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Enrollment Planning
Workgroup
January 08, 2008
Class Size Data Analysis:
Understanding UCF Scores in the
US News & World Report Ranking
Contributors: Magdy Helal
Sandra Archer
Relative Weights for US News and World Report Rankings
(-) UCF’s performance in this measure Grad. rate perf.,
compared to selected peers (see 5.0%
(+) report for details)
Alumni giving, (-)
5.0%
Peer assessment
Financial
(+) survey, 25.0%
resources, 10.0%
(-) (-)
Freshman
retention, 4.0%(+)
Accept. rate, 1.5% (+)
High school class -
top 10%, 6.0%
Graduation rate, (+)
Grad &
16.0%
Retn (+)
Rates SAT/ACT scores,
7.5% Student
(+) Selectivity
Faculty Salary,
(-) Classes < 20, 7.0%
Classes 50+, 2.0% 6.0% (+)
(-)
% faculty PhD, (?)
3.0%
Student/faculty
(-) ratio, 1.0% % FT faculty, 1.0%(+)
Source: US New s & World Report Website for 2008 Rankings
Faculty
Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title 3
08January2008
Resources
US News Rankings Metrics
Categories , sub-categories and their weights
08January2008 Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title 4
Class Size Metrics
Class size 2 – 19:
Percent of undergraduate class sections, excluding class
subsections (labs, discussions and other supplementary
sessions), with fewer than 20 students (fall enrollment) of the
total number of sections.
Class size 50+:
Percent of undergraduate class sections, excluding subsections
(labs, discussions and other supplementary sessions), with 50
students or more (fall enrollment) of the total number of sections.
Undergraduate courses in addition to graduate courses
in which an undergraduate student is enrolled for credits
are counted.
08January2008 Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title 5
Sections With Fewer Than 20 Students
UCF score in 2008 US News Rankings: 28%
Decreasing trend
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Source: US News & World Report Rankings
08January2008 Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title 6
2008 Percent of Classes w/Fewer Than 20 Students
U of Calif-Santa Barbara 50%
U of Colorado, Boulder 48%
U of Iowa 48%
Arizona State U 46%
U of Missouri-Columbia 44%
U of Calif-Irvine 44%
Indiana U-Bloomington 42%
Rutgers U-New Brunswick 42%
Washington State U 40%
U of Massa-Amherst 40%
U of Calif-Santa Cruz 39%
Ranked
U of FL 39%
U of Kansas Main Campus 38%
Iowa State U 38%
U of Delaware 38%
SUNY at Buffalo 37%
U of Nebraska, Lincoln 37%
SUNY at Stony Brook 36%
FL State U 35%
U of Georgia 35%
Purdue U-Main Campus 34%
U of Tennessee 33%
North Caro State U, Raleigh 33%
U of Kentucky 28%
U of Hawaii, Manoa 49%
Virginia Commonwealth U 45%
U of Cinci-Main Campus 45%
Old Dominion U 41%
U of Illinois, Chicago 41%
Oregon State U 39%
Tier-3
U of Utah 36%
George Mason U 34%
Louisiana State U 31%
SUNY at Albany 29%
U of Louisville 29%
U of Central FL 28%
U of South FL 26%
Idaho State U 65%
FL A&M U 51%
Wichita State U 45%
U of Akron Main Campus
Wayne State U 44%
U of West FL 40%
U of Memphis 39%
U of New Orleans 39%
FL Atlantic U-Boca Raton 39%
U of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 38%
Purdue U-Indianapolis 38%
Tier-4
U of Nevada-Las Vegas 35%
U of Houston-U Park 34%
7
Portland State U 34%
08January2008 U of Toledo Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title
33%
Oakland U 32%
Sections With Fewer Than 20 Students
Research peers’ median ratio = 39%
LMRU peers’ median ratio = 36%
Access peers’ median ratio = 34%
FL SUS institutions in Fall 2006:
Source: US News & World Report Rankings
08January2008 Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title 8
UCF Fall 2007 Class Data
Fall 2007 undergraduate classes (with a UG enrollee)
Sections (Lecture & Seminar only)
One or more credit hour classes
More than one student enrolled
All campuses; Non-Web only
2-9 10 - 19 20 - 25 26 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50-55 56-59 60+ Total
Section 263 460 315 391 484 276 193 62 522 2,966
Subsection 45 118 65 21 41 42 1 4 10 347
Others 160 49 6 6 5 5 2 1 10 244
Total 468 627 386 418 530 323 196 67 542 3,557
08January2008 Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title 9
UCF Fall 2007 Class Data
08January2008 Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title 10
Honors Sections
E nrollme nt Ca pa city
Less
CLASS_ENRL_TOT than 20 20 or More Grand Total
5 1 1
7 1 1
8 2 2 4
9 2 2
10 2 4 6
11 1 1 2
12 1 5 6
13 1 2 3
Actual 14 2 2
Enrollment 15 7 2 9
16 1 2 3
17 7 7
18 1 11 12
19 6 6
20 29 29
21 1 4 5
22 1 2 3
247 1 1
251 1 1
Grand Total 22 81 103
08January2008 Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title 11
Class Data Analysis – Small Sections
Methodology
Main campus (Orlando); Non-web
Consider sections with 20 to 25 students
small classes intended
Count students above 19 for all sections of each course
If less than 10 students – re-assign to another section
If more than 10 students – add sections
Findings
232 sections have 20 to 25 students
13 courses have total of 10 or more students in excess of 19 per
section
08January2008 Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title 12
Class Data Analysis – Small Sections
Courses requiring adding more sections
