Background

1. Graduate Program Profiles 2011Graduate School Retreat November 18, 2011Prepared By:Nasser Zawia, PhDHany Alashwal, PhDSedrik Salah, BSc

2. Background • 38 Master’s Programs • 161 Tracks • 27 Doctoral Programs • 115 Tracks • 8 Professional Degree Programs • 15 Tracks • 10 Certificate Programs

3. Admissions

4. Fall Applications • We accepted about 50% of master’s applicants and 25% of doctoral applicants • We were receiving more applicants but we were not accepting more students

5. 2011 data as of August 1st, 2011. • Admit Percentage is 35.77%

6. Cont. • Application data are from Spring 2011, Summer 2011 and Fall 2011.

7. Application data are from Spring 2011, Summer 2011 and Fall 2011.

8. Cont. • Application data are from Spring 2011, Summer 2011 and Fall 2011. • Data shown include only residency status reported by students.

9. Application data are from Spring 2011, Summer 2011 and Fall 2011. • Data shown include only residency status reported by students.

10. Enrollment

11. First-time Enrollments (Fall)

12. 1868 Graduate Students

13. Enrollment Percentage is 87.69%

14. Enrollment data are from Fall 2011. • Part-time students are those without an assistantship and who enroll in fewer than 9 credits per semester.

15. Enrollment data are from Fall 2011. • Part-time students are those without an assistantship and who enroll in fewer than 9 credits per semester.

16. The total number of enrollment for all graduate programs as of Fall 2011 is: 2,014. • Part-time students are those without an assistantship and who enroll in fewer than 9 credits per semester.

17. Degree awarded data are from Summer 2010, Fall 2010 and Spring 2011.

18. QUALITY INDICATORSGPA - 3.1-3.6 GRE- 1100 (V&Q)

19. Applicant GRE scores * About 570 students (32%) have less than 500 GRE score • * Domestic Means: V=477 Q=560 • * International Means: V=459 Q=716

20. Time-to-degree * 50% of doctoral students graduate in 5 years * 76% finish within 10 years

21. FINANCIAL SUPPORTANDRESOURCES

24. Total number of GTAs and GRAs is 511

25. Diversity and Recruitment Alycia Mosley Austin, PhD

26. Diversity and Recruitment • Application and Enrollment Demographics • Fall 2011 Admitted Student Survey Graduate School

27. Master’s: Enrollment by Citizenship Fall 2011 5% 4% NEW TOTAL

28. Doctoral: Enrollment by Citizenship Fall 2011 19% 29% NEW TOTAL

29. Who are Underrepresented Minorities (URM)? • US Citizen or Permanent Resident • Hispanic/Latino • Black/African American • American Indian/Native Alaskan • Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

30. ApplicationsFall 2011 Masters 9% URM 8% URM *US Citizens and Permanent Residents Only Graduate School

31. Admits Fall 2011 Masters Doctoral 11% URM 13% URM *US Citizens and Permanent Residents Only Graduate School

32. Master’s: Enrollment by EthnicityFall 2011 NEW TOTAL 8% URM 6% URM *US Citizens and Permanent Residents Only

33. Doctoral: Enrollment by EthnicityFall 2011 NEW TOTAL 9% URM (67% in Psychology) 7% URM *US Citizens and Permanent Residents Only

34. Fall 2011 Admitted Student Survey • Online survey (Zoomerang) sent to all new admitted students as of August 2011 • 220 completed surveys (25% response rate) • Ten $10 Dunkin Donuts gift cards were offered as incentive Graduate School

35. Survey Goals • How do students learn about graduate programs in general and at URI? • What qualities are students looking for in graduate programs? • How did students make the decision about whether to attend URI Graduate School? Graduate School

36. Focus Groups with Current Students Graduate School

37. Why did you choose URI? I came here because the package they offer for graduate students. I wouldn’t come here if I did not have an assistantship. Because of my assistantship, but comes from my program, not the graduate school… I may not have chosen URI if I didn’t have support. It is about the dollar sign. Graduate School

38. Why did you choose URI? It had to do with initial contact with the professors at the department and then the structure of the program and flexibility of the department URI has the opportunity to do a graduate certificate as part of your PhD in Women Studies that I think it is pretty cool and I intend to do it. I came to URI and the reason why I stay here was the flexibility of my department... I wanted to do something more cross disciplinary.  3 departments... It had lots of flexibility to foster what I wanted to do at the time, and I wanted to do something very applied. Graduate School

39. Survey Respondent Demographics Graduate School

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43. How do students learn about graduate programs in general and at URI? Graduate School

44. How important were these factors in your initial search for graduate programs? Graduate School

45. How did you specifically become aware of URI Graduate School? Graduate School

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47. Course listings, current student bios, employment of recent grads, what students in the area do for fun What materials you would most like to receive from any graduate program to which you are applying? A brochure with all of the pertinent information regarding program requirements, application requirements and process, faculty/staff contact information, and student testimonials regarding the atmosphere and rigor of the program. Graduate School

48. What qualities are students looking for in graduate programs? Graduate School

49. Qualities of potential graduate schools Graduate School

50. How does URI rate? Graduate School