B1.1 Admission and Enrollment Allotments
Updated: May 25th, 2011
The Graduate Division sets admission and enrollment allotments for every department in order to maintain the graduate enrollment negotiated by the campus and the Office of the President. Graduate enrollment is carefully monitored by the state, and it is vital that departments strictly adhere to their assigned allotments.
How the Graduate Division determines admission and enrollment allotments. Graduate slots are allocated annually to departments based on their success in training students, awarding degrees, and minimizing the number of students who leave without a degree. Each department’s admission allotment is determined by subtracting the number of continuing and returning students (based on historical registration patterns) from the enrollment target and multiplying that number by the “show rate.”
Periodic adjustments of the enrollment target. The Graduate Division’s goal is to maintain an acceptable average of the enrollment target over a span of years. Departments can make special requests to fall short of the target for a given year or to exceed it slightly because of fluctuations in the quality of applicants.
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