Statisti Repo by Alan H. Kirschner Kathleen Payne Vivian Schiavi 1 UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND, INC. 3 Acknowledgements Acknowledgement is gratefully given to Mr. Christopher F. Edley, President of the United Negro College Fund, for histhoughtful interest and advice, to Patricia Cooper and Bill Wood for proofreading the manuscript and to Joseph James, Wilma Graham, Dorothy Ruffin andLillie Washington of the UNCF Word Processing Center for typing themanuscript. Thanks also to the numerous personnel at the member institutionswho so ably responded to the UNCF Questionnaire. In spite of this highcaliber support, some mistakes and oversights are bound tohave escaped detection, and they, of course, are our own responsibility. Alan H. Kirschner Vice President for Programs and Public Policy Kathleen Payne Manager, Research Department Viviane Schiavi Research Assistant ii 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS HIGHLIGHTS vii INTRODUCTION viii ENROLLMENT 1 Full-time and Part-time Enrollment 1 Enrollment by Sex 2 Non-black Enrollment 2 Transfer Students 2 Geographical Distribution 3 Freshman Enrollment 4 Academic Rank 5 Reasons Why Students Attend College 5 FACULTY 8 Faculty by Race 8 Faculty with Doctorates 8 Faculty Distribution by Academic Area 8 Salaries by Rank 9 Employes Composition 10 DEGREES GRANTED 12 Degrees Awarded by Subject Area 12 Dual-degree Engineering 13 STUDENT FINANCIAL AID 14 Pell Grants 15 Supplementary Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG) 15 College Work-Study 15 Guaranteed Student Loans 15 National Direct Student Loans 15 State Scholarships 16 Institutional Scholarships 16 Other Sources 16 COLLEGE COSTS 18 Tuition 18 Room and Board 18 Books and Supplies 18 INSTITUTIONAL FINANCES 19 Current Fund Revenues 19 Current Fund Expenditures 19 Endowment 21 iii 5 TABLES 1. Average Enrollment Changes by Size of Institution 1 2. Reasons Why Students Attend College, Fall 1981 and Fall 1986 6 3. Degrees Awarded in Science and Technology, 1981 and 1986 13 4. Financial Aid by Category, 1985-86 17 FIGURES 1. Transfer Students by Type of Institution 3 2. Geographical Distribution.... 4 3. Faculty Distribution by Academic Area. 9 4. Average Faculty Salaries by Rank, UNCF Colleges and Private Four-Year Colleges Nationally 10 5. Degrees Awarded by Subject Area 12 6. Financial Aid by Category, 1980-81 and 1985-86 14 7. Average Costs, UNCF Colleges and Private Four- year Colleges Nationally 18 8. Current Fund Revenues and Current Fund Expenditures by Category 20 9. Average Endowment, UNCF Colleges and Private Four-Year Colleges Nationally 21 iv APPENDICES A. Fall Enrollment, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986 25 B. Full-time and Part-time Enrollment by Sex, Fall 1986 26 C. Undergraduate and Graduate Enrollment by Sex, Fall 1986 27 D. Enrollment by Class/Category, Fall 1986 28 E. Non-black Student Enrollment, Fall 1986 29 F. Transfer Students, Fall 1986 30 G. Academic Year Enrollment by Sex, 1985-86 31 H. Summer School Enrollment, 1986 32 I. Regional Enrollment Distribution, Fall 1986 33 J. Geographical Distribution of Students by State, Fall 1986 34 K. Foreign Students by Nation, Fall 1986 38 L. Freshman Enrollment and Admissions, Fall 1985 and 1986 44 M. Entering Freshmen by Rank in High School Class, Fall 1985 and 1986 45 N. Total F.T.E. Faculty by Race and Degrees, 1985-86 and 1986-87 46 0. Faculty Turnover and Tenure, 1986-87 47 P. Faculty Distribution by Division, 1986-87 48 Q. Average Faculty Salaries, 1986-87 49 R. Employee Composition, 1986-87 50 S. Total Degrees Granted, 1984-85 and 1985-86 51 T. Degrees Conferred by Major, 1985-86 52 U. Dual-degree Engineering Enrollment, 1986-87 58 V. Dual-degree Engineering, 33 Cooperating Institutions 1986-87 59 W. Financial Aid Allocations, 1985-86 60 7 X. Institutional Costs, 1986-87 and Projected 1987-88 63 Y. Current Fund Revenues and Expenditures, 1984-85 and 1985-86 64 Z.Percentage Distribution of Current Fund Revenues by Category, 1985-86 65 AA.Percentage Distribution of Current Fund Expenditures by Category, 1985-86 66 BB. Total Endowment, 1984-85 and 1985-86 67 CC. United Negro College Fund Member Colleges 68 vi 8 HIGHLIGHTS OF TEE 1987 UNCF STATISTICAL REPORT * Enrollment at UNCF colleges showed little change: 43,561 students attended the member institutions in the fall of 1986, down 0.1% from the previous year. * First-time freshman enrollment increased 2% to 12,116 in the fall of 1986. At private four-year colleges nationally, freshman enrollment fell 0.3%. * UNCF faculty earned, on the average, ,only two-thirds the salaries of their peers at private four-year colleges nationally. * The percentage of UNCF faculty with doctorates increased to 46% in 1986, up from 44% the previous year. * Business