Only 20-25 students sections were considered Add 1
2 students in section of
3*3 = 9 students size 11
excess of 19 in excess of 19
08January2008 Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title 13
Class Data Analysis – Small Sections
What-if Scenario:
Add 15 sections total
Additional sections of size 2 to 19 = 232 + 15 = 247
Outcomes:
Total number of sections sized 2–19: 723 + 247 = 970
Total number of sections = 2,966 + 15 = 2,981
Percent of sections sized 2–19 = 970 / 2,981 = 32.5%
Improvement of about 8 percentage points
Students denied access to sections = 489 in 149 courses
“Theoretically” relocate all but 10 students to other sections
08January2008 Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title 14
Class Data Analysis – Small Sections
Sections with 20 – 27 students:
455 sections counted
24 courses have 10 or more students in excess of 19 per section
Add 30 sections total
Additional 2 – 19 sections = 455 + 30 = 485
Outcome:
Total number of 2 – 19 sections: 723 + 485= 1,208
Total number of sections = 2,966 + 30 = 2,996
Percent of 2 – 19 sections = 1208/ 2996 = 40.3%
Improvement of about 16 percentage points
Students denied access to courses = 477 in 175 courses
08January2008 Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title 15
Sections With 50 Or More Students
UCF score in 2008 US News Rankings: 22%
Increasing trend
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Source: US News & World Report Rankings
08January2008 Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title 16
2008 Percent of Classes w/50 or More Students
U of Tennessee 8%
U of Iowa 11%
U of Georgia 11%
U of Kansas Main Campus 12%
U of Nebraska, Lincoln 13%
FL State U 14%
U of Missouri-Columbia 15%
U of Colorado, Boulder 15%
U of Delaware 15%
Arizona State U 16%
North Caro State U, Raleigh
Ranked 16%
Iowa State U 16%
U of Kentucky 17%
U of Massachusetts-Amherst 17%
U of Calif-Santa Barbara 17%
Washington State U 18%
Purdue U-Main Campus 19%
U of Calif-Irvine 19%
SUNY at Buffalo 20%
Indiana U-Bloomington 20%
Rutgers U-New Brunswick 20%
U of FL 20%
U of Calif-Santa Cruz 21%
SUNY at Stony Brook 22%
U of Cincinnati-Main Campus 7%
U of Hawaii, Manoa 9%
Old Dominion U 10%
U of Louisville 11%
Virginia Commonwealth U 12%
George Mason U 13%
Tier-3
U of South FL 14%
U of Illinois, Chicago 17%
U of Utah 18%
Oregon State U 19%
Louisiana State U 20%
U of Central FL 22%
SUNY at Albany 23%
Idaho State U 4%
Wayne State U 5%
U of Akron Main Campus 6%
U of West FL 7%
Purdue U-Indianapolis 8%
FL A&M U 8%
Wichita State U 9%
U of Memphis 10%
U of Toledo 10%
FL Atlantic U-Boca Raton 10%
U of New Orleans 11%
Tier-4
Georgia State U 11% Research (Median 17)
U of Nevada-Las Vegas 12% LMRU (Median 13)
U of Texas, El Paso 13% Access (Median 13)
U of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 14% Two or more Groups
Portland State U 15% UCF
U of North Caro, Charlotte 15% SUS
08January2008 Oakland U Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title 15% 17
U of Houston-U Park 20%
San Diego State U 20%
Sections With 50 Or More
Students
Research peers’ median ratio = 17%
LMRU peers’ median ratio = 13%
Access peers’ median ratio = 13%
FL SUS institutions:
Source: US News & World Report Rankings
08January2008 Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title 18
Class Data Analysis – Large Sections
Actual:
776 sections with 50+ students: 26.1%
43 of these were planned < 49
Large sections planned:
951 sections: stated enrollment capacity >49 : 32.1%
Actua l Enrollme nt
Enroll Cap Category50 Le ss tha n 50 50 or More Grand Total
Zero 119 4 123
Less than 50 1,849 43 1,892
50 or More 222 729 951
Grand Total 2,190 776 2,966
08January2008 Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title 19
Class Data Analysis – Large Sections
Methodology
Consider sections with 50 to 55 students
Count students above 49 for each course
If less than 10 – deny enrollment
If more than 10 – add sections
Main campus (Orlando) only
Findings
184 sections have 50 to 55 students
9 courses have total of 10 or more students in excess of 49 per
section
08January2008 Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title 20
Class Data Analysis – Large Sections
What-if Scenario:
Add 10 sections total
5 sections with 2 – 19 students
5 sections with 20 – 49 students
Eliminated 50+ sections = 184
New total number of 2 – 19 sections: 723 + 5 = 728
New total number of 50+ sections: 777 – 184 = 593
New total number of sections = 2,966 + 10 = 2,976
Percent of 2 – 19 sections = 728 / 2,976 = 24.5%
Percent of 50+ sections = 593 / 2,976 = 19.9%
Improvement of 6 percentage points
Students denied access to courses = 299 in 85 courses
08January2008 Enrollment Planning WorkgroupPresentation Title 21
Conclusions
Class capacities over/under 20 often do not reflect actual
enrollment
Improving the class size metric (frequency of classes
under 20) does not require as many additional sections
as originally thought
It would require administrative costs of tracking/monitoring class
sizes
Some students would not be able to register for section of choice
Perhaps some areas of opportunities can be identified
Ex: 30% of honors classes were exactly 20
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