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APPENDIX C: UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT, RETENTION, AND GRADUATION PROFILES

Minority Recruitment: Freshman Class, Fall 1998

A look at YIELD RATES by "Feeder" State & Groups of States
State CAUCASIAN TARGETED MINORITY
Applicants % of Total Applicants Admits Admits as % of App Enrollees Applicants % of Total Applicants Admits Admits as % of Applicants Enrollees
WISCONSIN 7,276 51.2% 5,277 72.5% 3,272 429 50.4% 345 80.4% 213
Yield Rate         62.0%         61.7%
California 253 1.8% 208 82.2% 54 31 3.6% 20 64.5% 8
Yield Rate         26.0%         40.0%
Illinois 2,140 15.1% 1,626 76.0% 423 116 13.6% 96 82.8% 20
Yield Rate         26.0%         20.8%
Minnesota 1,809 12.7% 1,121 62.0% 515 56 6.6% 48 85.7% 24
Yield Rate         45.9%         50.0%
New York 605 4.3% 516 85.3% 144 34 4.0% 30 88.2% 5
Yield Rate         27.9%         16.7%
Texas 50 0.4% 42 84.0% 11 82 9.6% 73 89.0% 25
Yield Rate         26.2%         34.2%
AL, AK, AZ, AR 43 0.3% 28 65.1% 9 4 0.5% 4 100.0% 1
Yield Rate         32.1%         25.0%
CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID 310 2.2% 252 81.3% 64 20 2.4% 17 85.0% 4
Yield Rate         25.4%         23.5%
IN, IO, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI 794 5.6% 647 81.5% 178 40 4.7% 31 77.5% 9
Yield Rate         27.5%         29.0%
MI, MT, NE, NV, NH, NM 452 3.2% 363 80.3% 111 18 2.1% 16 88.9% 5
Yield Rate         30.6%         31.3%
OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN 372 2.6% 284 76.3% 93 12 1.4% 11 91.7% 4
Yield Rate         32.7%         36.4%
UT, VT, VA, WV, WA, WY 126 0.9% 106 84.1% 29 9 1.1% 8 88.9% 4
Yield Rate         27.4%         50.0%
TOTAL OUT OF STATE 6,922 48.8% 5,193 75.0% 1,631 422 49.6% 354 83.9% 109
Yield Rate         31.4%         30.8%
GRAND TOTAL 14,198 100.0% 10,470 73.7% 4,903 851 100.0% 699 82.1% 322
Yield Rate         46.8%         46.1%
Undergraduate Student Enrollment by Heritage Code, 1988-89 - 1998-99
Fall Sem African Amer Asian Amer American Indian Hispanic/ Latino All Minorities Index - All Minorities White/ Other Index - White/Other All UG Index All UG Inter-national
1988‑89 520 828 114 375 1,837 100.00 27,317 100.00 29,727 100.00 573
1989‑90 543 930 114 389 1,976 107.57 26,991 98.81 29,625 99.66 658
1990‑91 550 975 124 420 2,069 112.63 26,355 96.48 29,248 98.39 824
1991‑92 526 1,020 113 451 2,110 114.86 25,828 94.55 28,900 97.22 962
1992‑93 495 1,049 112 525 2,181 118.73 24,235 88.72 27,464 92.39 1,048
1993‑94 492 1,053 114 568 2,227 121.23 23,282 85.23 26,638 89.61 1,129
1994‑95 509 1,106 115 578 2,308 125.64 22,751 83.29 26,207 88.16 1,148
1995‑96 491 1,128 119 616 2,354 128.14 22,927 83.93 26,361 88.68 1,080
1996‑97 513 1,199 133 576 2,421 131.79 23,417 85.72 26,910 90.52 1,072
1997‑98 512 1,212 118 589 2,431 132.34 24,015 87.91 27,533 92.62 1,087
1998‑99 539 1,167 131 632 2,469 134.40 24,261 88.81 27,808 93.54 1,078
As Percent of Total Undergraduates
1988‑89 1.7% 2.8% 0.4% 1.3% 6.2%   91.9%   100.0%   1.9%
1989‑90 1.8% 3.1% 0.4% 1.3% 6.7%   91.1%   100.0%   2.2%
1990‑91 1.9% 3.3% 0.4% 1.4% 7.1%   90.1%   100.0%   2.8%
1991‑92 1.8% 3.5% 0.4% 1.6% 7.3%   89.4%   100.0%   3.3%
1992‑93 1.8% 3.8% 0.4% 1.9% 7.9%   88.2%   100.0%   3.8%
1993‑94 1.8% 4.0% 0.4% 2.1% 8.4%   87.4%   100.0%   4.2%
1994‑95 1.9% 4.2% 0.4% 2.2% 8.8%   86.8%   100.0%   4.4%
1995‑96 1.9% 4.3% 0.5% 2.3% 8.9%   87.0%   100.0%   4.1%
1996‑97 1.9% 4.5% 0.5% 2.1% 9.0%   87.0%   100.0%   4.0%
1997‑98 1.9% 4.4% 0.4% 2.1% 8.8%   87.2%   100.0%   3.9%
1998‑99 1.9% 4.2% 0.5% 2.3% 8.9%   87.2%   100.0%   3.9%
Source: UW-Madison Ethnic Enrollment Reports

