BOLO: The Georgia Tech Student

BOLO:

The Georgia Tech Student

New Faculty Orientation

August 15, 2012

Sandi Bramblett, Executive Director

Institutional Research and Planning/Decision Support Services

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Agenda

•
Overview of the GT Student
Population

•
Graduate Students

•
Undergraduate Students

–
Incoming freshmen (Fun Facts!)

–
What we know about our students

•
Questions (ask away!)

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•
20,941 students

•
13,948 undergraduate/ 6,993
graduate

•
Nearly 3,900 foreign students

•
41% minority (12% URM)

•
30% women

•
First
-
year retention rate: 95%

•
Six
-
year graduation rate: 79%

The Georgia Tech Student Population

Graduate Enrollment by Gender

Fall 2011

4

Graduate Enrollment by Ethnicity

Fall 2011

5

Graduate Enrollment by Citizenship

Fall 2011

6

Where are Georgia Tech’s Graduate Students From?

7

•
China

(878)

•
India (737)

•
South Korea (374)

•
France (156)

•
Taiwan

(102)

•
Iran (86)

•
Turkey

(73)

•
Pakistan

(61)

•
Colombia

(40)

•
Canada

(36)


•
Georgia

(1,796)

•
Florida

(255)

•
Texas (187)

•
California (157)

•
New York (136)

•
Virginia (121)

•
North Carolina (119)

•
Pennsylvania (110)

•
New Jersey

(95)

•
Ohio (86)


Top Undergraduate Institutions for Graduate Students

8

•
Georgia Tech

•
Tsinghua University

•
University of Mumbai

•
University of Georgia

•
Cornell University


•
Zhejiang University

•
North Carolina State

•
University of Florida

•
Peking University

•
Shanghai Jiao Tong U.

Other well represented institutions include
Illinois
-
Urbana;
Purdue; Michigan; Vanderbilt; Carnegie Mellon; Texas
-
Austin;
Clemson; Tianjin University Technology; Virginia Tech; Penn
State; Anna University; Auburn; UT
-
Knoxville; Brigham Young;
Visvesvaraya

Tech;
Huazhong

Sci

& Tech
Univ
;
Fudan

Univ
;
CalTech
; MIT; Indian Institute of Technology;
Univ

of Poona; UC
-
Berkeley; Georgia State;
Nankai

Univ
; Maryland

Top Majors for Graduate Students

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PhD

•
Electrical & Computer
Engineering

•
Aerospace Engineering

•
Mechanical Engineering

•
Computer Science

•
Chemical Engineering


Master’s

•
Electrical & Computer
Engineering

•
Business Administration

•
Mechanical Engineering

•
Aerospace Engineering

•
Computer Science


PhD Recipients: Future Plans

10

•
70% have definite employment or postgrad study plans

•
Post graduation employment:


Academe

39%

Government

11%

Industry/

Business

46%

Non Profit

1.9%

Other/ Unknown

1.9%

•
68% will do research and development as their primary
work activity while 20% will teach


Source: NSF/NIH/USED/NEH/NASA Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2010

Undergraduate Enrollment by
Gender
–

Fall 2011

Men

68%

Women

32%

Undergraduate Enrollment by
Ethnicity
–

Fall 2011

Native
Hawaiian/Pacific
Islander

0%

Asian

23%

Black

6%

Hispanic

6%

Native American

0%

Multiracial

2%

Unknown

1%

White

62%

Undergraduate Enrollment by Major
Fall 2011

790

838

848

1,155

1,264

1,294

1,662

0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
Chemical &
Biomolecular…
Computer Science
Electrical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Management
Mechanical Engineering
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Where are Georgia

Tech’s undergraduates from
?

