873) undergraduates minus any allowable exclusions. Institutions are permitted to exclude from the initial cohort students who died or 400 Magnolia Street were totally and permanently disabled; those who left school to Orangeburg, SC 29115 serve in the armed forces or were called to active duty; those who left to serve with a foreign aid service of the federal government, such as the Peace Corps; and those who left to serve on an official church mission. Transfer-out rate is the total number of students from the cohort who are known to have transferred out of the reporting institution within the same time period, divided by the same adjusted cohort. Only institutions with a mission that includes preparing students to transfer are required to report transfers out.

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