Minorities Qualified to Attend UW-Madison, Wisconsin Data*

Top Half of HS Class Afro-Am / Black Am Ind / Alsk Ntv Cauc Am / White Hispanic / Chicano Asian / Am Pac Isldr Total
Top Quarter 307 71 16,614 208 320 17,520
% 1.8% 0.4% 94.8% 1.2% 1.8% 100.0%
2nd Quarter 449 93 11,867 257 296 12,962
% 3.5% 0.7% 91.6% 2.0% 2.3% 100.0%
Top Half 756 164 28,481 465 616 30,482
% 2.5% 0.5% 93.4% 1.5% 2.0% 100.0%
Core Courses or More** Afro-Am / Black Am Ind / Alsk Ntv Cauc Am / White Hispanic / Chicano Asian / Am Pac Isldr Total
Number 639 121 22,301 339 505 23,905
% 2.7% 0.5% 93.3% 1.4% 2.1% 100.0%
Total taking ACT Afro-Am / Black Am Ind / Alsk Ntv Cauc Am / White Hispanic / Chicano Asian / Am Pac Isldr Total
Number 1,275 224 35,169 676 865 38,229
% 3.3% 0.6% 92.0% 1.8% 2.3% 100.0%

Minorities Qualified to Attend UW-Madison, National Data*

Top Half of HS Class Afro-Am / Black Am Ind / Alsk Ntv Cauc Am / White Hispanic / Chicano Asian / Am Pac Isldr Total
Top Quarter 24,657 3,971 316,591 17,961 15,644 378,824
% 6.5% 1.0% 83.6% 4.7% 4.1% 100.0%
2nd Quarter 36,084 3,790 232,035 18,014 8,791 298,714
% 12.1% 1.3% 77.7% 6.0% 2.9% 100.0%
Top Half 60,741 7.761 548,626 35,975 24,435 677,538
% 9.0% 1.1% 81.0% 5.3% 3.6% 100.0%
Core Courses or More** Afro-Am / Black Am Ind / Alsk Ntv Cauc Am / White Hispanic / Chicano Asian / Am Pac Isldr Total
Number 56,544 5,587 444,461 29,760 22,074 558,426
% 10.1% 1.0% 79.6% 5.3% 4.0% 100.0%
Total taking ACT Afro-Am / Black Am Ind / Alsk Ntv Cauc Am / White Hispanic / Chicano Asian / Am Pac Isldr Total
Number 100,537 11,132 707,496 52,117 30,988 902,270
% 11.1% 1.2% 78.4% 5.8% 3.4% 100.0%

*From ACT HIGH SCHOOL PROFILE REPORT H S GRADUATING CLASS 1998 STATE COMPOSITE FOR WISCONSIN
** Note ACT has a slightly different definition of core units from UW-Madison.

  
 
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