Countries

•
India

•
South Korea

•
China

•
Canada

•
Vietnam

•
Colombia

•
Nigeria


States

•
Georgia

•
Florida

•
Texas

•
North Carolina

•
Virginia

•
Tennessee

•
MD & SC


Georgia Counties

•
Fulton

•
Gwinnett

•
Cobb

•
Dekalb


•
Fayette

•
Forsyth

•
Cherokee


Georgia Tech’s 2012 Freshman Class




•
14,700 applicants / 3,160 accepted students paid their
deposit

•
35% Women; 45% Non
-
white (13% URM); 14% International

•
Average SAT = 1394 / Average HSGPA = 3.90

•
65 Countries and 40 States, Washington D.C., Guam and
Puerto Rico represented

•
10 sets of twins

•
Most common first names for men: Michael, Matthew, John
Andrew and Alexander; For women: Emily, C/Katherine,
Sarah, Rachel and Anna

•
Most common surnames: Lee, Kim, Patel, Smith, Li, Wang



What our students tell us about
themselves…




•
99% had a B+ average or better in high school

•
87% intend to pursue graduate study

•
83% asked a teacher for advice after class but only 13%
spent more than two hours talking to a teacher

•
87% studied 15 hours or less per week

•
78% attended a public high school

•
61% have had an “international experience”


and their families…




•
83% lived with both parents

•
83% of their fathers and 80% of their
mothers have at least an
undergraduate degree

•
Nearly 60% estimated their parents’
total annual income to be greater than
$100,000

•
Fathers’ occupations: business,
engineer, doctor, “other”

•
Mothers’ occupations: business,
teacher, homemaker, “other”


And their abilities…



Percentage of students ranking themselves in
the top 10% or above average on:

•
Academic Ability




94%

•
Mathematical Ability



84%



•
Cooperate
w/ Diverse People

84%

•
Spirituality





38%

•
Popularity





36%

•
Artistic Ability




30%


Why did they choose Tech?




•
Academic reputation (90%)

•
Tech grads get good jobs
(84%)

•
Rankings in national
magazines (55%)

•
Tech grads get into top
graduate/ professional
schools (55%)


What are their long
-
term objectives?




•
Be well off financially (80.0%)

•
Raise a family (67.0%)

•
Become an authority in field (61.3%)

•
Helping others who are in difficulty (58.4%)

•
Obtain recognition from colleagues for contributions
to my field (57.0%)



What are their expectations as a
student at Tech?




•
94% think there’s some or a good
chance they will participate in student
clubs/groups

•
65% will be satisfied with Tech

•
54% think they will study 15 hours or
less per week

•
46% would turn to their instructor if
they were experiencing academic
difficulty

•
96% anticipate making a 3.0 GPA or
better during their freshman year



Fall
2011
First
-
Time Freshmen

ENGL
1101
-

English Composition I Grades

631

594

46

10

27

18

0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
A
B
C
D
F
W

Fall
2011
First
-
Time Freshmen

Math 1501
-
Calculus I Grades

370

386

229

100

69

33

0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
A
B
C
D
F
W

Fall
2011
First
-
Time Freshmen

CS 1301
-
Intro to Computing Grades

74

107

54

14

12

12

0
20
40
60
80
100
120
A
B
C
D
F
W

Fall
2011
First
-
Time Freshmen

CS 1371
-

Computing for Engineers Grades

371

281

161

95

102

92

0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
A
B
C
D
F
W

Fall
2011
First
-
Time Freshmen

BIOL 1510
-
Biological Principles Grades

104

150

90

15

3

15

0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
A
B
C
D
F
W

Fall
2011
First
-
Time Freshmen

CHEM 1310
-

General Chemistry Grades

156

275

138

27

16

3

0
50
100
150
200
250
300
A
B
C
D
F
W

Fall
2011
First
-
Time Freshmen

PHY 2211
-
Intro to Physics I Grades

145

247

192

118

82

85

0
50
100
150
200
250
300
A
B
C
D
F
W
The Reality




•
48% will spend six hours or more per week
on co
-
curricular activities

•
85% will find they are satisfied with Tech

•
About 93% of first year students will find that
Tech places significant emphasis on studying
and academic work

•
38% will have discussed grades or
assignments with their instructors

•
And…



The Reality
(continued)…



Georgia Resident

Out of State/
Country

Total

GPA Range

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

1.69 or Less


59

4%


48

5%


107

4%

1.70
-
1.99


41

2%


25

2%


66

2%

2.00
-
2.99


449

27%


294

28%


743

28%

3.00
-
3.29


304

19%


161

15%


465

17%

3.30
-
3.99


649

40%


403

38%


1,052

39%

4.00


140

9%


116

11%


256

10%

Total


1,642

100%


1,047

100%


2,689

100%

Their GPA may not be as high as they thought it would be

Enjoy the Journey…




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Thank you!