2015 Freshmen Survey. Q2 - In deciding to go to college, how important to you was each of the following reasons? Neither Important nor Unimportant

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1 2015 Freshmen Survey Q2 - In deciding to go to college, how important to you was each of the following reasons? Question To be able to get a better job. My parents urged me to go to college. To be able to make more money. To learn more about things that interest me. To get training for a specific career. To prepare myself for graduate or professional school. Very Unimportant Neither Important nor Unimportant Very Important Total

2 Q3 - Below are reasons that might have influenced your decision to attend UCCS. How important was each reason in your decision to attend UCCS? Question The academic reputation of UCCS Academic programs (majors) at UCCS Student activities at UCCS Financial aid offered by UCCS Financial aid offered by other institutions To earn a UCCS degree to get into graduate school To earn a UCCS degree to get a good job The cost of attending UCCS Very Unimportan t Neither Important nor Unimportan t Very Important Total Location The size of UCCS UCCS rankings in national magazines Opportunit

3 y to play on a UCCS athletic team Availability of online courses at UCCS The graduation rate at UCCS Residence Halls at UCCS Attractivene ss of UCCS campus Friendly people on campus Diversity of student body Quality of academic facilities Social activities on campus The growth of UCCS To earn a CU degree in Southern Colorado Other reasons? Other reasons? ARMY ROTC Certain classes available at UCCS Near my wife's school n/a

4 Because i felt like it To figure out what to do with my life Opportunities for life lessons To graduate and go to CU medical school Better disability department Religion Air Force ROTC Down to earth staff away from home Family None Friends Whether the campus had a homely feel to it. Whether the school had all the programs I wanted for my education. close to home Internship possibilities family lives close by Close to home It's amazing The Mountains Close to World Arena To meet people. Feel out collge at UCCS then go elsewhere None

5 Q5#1 - Did you use this source of information? Question Yes No Total Recommendatio ns from family and friends High school counselor High school teacher Campus tour Viewbook/broch ures Mailings communications Meeting professors Meeting recruiters/adviso rs UCCS website UCCS Facebook Other websites

6 Q5#2 - How did it influence your decision? Questi on Recom menda tions from family and friends High school counse lor High school teache r Campu s tour Viewb ook/br ochure s Mailin gs comm unicati ons Meetin g profess ors Meetin g recruit ers/ad visors UCCS websit e UCCS Facebo ok Strong positiv e effect Positiv e effect No effect Negati ve effect Strong negativ e effect Total Other

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8 Q6 - Was UCCS your: Answer Count First choice Second choice Third choice Other Total

9 Q7 - Which institution was your first choice, and why? Which institution was your first choice, and why? Hult international business school. Because it is of a higher ranking and the job acceptance rate after graduation is high My first choice was CSU - Fort Collins, the reason behind this was because when I was a freshmen in high school I saw CSU and fell in love their campus, and I had practically grew up throughout high school with Fort Collins. Uccs Florida gulf coast UNC-Wanted yo live away from home Fort Collins, because I loved the campus there and they had a program for meteorology which is the general area in which I'm looking to major in. UCCS, because i lived in Colorado Springs DePaul University, for majors offered. University of Washington, it is out of state and it is near the ocean and has a lot of rain My first choice was CU-Denver, because not only were they known for good medical programs, I also liked the area University of Northern Colorado (UNC) Neumont university Wisconsin Lutheran College was my first choice because it's the school that's Coensides with my church and it also has a great education program It was School of Mines because its known for its engineering. University of Denver, because of the reputation and the city. Colorado School or Mines because of their engineering programs Carnegie Mellon, for their robotics program University of Memphis because I am from Memphis TN and wanted to go back home. University of Oklahoma. Beautiful Campus, Great Reputation, Football Team, and Rate of Pre-Med students accepted into their preferred medical school. My first choice was going to be Seattle Pacific University because it is located in the area I want to live because of the flourishing software industry. The school was too expensive however and looking back the programs for my major are stronger at UCCS. If I were to decide again I would choose UCCS. CSU because my grandpa was an alumni but i decided this was better BYU Provo. Because I enjoyed the campus environment. Johns Hopkins UNC Greeley was my first choice because they are renown for their teaching programs. And Greeley was originally just The Teachers College College of Dupage because it was so close to home and cheap. Air Force Academy

