MSU Office of Admissions

The Office of Admissions is engaged in providing accurate, timely information and programs about Montana State University to prospective undergraduate students/families.

The Office is also responsible for the processing of all undergraduate freshman and transfer applications for admission.

Program Overview

21.75 FTE employees ~ 80 students assist with the program(s)

40 Advocats, 35 Orientation Leaders, two E-Cats and ten Tele-Cats

Some 107,300 prospects were on the database on 9/1/09. Of that group, 51,397 were interested in attending MSU in fall 2009.

Travel Summary2008-2009

Montana Travel 19 college fairs 230 high school visits 5 community college visits 11 pizza parties 8 Rockin the Rez events

Travel Summary2008-2009

Out of State Travel 116 college fairs in 21 states 568 high school visits in 20 states 61 pizza party/receptions in 21 states

Campus Visits2008-2009

~ 2,000 individual family campus visits were arranged in the 2008-2009 recruitment year

Campus tours are offered twice each day M-F and Saturdays and Holidays by appt.

Three MSU Friday group visit programs were held with an attendance of ~ 1,900

Orientation Sessions

Freshman Orientation: three major summer programs and programs prior to fall, spring and summer semesters serve all new freshmen.

Transfer Orientation: transfer advising/orientation by appt. are offered much of the summer and prior to spring semester as well as organized programs prior to each semester.

Connecting to Prospects

~40k phone calls made to prospective fall 2009 students by faculty, student and staff callers.

~2,009 different mass emails sent throughout fall 2009 recruitment cycle. sent to ~100k people per mass email. travel itineraries emailed to people in

appropriate geographic regions. ~1 mil. pieces of direct mail sent to homes of

prospective students during the 2008-2009 recruitment season.

Fall Freshman Enrollment by College

College 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 #chg* %chg*

Agriculture 95 97 94 118 118 0 0%

Arts & Architecture 374 348 280 302 324 22 7%

Business 227 164 173 168 185 17 10%

Education H&HD 140 114 109 116 129 13 11%

Engineering 354 390 367 386 426 40 10%

Letters & Science 328 315 283 314 412 98 31%

Nursing 100 110 96 107 119 12 11%

University Studies 607 658 682 533 568 35 7%

TOTAL 2,225 2,196 2,084 2,044 2,281 237 12%

* Change from fall 08 to fall 09

Fall Transfer Enrollment by College

College 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 #chg* %chg*

Agriculture 58 49 34 41 45 4 10%

Arts & Architecture 118 98 78 79 69 -10 -13%

Business 76 69 71 70 62 -8 -11%

Education H&HD 91 65 41 64 84 20 31%

Engineering 96 114 116 81 135 54 67%

Letters & Science 158 145 104 129 150 21 16%

Nursing 43 39 40 33 57 24 73%

University Studies 121 108 91 88 87 -1 -1%

TOTAL 761 687 575 585 689 104 18%

* Change from fall 08 to fall 09

Enrollment Trend Data

New fall freshman enrollments have grown from 1,554 in fall of 1991 to 2,281 in fall of 2009

During same time, the number of non-resident/WUE, new fall freshmen increased from 409 to 885

MSU Trend Data

New Freshmen Fall 1991 Fall 2009

In State 1,145 1,396

Out of State 174 710

WUE 235 175

Freshman Totals 1,554 2,281

TOTAL 10,111 12,764

Academic IndicatorsIncoming Freshmen

Indicator Fall 1992* Fall 2009Avg freshman GPA 3.15 3.36 Avg ACT score 22.9 25.14Avg SAT score 1080 1157

*Note: 1991 data was not available

Student ProfileFall 2009

New Freshmen change from

Fall 2008

Resident 1,396 (+128)Non Resident 710 (+47)WUE 175 (+62)Total 2,281 (+237)

New TransfersResident 445 (+58)Non Resident 244 (+46)WUE 0 (0)Total 689 (+104)

Student Profilecontinued

39% new freshmen from out of state (38%)35% new transfers from out of state (34%)

7.6% new freshmen were WUE (5.5%)0 new transfers were WUE (0)

42% new freshmen were female (44%)58% new freshmen were male (56%)

48% new transfers were female (50%)52% new transfers were male (50%)

63 new N.A. freshmen enrolled (54)38 new N.A. transfers enrolled (22)

28 (6 CAN) new int’l freshmen enrolled (36)57 (3 CAN) new int’l transfers enrolled (48)

Top Feeder Statesfreshmen

Washington 168 (109)

Colorado 124 (98)

Minnesota 76 (69)

California 67 (60)

Alaska 52 (45)

Oregon 49 (36)

Idaho 48 (51)

Wyoming 38 (44)

Wisconsin 21 (17)

South Dakota 21 (15)

New Hampshire 19 (21)

Vermont 18 (21)

Texas 17 (17)

Virginia 11 (7)

Illinois 11 (17)

Maryland 10 (10)

Connecticut 10 (5)

Ohio 10 (3)

Top Feeder Statestransfers

California 30 (16)Washington 28 (12)Wyoming 13 (12)Minnesota 12 (7)North Dakota 10 (10)

Top Feeder Counties in Montana

FreshmenGallatin 385 (324)

Yellowstone 201 (170)

Cascade 106 (84)

Flathead 89 (62)

Lewis and Clark 83 (101)

Missoula 53 (38)

Ravalli 45 (30)

Park 37 (39)

TransfersGallatin 147 (107)

Flathead 45 (38)

Yellowstone 36 (51)

Cascade 34 (20)

Missoula 29 (14)

Lewis and Clark 18 (16)

Top Feeder High Schools in MontanaFreshmen

Bozeman 176 (166)

Billings West 69 (56)

Belgrade 62 (46)

CMR 50 (29)

Billings Senior 46 (31)

Billings Skyview 43 (41)

Helena Capital 41 (63)

Helena HS 37 (46)

Flathead 36 (38)

Great Falls HS 33 (36)

Glacier 20 (0)*

Butte HS 18 (21)

Conrad 17 (12)

Big Sky Missoula 17 (9)

Custer County 16 (9)

Park HS 16 (23)

Hamilton 15 (6)

Manhattan 13 (13)

Havre 13 (12)

Three Forks 13 (5)

Whitefish 13 (11)

*new school in Kalispell

Top Feeder High Schools in MontanaFreshmen (continued)

Beaverhead 12 (7)

Sentinel 12 (12)

Colstrip 12 (2)

Billings Central 11 (14)

Sidney 11 (14)

Laurel 10 (11)

Big Fork 10 (4)

Columbia Falls 10 (3)

Corvallis 10 (9)

Fairfield 10 (6)

Polson 10 (6)

Top Transfer Feeder Schools

UM 58 (7)MSU-Billings 33 (43)FVCC 33 (26)MT Tech 20 (10)MSU Great Falls COT 16 (12)Helena COT 12 (7)

Application to Enrollment Yields1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

FreshmenResident 70% 67% 68% 68% 68% 67% 65% 64% 65% 60% 58%

Non Resident 36% 35% 33% 35% 31% 26% 26% 26% 20% 19% 16%

Overall 54% 52% 52% 52% 49% 44% 43% 35% 36% 33% 28%

TransfersResident 74% 70% 74% 74% 71% 70% 70% 67% 68% 69% 66%

Non Resident 40% 42% 43% 39% 37% 35% 34% 34% 32% 31% 35%

Overall 56% 56% 58% 56% 55% 53% 53% 50% 50% 49% 50%