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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 203 797 HE 014 065 AUTHOR Hasz, Mary. Kay TITLE Colorado Higher Education: Origin of the First-Time Freshman Class, Fall, 1980., .INSTITUTION Colorado Commission on Higher Education, Denver. PUB DATE . 81 NOTE 86p.: Not available in paper copy due to marginal legibility of original. AVAILABLE FROM Colorado Commission on Higher Education, 1550 Lincoln Street, Denver, CO 80203. EDRS PRTCE MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS *College Freshmen: Comparative Analysis: Enrollment Rate: *Enrollment Trends: Geographic Location; Higher Education: *In State Students: Out of State Students: *Place of Residence: *Private Colleges: *State Colleges: State Surveys: Student Mobility IDENTIFIERS *Coldrado: Stopouts ABSTRACT Irfrormationon the geographic origin of fall19.80 first-time freshmen for both the public and private sectors of Colorado higher education is presented. Detailed data is also appended by institution and by county of high school. Among the findings are the following: fewer than one-third of the 1979 and, 1980 Colorado public high school graduates entered Colorado public p- colleges and universities the year of their high schoolgraduation: an additional 2.4 percent of the 19B0 Colorado public high school graduates entered the state's private higher education institutions: it is estimated that approximately 2 percent left their home state of Colorado to attend college elsewhere: 1980 Colorado high school graduates comprised 43.6 percent of the public sector's first-time freshman class and 30.6 percent of the private sector's frist-time freshman class: 1980 Colorado high school\sgraduates comprised 8.7 percent of the public sector's and 6.4 percent of the private sector's onening fall enrollment: a net increase of 1,002 in 1980 over 1979 first-time freshmen is attributed to increased numbers of students out of high school one or more years before matriculation: --t-h--first-time freshman class of doctoral degree granting institutions is comprised of 92.9 percent of 1980 high school graduates, for master's and baccalauiate degree granting - institutions the comparable figure is, 69.2 percent, and for associate decree-granting institutions the figure is 42.6 percent: approximately four of every 10 private sector first-time freshmen are from a 1980 out-of-state high school ciraduating class, and the comparable figure in the public sector\is one out of 10: and California, Illinois, and New York have\been the top three sending states for over 10. years--in 1980 these ,three states sent 29 percent of the total out-of-state freshmen. (SW) ********************************************************************** * Reproductions'supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** f VP 0` CD (NJ COLORADO HIGHER EDUCATION ORIGIN ON THE FIRST-TIME FRESHMAN CLASS FALL 1980 U.S. DEPARTMENT OFEOUCATION NATIONAL INSTITUTE OFEDUCATION "PERMISSION TO EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN CENTER (ERIC) GRANTED BY This ,document has beenreproduced as nr,eved from the personrir to1 organization 0 rcuan Com". ougmating it Minor changes have, been madeto annum, 0". reproduction quality 14, a Points of view or opinions stated in this docu TO THE EDUCATIONAL ment do not necessarsty'represent official NIE RESOURCES position or policy. INFORMATION CENTER(ERIC)." COLORADO COMMISSION on HIGHER EDUCATION COLORADO COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION 1550 Lincoln Street. Denver, Colorado 80203 MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE Anne Laird Manvel, Chairman Legislative Representatives: Michael R. Moore, Vice Chariman Senator Al Meiklejohn Judy Armagast Senator Harvey Phelps A. Edgar Benton Representative Bob Martinez Elmer Chenault Representative Robert J. Stephenson Lena Elliott Phillip B. Gallegos, Jr. J. Tyler Makepeace Governing Board Representatives: Lester R. Woodward John D. Fuhr, State Board of Agriculture Gladys Foster, Trustees of the ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Consortium of State Colleges Alison Robinson, Trustees of the Lee R. Kerschner, Executive Director University of Northern Colorado Richard A. Laughlin, Deputy Executive Fred R. Schwartzberg, Trustees of Director/Director of Planning the Colorado School of Mines Frank Armijo; Director of Program David Sunderland, University of Review and Evaluation Colorado, Board of Regents Don Friedman, Special Assistant Ross Forney, State Board for Timothy M. Grieder, Director, Outreach Community Colleges and Programs , Occupational Education Roy Hanschke, Research Associate Mary Kay Hasz, Director of Research and Special Projects Appointed by the Commission: Jean Hoover, Director, External Affairs Chester M. Alter, Private