St. Olaf College CDS Summary: 1997-98 – 2006-07

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Academic Profile of First Year Students

Academic Profile	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03	2001-02	2000-01	1999-00	1998-99	1997-98
First-years submitting SAT scores (C9)	44%	46%	48%	46%	46%	47%	45%	45%	47%	48%
First-years submitting ACT scores (C9)	86%	85%	86%	90%	88%	85%	87%	88%	87%	86%
SAT I Verbal - 25th Percentile (C9)	580	590	600	580	590	580	580	580	570	550
SAT I Verbal - 75th Percentile  (C9)	700	700	710	700	690	680	680	680	680	670
SAT I Math - 25th Percentile  (C9)	590	580	590	580	580	570	590	570	570	560
SAT I Math - 75th Percentile  (C9)	700	690	700	690	690	680	680	680	690	670
ACT Composite - 25th percentile (C9)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24
ACT Composite - 75th percentile (C9)	30	30	30	30	30	29	30	29	29	29
First-years submitting high school class rank (C10)	78%	79%	85%	87%	86%	88%	90%	89%	91%	95%
Top ten percent of high school graduating class (C10)	51%	48.80%	49%	47%	50%	49%	49%	48%	46%	45%

Admissions Profile

Admissions Profile	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03	2001-02	2000-01	1999-00	1998-99	1997-98
Admission Profile for Men
Applied (C1)	1520	1276	1295	1007	999	957	958	916	892	871
Admitted (C1)	960	895	811	774	708	733	726	717	745	690
Enrolled (C1)	357	338	331	298	300	311	313	312	324	309
Admission Profile for Women
Applied (C1)	2009	1715	1849	1510	1625	1506	1547	1443	1360	1440
Admitted (C1)	1332	1288	1213	1120	1197	1149	1116	1086	1121	1110
Enrolled (C1)	436	426	446	422	479	434	443	454	431	418
Early decision applications received (C21)	112	88	131	139	125	149	136	161	156	140
Applicants admitted under early decision plan (C21)	99	85	107	115	110	127	110	131	141	120
Offered wait-list (C2)	209	88	104	252		101	153	131	131	147
Accepted wait-list (C2)	186	72	86	182		N/A	82	131
Admitted from wait-list (C2)	0	17	8	53		19	42	46	46	77
Transfer applicants (D2)	169	167		155	152	154	169	157	141	130
Admitted appllicants (D2)	45	67		56	63	61	62	82	82	67
Enrolled applicants (D2)	30	44		33	40	38	40	41	50	42

Class Sizes

Class Size Profile	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03	2001-02	2000-01	1999-00	1998-99	1997-98
Student-Faculty Ratio (I2)	12.6:1	12.5:1	12.5:1	11.8 : 1	12.7 : 1	12.5 : 1	12.7 : 1	12.3 : 1	12.0 : 1	11.5 : 1
%sections <20	48.80%	46.60%	43.50%	44.40%	40.90%	41.20%	44.80%	45.00%	50.70%	54.00%
Class sections less than 10 (I13)	48	38	44	39	49	51	58	54	86	79
Class sections between 10 and 19 (I13)	227	220	194	201	170	168	185	189	211	237
Class sections between 20 and 29 (I13)	211	211	221	195	215	213	209	209	211	203
Class sections between 30 and 39 (I13)	48	53	57	71	62	65	64	60	58	47
Class sections between 40 and 49 (I13)	6	5	9	14	15	16	10	10	8	10
Class sections between 50 and 99 (I13)	21	24	19	19	22	17	17	18	12	9
Class sections over 99 (I13)	2	3	3	2	2	1
%sections >=50	4.10%	4.90%	4.00%	3.90%	4.50%	3.40%	3.10%	3.30%	2.00%	1.60%