continued to be the most popular mEjor for UNCF students, representing 29% of all UNCF degrees awarded in 1985-86. * UNCF colleges have been awarding an increasing proportion of degrees in the sciences and technical fields such as computer science, mathematics, and the health professions since 1980. * UNCF institutions received a total of $161.8 million in financial aid in 1985-86, an 8.4% increase over the previous year. * Half of all UNCF students received loans in 1985-86, totalling $46.6 million. Loans represented 29% of all financial aid at UNCF colleges. * UNCF students paid an average $6,108 to attend college during the 1986-87 academic year, two-thirds the $9,089 charged at private four-year colleges nationally. * The average endowment at UNCF colleges, $6.1 million, was just over half the average endowment at private four-year colleges nationally ($11.5 million). vii 9 INTRODUCTION The United Negro College Fund's Annual Statistical Report is a compilation of the most recent statistical information on UNCF's forty-two member institutions. All UNCF institutions are private, accredited, predominantly black colleges and universities. Forty member institutions offer baccalaureate programs, while two (Atlanta University and the Interdenominational Theological Center) offer graduate degree studies exclusively. Several member institutions, including Fisk, Tuskegee and Xavier, offer graduate programs in addition to their undergraduate curricula. The UNCF member institutions have special significance because of their traditional and continuing role in educating minority group students for productive and creative participation in American life. During the past century, the private black colleges have provided education otherwise unavailable to thousands of able and deserving youths. Public and private historically black colleges (HBCs) comprise about 3% of all institutions of higher education in the United States, yet they enroll 20% of all blacks attending college. Of over 3,000 colleges and universities nationwAe, 100 are considered historically black . Of these, 43 are public and 57 are private; 87 are four-year institutions. Of the 87 four-year HBCs, 49 are private and 38 are public. Forty-two of the 49 four-year private HBCs are members of the United Negro College Fund. Total black enrollment in higher education the fall of 1984 was 1,101,500, with 216,050, or 20% enrolled in HBCs Nearly 71% of the students enrolled in HBCs attended public HBCs; approximately 29% attended private HBCs. Of the 62,889 enrolled in private HBCs in 1984, 43,805, or 70%, attended United Negro College Fund member colleges. 4 About 42%of blacks enrolled in higher education in 1984 attended two-year institutions; the remainder attended four-year colleges and universities. With regard to UNCF colleges, approximately 7% of blacks enrolled in four-year colleges in 1984 attended UNCF institutions. Method The statistical information on the member institutions included in this study was obtained from the annual UNCF Questionnaire. Enrollment data used in the report are based on the fall of each academic year in order to facilitate comparisons with other institutions. Data on freshmen at private black colleges is taken from The American Freshman: National Norms Fall 1986, from The Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles. Fall enrollment data exclude summer school students and students who did not enroll until the spring semester. Total enrollment at UNCF institutions, including summer school and additional spring semester students, is approximately 45,000 students. viii 10 NOTES 1. There were forty-two colleges in the United Negro College Fund as of March 27, 1987. This report contains data on 43 colleges for the 1986-87 academic year. 2. Digest of Education Statistics, 1985 (Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics). 3. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Center for Statistics, unpublished data. 4. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Center for Statistics, unpublished data. ix ENROLLMENT Enrollment at the over 3,000 colleges and universities nationwide and at UNCF colleges changed little from 1985 to 1986.In the fall of 1986, UNCF institutions reported a total enrollment of 43,561, down 0.1% from the previous year (Appendix A). At all higher education institutions and at private colleges nationally, fall 1980 enrollment increased approximately 1% from the previous year. Twenty-three UNCF member institutions reported enrollment increases, 19 experienced decreases, and one reported its enrollment remained the same.Enrollment data show that those UNCF institutions with fewer than 600 students reported an overall 7% increase in enrollment.This increase is largely due to the enrollment growth