ACT Class Profile Report CODE: 1580 NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY THIBODAUX, LA 2010-2011 FRESHMEN (STATE SUPPLIED DATA) NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY THIBODAUX, LA COLLEGE CODE 1580 2010-2011 FRESHMEN 110815 ACT CLASS PROFILE REPORT STATE SUPPLIED DATA Avg ACT Group___________________________________________________ N Comp Total Received 3866 19.8 Enrolled, Full-Time, Degree Seeking 832 21.6 Enrolled, Part-Time 109 18.3 ACT Research Services CLASS PROFILE REPORT Table of Contents Executive Summary Five Year Pattern on Selected Statistics for Freshmen at Your Institution Characteristics of ACT-Tested Freshmen for the Most Popular Planned Educational Majors Core Curriculum, High School Rank and ACT Scores Summary of ACT Score Averages, Standard Deviations and Quartile Values Table 01 College Choice Preferences at Time of Testing ....................................................................... 1 Table 02 Number and Percent of Students in the College Readiness Standards Score Ranges ...................................... 2 Table 03 Frequency Distributions - ACT Composite Score ....................................................................... 3 Table 04 Frequency Distributions - ACT English Score ......................................................................... 4 Table 05 Frequency Distributions - ACT Mathematics Score ..................................................................... 5 Table 06 Frequency Distributions - ACT Reading Score ......................................................................... 6 Table 07 Frequency Distributions - ACT Science Score ......................................................................... 7 Table 08 High School GPA & ACT Average Scores by Common Course Sequences ...................................................... 8 Table 08 High School GPA & ACT Average Scores by Common Course Sequences by Subgroup (not present in this report) ............. 9 Table 09 Ability of Students by High School Background ....................................................................... 10 Table 10 Major Feeder High Schools for ACT-tested Freshmen ................................................................... 11 Table 11 Admission/Enrollment Information: Student Characteristics/Preferences at Time of Testing ......................... 12-14 Table 12 Planned Educational Majors (General Categories) ..................................................................... 15 Table 13 Financial Aid Considerations and Educational Degree Aspirations ..................................................... 16 Table 14 Special Program and Service Needs ................................................................................... 17 Table 15 College Freshmen Trends: Scores, Grades, Ethnic Background, etc ..................................................... 18 Table 16 Number of ACT Score Reports Sent to Your Institution and to Competing Institutions .................................. 19 A C T C L A S S P R O F I L E R E P O R T F R E S H M A N C L A S S 2 0 1 0 - 2 0 1 1 NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY Code 1580 THIBODAUX, LA EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The number of enrolled 2010-2011 ACT-tested freshmen ( 832) represents ( 22%) of student score reports received by your campus. Enrolled counts shown in this report are limited to those students your institution identified as enrolled full-time and degree seeking. It is assumed that enrolled students for whom a full-time/degree seeking status was not provided are full-time/degree seeking. The average ACT composite score for your ACT-tested enrolled freshmen was 21.6 (men = 21.9, women = 21.4). The national ACT composite for 2009-2010 high school graduates was 21.0. The five-year pattern on selected statistics for freshmen at your institution follows: Avg Pct with Pct Pct in ACT 1st ACT 2nd ACT Core Pct Scoring Top Qtr Choice Choice Year Nct Comp Courses Minority 28+ in HS College College ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 2010-2011 832 21.6 85 21 5 43 44 18 2009-2010 1071 21.1 78 22 4 38 48 19 2008-2009 1118 21.1 79 23 4 40 46 20 2007-2008 1065 20.8 65 18 3 32 46 22 2006-2007 1007 20.6 71 20 4 37 45 20 Characteristics of ACT-tested freshmen for the most popular planned educational fields are: Planned Avg Pct with Pct Pct in ACT 1st ACT 2nd Educational