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Academic Programs Enrollment Library Holdings
Accreditation Faculty and Staff National Rankings
Buildings Owned Financial Aid On Campus Housing
Campuses Freshmen Admission Revenues & Expenditures
Carnegie Basic Classification FTE Students Student Characteristics
Degrees Awarded History Tuition & Fees
* Please note information displayed here, in most categories, applies to the whole University (Main and Wayne campuses). For more detailed information, please visit Common Data Set done for individual campuses.


Brief History of the University
1870: The institution now known as The University of Akron was founded as Buchtel College by the Ohio Universalist Convention
1872: Buchtel College opened its doors to 46 collegiate students, 171 preparatory students and seven faculty members
1873: Buchtel College produces the first graduate
1880: The first master’s degree was awarded
1913: Trustees transfer Buchtel College’s assets to the city of Akron, creating the Municipal University of Akron
1926: Trustees change the institution’s name to The University of Akron
1959: The University’s first doctoral degree was awarded, in polymer science. In so doing, Akron became the fifth Ohio university to offer doctoral work, following Ohio State, Western Reserve, Case and Cincinnati
1967: On July 1, The University of Akron became one of the Ohio’s state universities
1999: The New Landscape for Learning campus development initiative was launched
2004: First phase of the New Landscape for Learning campus enhancement program was completed, resulting in 9 new buildings, 14 major renovations and 30 acres of fresh green space
    Community and Technical College was renamed Summit College
2005: Honors College was created
    Zips football team won its first Mid-American Conference Championship in school history and got its first Division IA bowl bid
2006: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation gives its largest-ever single grant, $10 million, to further support UA's revitalization of the 40-block area around campus through the University Park Alliance
2007: New Landscape for Learning building program continues with addition of 15th residence hall and announcement that UA would build its first on-campus football stadium
Campuses
87 buildings on 222 acres in metropolitan Akron
One regional campus, Wayne College, located on 151 acres in Orrville, Ohio, about 30 miles southwest of Akron
B.S./M.D. program offered at main campus and the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in Rootstown, Ohio
UA is a partner, along with community and business leaders, in The University of Akron Medina County University Center, a 33,000-square-foot facility offering college classes and workforce training


National Rankings
The College of Business Administration graduate program was recognized in the 2005, 2006 and 2007 editions of The Princeton Review's Best Business Schools
UA ranked third among the nation’s top 50 campuses with the greatest wireless Web access in a 2005 Intel Corp. survey
School of Law was ranked #2 in 2004 as a best value by National Jurist and Pre-Law Insider magazine
UA School of Law is one of only 17 in the nation offering an LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law
Student teams earned #1 rankings in national trial advocacy competitions in 2004 and 2003
Industrial/Organizational Psychology program ranked 6th nationally by U.S. News & World Report
Only public university in Ohio with a science and engineering program ranked in the top five nationally by U.S. News & World Report
Engineering students placed 2nd among 17 college teams in 2005 – the first year of the three-year competition sponsored by GM to design a fuel-efficient, “green” SUV by 2007
One of only 12 universities in the nation named as a Carnegie Cluster leader in recognition of teaching and learning achievements
Accreditation Carnegie Basic Classification
North Central Association of Colleges & Schools   Main Campus RU/H: Research Universities (high research activity)
35 professional accrediting agencies
  Wayne College Assoc/Pub2in4: Associate's--Public 2-yr colleges under 4-yr universities
 
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Academic Programs Offered
(Academic Year 2006-07)

Degrees Awarded
(AY 06-07 and To Date thru Spr ‘07)
Unique
Programs
Programs
& Tracks
  2006-07 To Date
Certificates 69 157   Associate 467 26,750
Associate 35 79   Bachelor's 2,260 97,965
Baccalaureate 87 229   Master's 820 28,291
Master's 71 151   Doctoral Degrees 105 3,043
Doctoral 17 27   Juris Doctors 132 6,049
Juris Doctor 1 7        
Enrollment  
Fall 2006 Fall 2007
Undergraduate Students 19,673   Undergraduate Students 20,668
Graduate Students 3,327   Graduate Students 3,494
Professional Students 539   Professional Students 542
Full-time students 16,418   Full-time students 17,505
Part-time students 7,121   Part-time students 7,199
Total Headcount: 23,539 Total Headcount: 24,704


