Modified: 2023-10-26 9:52 PM CDST
In 2023, for the first time since Covid, the "Nessie" showed an uptick in college enrollments, but freshman enrollment was down.
I'll also include results of our 2016 analysis of our honors students bucket lists. Those results say much about our students.
2023 Statistics from BCSSE (from Chronicle of Higher Education, October 26, 2023)
"The data, which reflect enrollments as of September 28, are based on 9.6-million graduate and undergraduate students at about 1,500 colleges — or nearly 55 percent of the institutions that report to the center."
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Overall enrollment is up for the first time since Covid.
"Undergraduate enrollment was up for Black, Asian, and Latino/a students this fall, but down for white, international, and Native American students."
Only Asian freshmen increased over last year
Short term credentials (certificates) increased over last year
Here are the most sought after degrees
Arkansas College Enrollment Data, 2023 top 10 (from CollegeRaptor.com)
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Recent Data on Arkansas Enrollments
Four-year Arkansas tuitions (from www.discoverarkansas.gov)
| Arkansas State University www.astate.edu 870-972-2100 PO Box 600 State University, AR 72467 Enrollment: 12,863 Tuition: $9,310 Other Locations: Paragould |
Arkansas Tech University www.atu.edu 844-804-2628 215 West O Street Russellville, AR 72801 Enrollment: 9,640 Tuition: $9,682 Other Locations: Ozark |
Henderson State University www.hsu.edu 800-228-7333 870-230-5000 1100 Henderson Street Arkadelphia, AR 71999 Enrollment: 2,919 Tuition: $9,450 |
Southern Arkansas University web.saumag.edu 870-235-4000 100 E. University Magnolia, AR 71753 Enrollment: 4,434 Tuition: $9,580 |
| University of Arkansas at Fayetteville www.uark.edu 479-575-2000 1 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 Enrollment: 29,068 Tuition: $9,656 |
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith www.uafs.edu 479-788-7000 5210 Grand Avenue Fort Smith, AR 72913 Enrollment: 5,447 Tuition: $7,984 |
UA Little Rock www.ualr.edu 501-569-3000 2801 S. University Ave. Little Rock, AR 72204 Enrollment: 8,295 Tuition: $9,529 |
University of Arkansas at Monticello www.uamont.edu 800-844-1826 870-460-1026 346 University Drive Monticello, AR 71656 Enrollment: 2,677 Tuition: $8,431 Other Locations: Crossett, McGehee |
| University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff www.uapb.edu 870-575-8000 1200 North University Drive Pine Bluff, AR 71601 Enrollment: N/A Tuition: $8,574 Other Locations: North Little Rock |
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences www.uams.edu 501-686-7000 4301 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72205 Enrollment: 3,088 Tuition: Varies Other Locations: Teaching Centers across the state |
University of Central Arkansas www.uca.edu 501-450-5000 201 Donaghey Ave. Conway, AR 72035 Enrollment: 10,105 Tuition: $9,778 |
Honors College Bucket Lists (Kardas, Wingfield, & Morehead, 2016)
Conducted an archival analysis of 1429 student bucket lists collected in Honors Seminar as a class assignment since 2010. Analyzed the differences in male (N = 132) and female (N = 194) students in six post hoc derived categories: Domestic, Thrill Seeking, Career/Achievement, Service, Personal, and Travel. The results for each category were analyzed by the Chi-Square for Goodness of Fit. Surprisingly, except for Thrill Seeking, which showed no statistically significant difference, females exceeded males significantly in all remaining categories. Results provide useful information for honors deans, directors, staff, and faculty.
The Bucket List (2008), two terminal cancer patients, one middle class, the other rich, escape their ward and finally complete their bucket lists.
We had 326 lists with 1429 separate items. We collapsed those into six categories:
Table 1 Totals by Gender
Domestic Thrill Seeking Career/ACH Service Personal Travel
Fem Male Fem Male Fem Male Fem Male Fem Male Fem Male
83 47 78 89 202 114 73 25 207 179 204 128
Thrill Seeking, it intuitively makes sense that males and female honors students would seek to bungee jump or skydive, to swim with sharks, or to climb Mt. Everest.
Career/Achievement was probably the least expected result. Traditional beliefs maintain that men are more career and success oriented than women. Here, perhaps, is the exception to the rule where women who seek honors education run counter to popular stereotypes.
Travel. Again, women desired travel more than men. Popular destinations for both men and women included: Europe, Australia, and the world in general. Women, however, listed travel more than did men.
Service. There, expectedly, women were more likely to list a desire for service. What was troubling was how few men listed that category. Given that service is one of the legs of the honors stool, directors and deans should be cognizant of this result.
We expected females to list Domestic topics more than men and they did. But, both listed topics related to marriage, family, and children nearly equally. However, women listed nearly double the number of topics in this category.
Personal was the most esoteric and showed the widest variety of topics. Females listed items from attending specific cultural or sporting events, through learning to play musical instruments, to meeting famous people. Males listed items such as owning specific vehicles, playing professional sports, and writing books.
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