Marcia Ingerson, Coordinator, Education Universities and Colleges Information Centers -Charlene Houston Holzworth, Student Catherine Joseph, Staff Associate Member Debra W. Knight, Assistant Director, Allen B. Lamb, Colorado Department Financial Aid of Education Charles Manning, Associate Executive James Harper, Colorado Faculty Director of Academic Affairs Advisory Council Kathy Nunn, Director, Administrative R. Wade Murphree, Colorado Private Services School Association Charlotte Redden, Associate Executive Director of Financial Affairs Richard Ross, Assistant Director, Capital Outlay Program Lindsay Winsor, Assistant Executive Director of Student Affairs REPORT PREPARED BY: Mary Kay Hasz, Director of Research and Special Projects ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT Page HIG.HLIGHTS BACKGROUND iv I. Colorado 1980 High School Graduates Entering the 1980 Fall Term Colorado Higher Education A. Public High School Graduates 1. To Public Sector, Higher Education 2. To Private Sector, Higher Education B. Private High School Graduates -3 1. To Public Sector, Higher Education 2. To Private Sector, Higher Education C. Summary 5 II. Participation Rate by County of P hlic High School -8 III. Composition of the First-Time Fresnmen Class, Fail 1980 -12 A. Public Sector 12 B. Private Sector 24 Appendix HIGHLIGHTS Participation Rates (Of Colorado,High School Graduatesin Colorado Higher Education) Fewer than one-third (31.9%) of the 1980 and 1979 Colorado public high school graduates entered Colorado public institutions of higher education the year of their high school graduation. An additional 2.4% of the 1980 Colorado public high school gradu- ates entered the state's private'higher education institutions. It is estimated that approximately 2% left their home state of Colorado to attend college elsewhere. In total, 36% of the Colorado high school class of 1980 attended college, Fall 1980. Over the past ten years the portion of Colorado high school gradu- ates proceeding directly into the state's public higher education system has dropped from 44.2% to the current 31.9%. This has occurred during a peribd of overall growth in Colorado higher education enrollments. Growing numbers of high school graduates have delayed college matriculation one or more years. t.J For ten years Arapahoe, Denver, El Pasoand Jefferson counties have continued to send the greatest'nUmber of high schoolgraduates directly into Colorado higher education. (In 1980 the four-county total was 53% of the statewide total). Out-of-State 1980 High School Graduates Approximately four of every ten private sector first-timefreshmen are from a 1980 out-of-state high school graduating class. Com- parable figure in the public sector- one out of ten. California, Illinois and New York have been the top three sending states for over ten years. In 1980 these three states sent 29% of the total out-of-state freshmen. Composition of the First-Time Freshman Class 1980 Colorado High School graduates comprised 43.6%of the public sector's first-time freshman class and 30.6% of the private sector's first -time freshman class. 1980 Colorado high school graduates comprised 8.7% ofthe public sector's and6.4% of the private sector's opening Fall enrollment. ii The first -time freshman class of doctoral degree grantinginstitu- tions is comprised primarily of.1980 high schoolgraduates (92.9%). Comparable figures for master's and baccalaurete degreegranting institutions and associate degree granting 69.2% and 42.6% re- spectively. The public sector's first-time freshman class of1980 was 1,002 greater than the freshman class of 1979. ! owever, the state's 1980 high school graduates were 430 fewer innumber than the previous year. The net increase of 1,002 first-time freshmenis attributed to increased' numbers of students out of high school, one or more years before matriculation. Statewide in the public sector of highereducation, 70.6% of the total first-time freshmen, whose high schooland year of gradua- tion.were known,,graduated from high school in1980. (Over one- fourth -29.5%- having been out of high schoolat least one year prior to college matriculation, Fall 1980). The same proportions exist in the private higher educationsector. iii Background The Colorado Commission on Higher Education, as a result of its efforts to develop a statewide enrollment foreca:ting methodology for the public sector, recently collected from the twenty-six state-supported and eleven of theprivate higher education insitutions data needed to determine the current 1980 high school participation rate. (Those institutions not included were the Health Sciences Center and several private sector theological seminariesas well as the United States Air rorce Academy). For purposes of this report, the high school participation rate