Degrees Awarded

Degrees awarded (July 1-June 30 of prior year)	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03	2001-02	2000-01	1999-00	1998-99	1997-98
# Degrees awarded in previous year (B3)	715	689	708	690	692	648	670	674	655	617
Six year graduation rate (by August 31, six years) (B11)	84.70%	83.60%	84.00%	81.30%	80.40%	80.20%	75.10%	77.20%	78.50%	78.20%
First year retention rate (B22)	93.30%	92.10%	93.60%	92.30%	93.00%	92.60%	91.70%	91.50%	91.60%	88.50%
% of total majors, including double majors
Social sciences and history (J1)	16.40%	17%	19.70%	16.60%	21.50%	17.60%	18.20%	19.70%	19.70%	20.10%
Visual and performing arts (J1)	14.70%	13%	14.60%	13.60%	14.00%	12.80%	14.50%	14.10%	14.10%	14.80%
English (J1)	7.70%	10%	8.80%	8.50%	9.50%	9.90%	12.70%	12.20%	13.60%	10.50%
Physical Sciences & Mathematics (J1)	13.30%	13%	10.30%	11.20%	12.70%	14.50%	11.90%	13.20%	13.20%	12.90%
Biological and Life Sciences (J1)	11.40%	8%	8.20%	12.30%	13.60%	15.90%	11.30%	11.60%	11.60%	12.00%
Psychology (J1)	5.70%	9%	7.30%	9.00%	9.00%	6.60%	8.20%	9.60%	9.60%	8.00%

Faculty Profile

Faculty Profile	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03	2001-02	2000-01	1999-00	1998-99	1997-98
Total number of instructional faculty (I1)	324	332	327	334	322	322	315	320	321	330
Total full-time faculty (I1)	195	197	195	206	192	195	193	195	207	215
Full time minority faculty (I1)	10	11	11	11	11	7	9	10	11	11
Full time faculty who are men (I1)	112	113	113	120	114	111	118	122	129	141
Full time faculty who are women (I1)	83	84	82	86	78	84	75	73	78	74
Total part-time faculty (I1)	129	135	132	128	130	127	122	135	114	115
Part-time minority faculty (I1)	6	5	5	5	4	3	2	4	0	1
Part-time faculty who are men (I1)	65	68	70	65	62	63	61	65	54	49
Part-time faculty who are women (I1)	64	67	62	63	68	64	61	70	60	66

Need-Based Financial Aid

Need-Based Financial Aid (in $1000 units)	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03	2001-02	2000-01	1999-00	1998-99	1997-98
Federal (H1)	$1,398	$1,518	$1,668	$1,726	$1,446	$1,287	$1,243	$1,168	$1,264	$1,182
State (H1)	$1,680	$1,607	$1,668	$1,781	$1,776	$1,782	$1,945	$1,926	$1,952	$1,908
Institutional (H1)	$26,659	$24,184	$21,687	$18,816	$16,452	$15,557	$14,010	$13,181	$12,166	$12,754
External Sources (H1)	$1,330	$1,420	$1,317	$1,201	$1,190	$1,229	$1,193	$1,043	$928	$835
Total Scholarships & Grants (H1)	$31,068	$28,730	$26,340	$23,524	$20,864	$19,855	$18,393	$17,319	$16,309	$16,680
Student Loans (H1)	$8,129	$8,020	$7,665	$7,365	$6,092	$6,913	$8,670	$7,014	$5,989	$6,550
Federal work-study (H1)	$2,004	$2,119	$2,124	$1,945	$1,575	$1,778	$1,781	$1,995	$1,592	$474
State WS or other employment (H1)	$1,729	$1,153	$1,171	$620	$696	$478	$351	$209	$763	$1,226
Total Self-Help (H1)	$11,862	$11,293	$10,960	$9,931	$8,363	$9,169	$10,401	$9,129	$8,344	$8,250
Freshman applicants for financial aid (H2)	625	577	592	634	692	651	657	670	662	535
Freshman who received financial aid (H2)	511	475	482	484	468	452	466	471	478	464
Full-time students who applied for financial aid (H2)	2182	2088	2019	2094	2,566	2,619	2,787	2,726	2,513	1,958
Full-time students who received financial aid (H2)	1910	1877	1843	1843	1,720	1,785	1,779	1,751	1,771	1,837
Average aid package for those who received aid (All FT) (Actual) (H2)	$22,360	$21,869	$19,797	$18,172	$16,873	$16,354	$15,494	$14,654	$14,481	$13,782
Average gift award included in aid package (All FT) (Actual) (H2)	$15,990	$14,973	$14,513	$12,210	$12,421	$11,562	$9,852	$9,895	$7,261