10 CU Denver because they have a design major My first choice was CSU Fort Collins, because they are a very diverse and friendly community. Ripon, because I liked the campus brochure and the classes and curriculum. CU Denver because it was closer to my home and in downtown Denver Southern Virginia University because it was away from home and I liked the environment. CSU Fort Collins because my family lives in Fort Collins. CCU the cost of tuition is much cheaper. CSU - Fort Collins was my first choice because it had the major I wanted and UCCS does not. Also if I went to UCCS, I could live at home instead of paying extra to live in a dorm at CSU. CSU Fort Collins was my first choice because they have the degree that I want to study. Colorado College because of the block system University of Iowa because I loved the campus and it fit my major and post-grad plan. CU-Denver. I liked the campus and the location and they are a big medical campus in the CU system Seattle Pacific because of the location and the same academic qualifications. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It is a better school for me. Regis University in Denver. I loved the campus, everyone was so friendly when I visited. They do overnight stays, and my host was great. They had all the programs I wanted. But the tuition was way too much. Boulder. I wanted to big school experience. My first choice was University of California Berkeley because I originally wanted to go into Pre-Med. The campus is beautiful, the student body is diverse, and it's known for it's academics. University of Vermont because they were closer to home University of Tennessee because they have an amazing, accredited architecture program. CSU-Fort Collins because they have more to offer me as a division 1 school. It was tied with DU but the money and better dorms are what made me choose UCCS University of Arizona, nice college and paid for. Uccs because it is close to home and did not have to live on campus. University of Wisconsin Madison, near family and good school. Fort Lewis College due to the location and academics in relation to what I want to study. University of Missouri at Kansas City Pace University. I liked the city scene and I am a liberal arts major. I thought it would be a good environment to be in. CSU, because it was a more involved school (football) CSU Fort Collins, because of their Bio-med program. University of Denver due to the atmosphere West Point, future career and standards.

11 The Univeristy of Oregon was my first choice because of the location, programs, and student body. Embry Riddle, because I wanted to be a pilot. I had no first choice i had options. Universität Kassel was my first choice because I really wanted to study electrical engineering in Germany. CSU. Better campus, social scene, environment in general. Colorado School of Mines, engineering. Dixie State University it had a lot more social events and was little bit bigger than UCCS also I liked the location Concordia University, Irvine CA because of athletic training major which UCCS does not have. CSU- because of the involvement of students, social activities, more of a college atmosphere University of Portland. It has an amazing criminal justice program, and was out of state. I wanted to get out in the world. UCLA, great reputation/ranking and im a california native CU - Denver and because I wanted to enter the Digital Audio Production major at CU Denver. There were many potential candidates, I am not sure I can list a specific one. I university in New York University of Puget Sound, mainly because I was born and raised in Tacoma, and if there were a northwestern equivalent to the beauty of UCCS, UPS would be it. Ideally I would have liked to go to CU Boulder, but needed to stay in Colorado Springs due to personal reasons Indiana University Bloomington because of the ballet program. The University of New Mexico was my first choice because it was close to home, and close to my family. Western Washington university, because I liked the location My first choice of institution was University of Oregon in Eugene. I chose this because of the LGBT friendly resident hall. Colorado school of mines due to the success rate and the percentage of students who have a job right after college Mid-America Christian University was my first choice because it is faith based, but it would not work with my budget. CSU Fort Collins was my first choice because I love the town of Fort Collins and going there would have given me more of a college experience. CSU Fort Collins; for their diverse range of majors and minors. UTSA because of location University of Denver - the prestigious nature and their quarter system. Great programs Regis Baylor University, it is a prestigious school. The University of Denver because thats where I am from and I had wanted to go there in high school before I had moved out to Colorado Springs my sophomore year.