ACT Core Pct Scoring Top Qtr Choice Choice Major Nct Comp Courses Minority 28+ in HS College College ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Health Sciences & Technologies 235 22.0 88 23 8 53 41 23 Undecided 131 21.5 92 15 2 44 48 19 Education 76 20.7 91 9 1 41 59 14 Business 63 20.9 83 35 3 33 32 16 Sciences: Biological & Physical 55 21.9 87 16 11 49 42 22 Average ACT scores by Core Curriculum (Core or more is defined as at least 4 years of English, and at least 3 years of Mathematics, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences): Group Nct English Math Reading Science Composite ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Core or more 709 22.4 20.8 21.7 21.5 21.7 Less than core 100 21.1 19.7 20.5 20.8 20.6 Total Group 832 22.2 20.6 21.6 21.5 21.6 Average ACT Scores by High School Rank: Group Nct English Math Reading Science Composite ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Top Quarter 356 23.7 22.0 22.7 22.5 22.8 Second Quarter 262 21.2 19.9 20.8 20.9 20.8 Third Quarter 114 20.7 18.6 20.3 20.0 20.0 Bottom Quarter 23 21.5 19.7 20.1 20.3 20.5 A C T C L A S S P R O F I L E R E P O R T F R E S H M A N C L A S S 2 0 1 0 - 2 0 1 1 NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY Code 1580 THIBODAUX, LA Summary of ACT Score Averages and Standard Deviations: ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Total Received Enrolled Non-Enrolled 2009-2010 Norms Score National Mstr Avg S.D. Avg S.D. Avg S.D. Avg S.D. Avg S.D. Avg S.D. Avg S.D. ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— English 19.8 5.3 22.2 4.0 19.2 5.4 --.- -.- --.- -.- 21.9 5.9 21.8 5.4 Usage/Mechanics 9.9 3.4 11.5 2.7 9.5 3.4 --.- -.- --.- -.- 11.0 3.7 10.9 3.4 Rhetorical Skills 10.1 2.9 11.2 2.3 9.7 3.0 --.- -.- --.- -.- 11.3 3.1 11.3 2.8 Mathematics 19.1 3.8 20.6 3.7 18.8 3.8 --.- -.- --.- -.- 22.0 5.2 21.6 4.6 Elementary Algebra 9.9 2.9 11.1 2.7 9.6 2.9 --.- -.- --.- -.- 11.6 3.5 11.5 3.2 Alg/Coord Geometry 9.7 2.4 10.5 2.2 9.5 2.4 --.- -.- --.- -.- 11.0 2.8 10.9 2.5 Plane Geom/Trig 9.4 2.6 10.3 2.2 9.2 2.6 --.- -.- --.- -.- 11.0 3.0 10.8 2.8 Reading 19.8 5.2 21.6 4.6 19.3 5.3 --.- -.- --.- -.- 22.6 6.0 22.4 5.6 Social Studies/Sci 10.0 3.0 10.9 2.8 9.7 3.0 --.- -.- --.- -.- 11.4 3.4 11.3 3.2 Arts/Literature 10.1 3.6 11.3 3.2 9.8 3.6 --.- -.- --.- -.- 11.7 3.8 11.6 3.6 Science 20.0 4.1 21.5 3.6 19.7 4.1 --.- -.- --.- -.- 21.8 4.8 21.7 4.3 Composite 19.8 4.0 21.6 3.3 19.4 4.0 --.- -.- --.- -.- 22.2 4.9 22.0 4.3 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ACT Quartile Values: English Q1 (25th percentile) 16.0 19.7 15.2 --.- --.- 17.8 18.3 Q2 (median) 20.0 21.8 19.3 --.- --.- 21.7 21.6 Q3 (75th percentile) 23.2 24.4 22.7 --.- --.- 25.8 25.2 Math Q1 (25th percentile) 16.2 17.4 15.9 --.- --.- 17.4 17.7 Q2 (median) 18.1 20.1 17.5 --.- --.- 21.5 21.3 Q3 (75th percentile) 21.8 23.3 21.3 --.- --.- 25.7 25.0 Reading Q1 (25th percentile) 15.9 18.6 15.4 --.- --.- 18.1 18.5 Q2 (median) 19.5 21.4 18.9 --.- --.- 22.1 21.9 Q3 (75th percentile) 22.9 24.3 22.4 --.- --.- 27.0 26.4 Science Q1 (25th percentile) 17.6 19.3 17.1 --.- --.- 18.9 19.1 Q2 (median) 20.2 21.4 19.8 --.- --.- 21.6 21.5 Q3 (75th percentile) 22.7 23.7 22.4 --.- --.- 24.8 24.5 Comp Q1 (25th percentile) 16.8 19.5 16.3 --.- --.- 18.6 18.9 Q2 (median) 19.7 21.1 19.0 --.- --.- 21.9 21.8 Q3 (75th percentile) 22.3 23.7 22.0 --.- --.- 25.6 24.9 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— All Students 3866 832 2925 -- -- A C T C L A S S P R O F I L E R E P O R T F R E S H M A N C L A S S 2 0 1 0 - 2 0 1 1 NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY Code 1580 Page 01 THIBODAUX, LA Table 01 College Choice Preferences at Time of Testing ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Total Received Enrolled Non-Enrolled 2009-2010 Norms Score National Mstr Nct % Nct % Nct % Nct % Nct % % % ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— All Students 3866 832 2925 -- -- Men & Women Combined Choice 1 1196 31 369 44 781 27 -- -- -- -- 25 25 Choice 2 887 23 151 18 721 25 -- -- -- -- 9 10 Choices 3-6 1240 32 88 11 1139 39 -- -- -- -- 8 9 Supplemental 379 10 90 11 278 10 -- -- -- -- 14 15 Residual 9 0 2 0 6 0 -- -- -- -- 1 2 Other 155 4 132 16 0 0 -- -- -- -- 43 39 Men Choice 1 497 30 137 43 337 26 -- -- -- -- 24 24 Choice 2 374 22 46 14 320 24 -- -- -- -- 9 10 Choices 3-6 574 34 40 13 526 40 -- -- -- -- 8 10 Supplemental 166 10 40 13 124 9 -- -- -- -- 14