Non-Need-Based Financial Aid

Non-Need-Based Financial Aid (in $1000 units)	2006-07	2004-05	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03	2001-02	2000-01	1999-00	1998-99	1997-98
Federal (H1)	$24	$33	$29	$35	$35	$25	$25	$19	$16
Institutional (H1)	$3,966	$3,812	$3,723	$3,230	$3,563	$2,711	$2,324	$2,150	$1,820	$1,397
External Sources (H1)	$428	$466	$527	$408	$530	$523	$446	$357	$338	$348
Total Scholarships & Grants (H1)	$4,417	$4,312	$4,279	$3,673	$4,128	$3,260	$2,795	$2,508	$2,175	$1,746
Student Loans (H1)	$4,240	$3,478	$4,955	$4,154	$2,732	$2,940	$2,759	$2,258	$1,384	$1,100
State WS or other employment (H1)	$296	$230	$345	$1,084	$1,157	$1,133	$1,046	$734	$291	$300
Total Self-Help (H1)	$4,536	$3,708	$5,300	$5,239	$3,889	$4,073	$3,806	$2,991	$1,874	$1,400
Parent Loans (H1)	$10,962	$10,606	$8,135	$6,107	$3,805	$1,606	$1,479	$1,350	$1,730	$2,400
Students receiving non-need-based aid (All FT) (Actual) (H2A)	524	510	534	565	632	600	595	585	487
Average non-need based award (All FT) (Actual) (H2A)	$7,208	$7,210	$6,545	$5,717	$4,625	$4,518	$3,916	$3,697	$3,331

Library Holdings

Library Holdings	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03	2001-02	2000-01	1999-00	1998-99	1997-98
	(data not collected)		(data not collected)
Books, serial backfiles, government documents (E4)		707,351		668,796	654,950	623,414	521,383	502,954	488,299	488,299
Serial subscriptions (E5)		2,538		2,945	1,616	2,216	1,805	1,894	1,703	1,703
Audiovisual Materials (E7)		13,239		17,434	16,194	15,784	13,476	13,710	10,761	10,761

Student Profile

Student Profile	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03	2001-02	2000-01	1999-00	1998-99	1997-98
Total students (B1)	3041	3058	3046	2994	3041	3011	3014	2998	2981	2975
Full Time Men (B1)	1304	1256	1232	1200	1212	1237	1260	1248	1246	1173
Full Time Women (B1)	1680	1749	1741	1729	1761	1704	1679	1679	1674	1700
Part Time Men (B1)	28	30	34	32	31	21	24	28	24	33
Part Time Women (B1)	29	23	39	33	37	49	51	43	37	69
FTE Students: FT + PT/3	3003	3022.7	2997.3	2950.7	2995.7	2964.3	2964	2950.7	2940.3	2907
Degree-seeking first-time freshmen (B1)	793	764	777	720	779	745	753	766	755	725
Men (B1)	357	339	331	298	300	311	312	312	324	307
Women (B1)	436	425	446	422	479	434	441	454	431	418
Asian or Pacific Islander (B2)	37	40	38	32	33	27	25	29	16	19
Hispanic (B2)	14	10	14	13	11	8	11	7	14	12
Black (non-Hispanic) (B2)	8	11	5	14	13	6	7	6	9	10
American Indian or Alaskan Native (B2)	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3
Total degree-seeking undergraduates (B1)	2993	3007	2976	2917	2974	2929	2871	2868	2869	2829
Men (B1)	1312	1259	1240	1195	1215	1233	1230	1229	1231	1164
Women (B1)	1681	1748	1736	1722	1759	1696	1641	1639	1638	1665
Asian or Pacific Islander (B2)	145	136	124	110	107	86	81	77	78	91
Hispanic (B2)	48	45	48	44	37	37	40	40	39	33
Black (non-Hispanic) (B2)	39	42	34	34	29	28	32	35	35	27
American Indian or Alaskan Native (B2)	7	8	6	5	4	5	6	7	7	9

Tuition and Fees

Tuition and Fees	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03	2001-02	2000-01	1999-00	1998-99	1997-98
Tuition, Room, and Board (G1)	$35,600	$32,800	$30,950	$28,500	$26,950	$25,880	$23,900	$22,570	$21,320	$20,520
Tuition (G1)	$28,200	$26,500	$25,150	$23,650	$22,200	$21,280	$19,400	$18,250	$17,140	$16,500
Room and Board (G1)	$7,400	$6,300	$5,800	$4,850	$4,750	$4,600	$4,500	$4,320	$4,180	$4,020
Pct of graduating class with education debt (H4)	62%	65%	74%	78%	64%	61%	64%	71%	68%	66%
Average per-borrower cumulative indebtedness (H5)	$23,993	$19,410	$18,855	$18,024	$18,806	$17,842	$18,697	$15,991	$15,959	$15,965

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