1999 Student Profile
Glossary
GLOSSARY
Age
A student's age is computed by subtracting year
of birth from 1999. Therefore, students
born in January 1975 and December 1975 will both be reported as age 24
(1999-1975).
Classification
Classification describes the student level
and/or type and includes freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, special
undergraduate, special graduate, master, and doctorate.
College
The University is divided into seven
colleges: Agricultural Sciences &
Natural Resources (ASNR); Arts and Sciences (A&S); Business Administration
(CBA); Education (COE); Engineering, Architecture, and Technology (CEAT); Human
Environmental Sciences (HES), and Veterinary Medicine. Data for CEAT are sometimes divided into two
data sets--one for Engineering & Architecture (ENGR), and the second for
the Division of Technology (TECH).
In addition to these seven colleges, students
may enroll in University Academic Services or the
Ethnicity Codes and Definitions
For purposes of reporting OSU enrollment by
ethnicity, the total enrollment at OSU excluding internationals (non-U.S.
citizens) is divided into the following categories:
White: All
persons having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe
(except
African American: All
persons having origins in any of the original peoples of Africa
south of the Sahara.
Native American: All
persons having origins in any of the original peoples of North or
South America.
Hispanic: All
persons having origins in any of the original peoples of Spain or
Portugal. This category would generally
include, for instance: Chicanos,
Mexican-Americans, Mexicans, Central and South
Americans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Spaniards, and Portuguese.
Asian: All
persons having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far
East, Southeast Asia, or the Pacific Islands.
This category would include, for instance: China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, the
Philippines, Samoa, Indonesia, New Zealand, Australia, and the Indian
subcontinent which includes all persons from Afghanistan, Nepal, Burma, India,
and Pakistan.
In order to present a set of data regarding OSU
enrollment which sums to OSU's total enrollment (including international
students), some tables and figures which present data by ethnicity in this
report include an additional column or row of data pertaining to the balance of
the student body--the international student population.
FTE (Full-Time Equivalency)
Full-time equivalent for undergraduate students
is 15 hours. For graduate students a full-time equivalent is 12 hours. All Veterinary Medicine students are one FTE.
Resident Status
A student is categorized as a resident if he or
she was a legal resident of the State of
Retention
Student retention is usually expressed as a
percentage figure which is derived by comparing the size of a specific group of
students who were enrolled at OSU for a given semester to the size of the same
group when they are enrolled for a successive given semester.
A non-returning student is defined as a student
who was enrolled at OSU for a given semester and who did not graduate and who
did not return to OSU for a successive given semester.
Special Undergraduate/Graduate Student
A special undergraduate student is a
non-degree-seeking student who has not earned a bachelor's degree from an
accredited college or university. A
special graduate student is a non-degree-seeking student admitted to the
Type of Admission
A new student admitted to OSU is classified as a
new freshman, a transfer student, or a readmission. All other students are classified as
returning students. A transfer student
is classified as such only for the first semester that he attends OSU; after
one semester a transfer student is reclassified as a returning student. Similarly, new freshmen are reclassified as
returning students after their first semester at OSU (and are sometimes shown
as "other freshmen" when presenting data by classification). A readmission student is a student who has
enrolled at OSU in the past but who has not been enrolled at OSU during the
previous semester (excluding the summer semester).
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