A By-the-Numbers Look at UC's 2015 Enrollment Projections

You don't have to be a math major to appreciate these numbers. Take a statistical glance at projections for the University of Cincinnati's enrollment and other trends as the beginning of UC's fall semester on Aug. 24 approaches.

All numbers are PROJECTIONS ONLY, based on estimates by UC's Office of Institutional Research and the Student Financial Aid Office. UC's final enrollment will be reported to the state in mid-September.

Overall Enrollment

• Fall 2015: 44,000 (up 0.7 percent from fall 2014)

Overall Applicants

• Fall 2015: 20,000

UC Freshmen

• Overall freshmen for 2015: 6,300 (down 5.4 percent from 2014)
• Uptown Campus, baccalaureate degree-seeking: 4,450 (down 3.9 percent from 2014)

Uptown Campus Freshmen

• Average ACT: 25.7 (up compared with 25.5 in 2014)
• Average SAT: 1163 (up compared with 1153 in 2014)
• Average GPA: 3.471 (up compared with 3.458 in 2014)
• Among the top 10 percent of their class: 21.1 percent
• Number of valedictorians: 61
• Number of salutatorians: 23
• Full-time freshmen receiving financial assistance: 76.6 percent
• Number of Cincinnatus Scholarship recipients: 1,472
• Number of National Merit and National Achievement Finalists: 50
• Number of Darwin Turner Scholars: 40
• Number of Demakes Legacy Scholars: 18
• Number of Cincinnati Pride Grant recipients: 98
• Number of Ohio counties represented by the freshman class: 83
• Number of states represented by the freshman class (plus D.C.): 36
• Number of countries (including the U.S.) represented by the freshman class: 33

Freshman Diversity

(methodology explained below)

Total Freshmen

• Fall 2015: 20.6 percent students of color
• Fall 2014: 18 percent students of color
• Fall 2013: 17.5 percent students of color
• Fall 2012: 16.9 percent students of color
• Fall 2011: 15.5 percent students of color
• Fall 2010: 14.5 percent students of color
• Fall 2009: 15.2 percent students of color

Total Baccalaureate Freshmen (Uptown only)

• Fall 2015: 16.9 percent students of color
• Fall 2014: 14.2 percent students of color
• Fall 2013: 14.5 percent students of color
• Fall 2012: 14.4 percent student of color
• Fall 2011: 13.4 percent students of color
• Fall 2010: 12.7 percent students of color
• Fall 2009: 10.9 percent students of color

Top 10 Schools Represented by UC Freshmen Entering Baccalaureate Colleges

1. William Mason High School
2. Walnut Hills High School
3. Oak Hills High School
4. Lakota West High School
5. Elder High School
6. Colerain High School
7. Saint Xavier High School
8. Fairfield High School
9. Centerville High School
10. (tie) Sycamore High School, Lakota East High School

Transfer Students

• Fall 2015: 1,700

Out-of-State Students

• Fall 2015: 7,565

First-Generation Students

• Freshmen who are first-generation college students: 28.5 percent

First-Year Retention

• Uptown Campus, baccalaureate degree-seeking freshmen: 87 percent (up 0.5 percent over fall 2014)

UC Students Enrolled in Distance Learning Degree Programs

• Fall 2015: 5,585 students
• Fall 2014: 5,374 students
• Fall 2013: 4,458 students
• Fall 2012: 4,044 students
• Fall 2011: 4,133 students
• Fall 2010: 3,566 students
• Fall 2009: 3,242 students  
• Fall 2008: 2,809 students
• Fall 2007: 2,559 students
• Fall 2006: 2,290 students
• Fall 2005: 1,937 students
• Fall 2004: 1,213 students
• Fall 2003: 642 students
• Fall 2002: 386 students
• Fall 2001: 245 students
• Fall 2000: 213 students

Distance Learning Profile

• Distance learners from out of state: 54.2 percent
• Average age: 34
• Male: 17.5 percent
• Female: 82.5 percent
• Distance learners taking graduate courses: 60.2 percent
• Distance learners taking undergraduate courses: 39.8 percent

UC International Student Enrollment

• Fall 2015: 1,290 undergraduate; 2,040 graduate; 3,330 total
• Fall 2014: 1,171 undergraduate; 2,022 graduate; 3,193 total
• Fall 2013: 1,045 undergraduate; 1,887 graduate; 2.932 total
• Fall 2012: 832 undergraduate; 1,768 graduate; 2,600 total
• Fall 2011: 673 undergraduate; 1,710 graduate; 2,383 total
• Fall 2010: 554 undergraduate; 1,543 graduate; 2,097 total
• Fall 2009: 477 undergraduate; 1,461 graduate; 1,938 total
• Fall 2008: 380 undergraduate; 1,487 graduate; 1,867 total
• Fall 2007: 315 undergraduate; 1,615 graduate; 1,930 total
• Fall 2006: 305 undergraduate; 1,580 graduate; 1,885 total
• Fall 2005: 286 undergraduate; 1,637 graduate; 1,923 total

Branch Colleges

• UC Blue Ash College enrollment: 5,025
• Clermont College enrollment: 3,048

Graduate Student Enrollment

(includes master’s, doctoral and professional degrees)

• Fall 2015: 10,880
• Fall 2014: 11,014
• Fall 2013: 10,673
• Fall 2012: 10,251
• Fall 2011: 10,436
• Fall 2010: 9,834
• Fall 2009: 9,250

Freshmen diversity methodology: From 2015 on, "students of color" is calculated as percentage American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and Two or More Races out of all students with known race/ethnicity. Non-resident aliens are excluded from this calculation.

Source: UC Office of Institutional Research and Student Financial Aid Office

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