12 Seattle Pacific University. Location and academic program. i really didnt have one i just randomly picked CSU - Ft. Collins because I loved the location and the atmosphere of the school as well as other important qualities such as location, campus life, and the faculty. I loved everything about the school itself and nothing about was a turn-off for me in choosing where to get educated for the 4-5 years. CSU I wanted to live in fort Collins and go to a bigger school Cornell College because they offered more scholarship money and had more programs that interested me. Adams State University because they allowed for more academic support for struggling students. I knew that I would eventually be in that situation and wanted to do as much as possible to avoid it. UCCS doesn't have anything like that. University of Colorado - Denver, but I did not like the city campus. I may go there for my nursing program. Creighton because really liked the campus and that I could also go to graduate school there University of Northern Colorado because their Monfort college of business accepted me as well as the school inviting me to join their honors program. The University of New Mexico (UNM) was my first choice, because they offer a wider variety of studies. They also have the number one ranked medical program for small town doctors. Adams University Art degree, decided against it Cal Poly San Luis Obispo University of Northern Colorado. The size, location, and interest. Too many rows for PDF export, try exporting to Word or CSV

13 Q8 - If you were not enrolled at UCCS, where would you most likely be? Answer Count I would not be in college I would be working I would be attending another college: Total I would be attending another college: UC Denver Hult international business school University of New Mexico Most likely a Community College Texas AM or PPCC University of Idaho UCLA Florida gulf coast CSU Pueblo Mississippi State University Montana State University Mines either boulder or community college Unm PPCC University of Mississippi Ole Miss Sacramento State University of Washington CU-Denver

14 UNC or Metropolitan Wisconsin Lutheran College Western Michigan University Colorado State University Barry University CSU Pueblo Colorado Mesa Carnegie Mellon CU Denver CU Denver Hawaii Pacific Univeristy BYU-Idaho Probably PPCC just to get cheap preliminaries out of the way UNC southern illionis university UNC CU Denver Colorado School of Mines CSU Colorado Mesa CU- Boulder CSU Boulder UCD UNC CU Denver CU Denver Rochester UNC Greeley CSU Pueblo College of Dupage NCSU

15 Unc Pikes Peak community college Colorado Mesa University CU Denver Metro State University CSU Pueblo Adams statr CU denver Southern Virgina University University of Colorado Boulder Adams State University of Northern Colorado CSU CSU CSU Fort Collins UNC or CSU Western Colorado State Regis University University of Alaska Fairbanks unkniown University of Iowa University of Colorado at Denver Colorado Mesa CU-Denver CU Boulder RMCAD CU of Denver Furman University CU Boulder University of northern colorado South Dakota State University Colorado Mesa University

16 PPCC Hastings College Metropolitan: Denver CU Boulder or Colorado University University of Tennessee Grand Canyon University University of Arizona Other University of Ireland University of Nebraska Lincoln Massachusetts Istitute of Technology Fort Lewis Drake University CSU- Fort Collins Lonestar Community College Pikes peak, CU boulder, ir Fort Collins DU or Boulder Too many rows for PDF export, try exporting to Word or CSV

17 Q9 - When do you think you will graduate from UCCS? Answer Count In less than four years In four years In five years In six or more years I plan to transfer and graduate from another institution Total

18 Q10 - Are you or will you be employed this year (Fall 2015 through Spring 2016)? Answer Count Yes, full time off campus Yes, part time off campus Yes, on campus No Total

19 Q11 - Where do you currently live? Answer Count With family or other relatives UCCS Residence Hall Off campus apartment Other: Total

20 Q12 - To how many colleges (excluding UCCS) did you apply for admission this year? Answer Count or more 1 4 Total

21 Q13 - What is the highest academic degree you intend to obtain? Answer Count Baccalaureate Master's Professional (MD, DO, DDS, DVM, JD) Doctorate Total

22 Q15 - What is your major at UCCS? Answer Count Undecided, pre-professional, or other: Anthropology 0 1 Biochemistry 3 13 Biology 9 37 Business Administration Chemistry 0 2 Communication 2 8 Computer Engineering 2 7 Computer Science 6 23 Computer Security 1 3 Criminal Justice 4 18 Distributive Studies 0 0 Economics 1 5 Education 2 10 Electrical Engineering 3 13 English 2 8 Game Design & Development 4 17 Geography/Environmental Studies 1 3 Health Care Sciences 4 15 History 1 5 Math 0 2 Mechanical Engineering 7 27 Nursing 8 31 Philosophy 0 1 Physics & Energy Sciences 1 3 Political Science 0 2 Psychology 5 22 Sociology 0 1

23 Spanish 0 1 Visual & Performing Arts 2 10 Women's and Ethnic Studies 0 2 Total Undecided, pre-professional, or other: Pre medicine Accounting/Finance Pre med Double in Physics and Mechanical Engineering Pre Vet Pre-Physical Therapy undecided Sports management Pre PT (Biomed) Sport management Sport Management Mech engineering Geography and environmental study Psychology pre-nursing Pre-Med Sports Management pre-med I've been thinking Geography/Environmental Sciences, not official Sport Management Pre-Professional Sports Management undecided pre-vetrinarian

24 pre-med Business Pre-Pharmacy Pre-Physical Therapy Sport Management Business(maybe) Pre-Pharmacy Pre-Physical Therapy Sport management International Business Nursing Intent Nursing Physical Therapy

25 Q16 - Do you have at least one parent who earned a 4-year degree? Answer Count Yes No I do not know Total

26 Q4 - How did you first hear about UCCS? Answer Count Family member Friend Counseling office at high school Mailing from UCCS from UCCS UCCS Facebook page Internet search Television advertisement Radio advertisement Newspaper advertisement Online advertisement Outdoor advertisement Other Total Other Coach contacted me i live here so i knew it was here Scholarship Opportunities A High School Teacher booth at college fair By living in the area, no clue how exactly I've lived here my whole life I know about UCCS I live in Colorado Springs MIlitary Installation; College Brochure Pre colligate

27 WBB Coaching Staff Looked up PGA Management Programs I took pre-collegiate classes here I lived here Homeroom teacher I live near it Driven past entire life I Live in the Springs pre-collegiate program I went to High School just down the road I was born and raised in the Springs. Everyone knows about UCCS here. saw campus in real life Drove past it everyday to go to CSCS High School concurrent enrollment classes I live 20 minutes away Well known in CS All of the above Air Force ROTC school search I had someone talk to me about it in high school Living in the city I heard about it a lot. SAT Campus Tour Middle school field trip I live in the springs. Naviance ive lived here my whole life I was in Pre-Collegiate Development Program and that was how I heard about UCCS as a college campus and a good place to go to. I've live near UCCS I love in the area philosophy class at my high school Born and Raised on CO Springs I live in Colorado Springs, so I've heard things here and there for years from numerous places.

28 Live in Colorado Springs Lived in Colorado Springs off and on through my life National College Fair Research I live here Sport Pre-Collegiate Program

29 Q22 - I also applied to:

Ethnic Studies Asst 55, ,755-2, ,111 4,111

Ethnic Studies Asst 55, ,755-2, ,111 4,111 A&S Prof 99,202 163 112,307-13,105-11.67 2,136,071 2,210,459 Asso 69,100 115 74,200-5,101-6.87 586,572 648,916 Asst 60,014 78 62,194-2,181-3.51 170,088 256,767 Total 80,892 356 89,017-8,126-9.13 2,892,731