Fall 2007 Enrollment by Ethnicity


Fall 2007 Enrollment by Degree Type
  Count Percent     Count Percent
Native American 77 0.3%   Baccalaureate 16,832 68.1%
Asian Pac Islander 451 1.8%   Associate 2,859 11.6%
African American 2,862 11.6%   Master's 2,542 10.3%
Hispanic 282 1.1%   Non degree-seeking 1,221 4.9%
White 19,231 77.8%   Doctoral 710 2.9%
Non Resident Alien 846 3.4%   Law 540 2.2%
Unknown 955 3.9%        


Fall 2007 FTE Students


Fall 2007 Freshmen Admission Info
Undergraduate FTE 16,934   Applicants 11,805
Graduate FTE 1,786   Acceptances 9,691
Professional FTE 436   Enrollees 4,176
In-State FTE 18,015   Accept Ratio 82.1%
Out-of-State FTE 1,141   Yield Ratio 43.1%
Total Full-time Equivalent Students: 19,156   * Accept Ratio is acceptances divided by applicants
Annual 2006-07 FTE Students: 19,507   * Yield Ratio is enrollees divided by acceptances

* Term FTE is SCH/15 and annual is SCH/30
   
Fall 2007 Student Characteristics
Freshmen ACT Composite   Gender Breakdown  
25th Percentile Score 18 Male 48%  
75th Percentile Score 24 Female 52%  
First Year Retention rate   Average Age Full-time Students  
Fall 2005 returning in Fall 2006 65.6%   First-time first year students 19  
6 Yr Graduation rate   Undergraduate students 22  
Bach. degree seeking - '00 Cohort 35.2%   Graduate students 28  
Pct In-State Undergrad Students 97%   Overall UA Full-time students 22  


Students receiving Financial Aid
80% (Includes aid from all sources, i.e. scholarships, grants, loans, student employment on campus, graduate assistantships and fee remissions for employees/dependents)
 
Tuition & Mandatory Fees On Campus Housing
For 2007-08 full-time students For Academic year 2007-08
Resident Undergraduate $8,382   Housing Capacity 2,996    
Non resident Undergraduate $17,631   Room Charge $4,955    
Resident Graduate $6,971   Board Charge $3,048    
Non resident Graduate $11,381          
* Ugrd fees based on 12-15 credit hrs/sem
* Grad fees based on 9 credit hrs/sem
Source: IPEDS Institutional Characteristics Survey Fall ’07. Board charge listed is for 15 GOLD Meal plan.
Source: OBR Survey of Student Charges FY 07-08  

For more information on tuition and fees, visit http://www.uakron.edu/busfin/studentfin/tuition.php
Physical Structure Inventory, Buildings Owned
Campus Number of Buildings Gross Square Feet Net Assignable Square Feet Percent of NASF to Gross Replacement Value ($ in thousands)
Main Campus 79 7,140,055 4,954,511 69.4% $954,907
Wayne Campus 4 129,240 76,196 59.0% $20,505
Source: OBR Basic Data Series, Facilities Reports Autumn 2006
2005-06 Revenues by Source 2005-06 Educ & General Expenditures
Source Amount Percent   Function Amount Percent
Student Fees $170,629,865 49.6%   Instruction & General $241,633,616 77.6%
State Appropriations $91,525,520 26.6%   Separately Bdgtd Rsch $22,162,226 7.1%
Federal Grants $33,074,571 9.6%   Public Service $16,228,647 5.2%
State Grants $6,624,714 1.9%   Scholar. & Fellowships $31,495,135 10.1%
Local Grants $820,297 0.2%   Total $311,519,624 100%
Private Sources $23,462,598 6.8%        
Endowment $1,907,723 0.6%   Source:
Sales and Services $10,851,486 3.2%   OBR Basic Data Series... Financial Rpt 05-06
Temp Investment Inc $4,602,197 1.3%        
Other Sources $281,417 0.1%        
Total $343,780,388 100%        
Fall 2007 Faculty and Staff Profile
Full-time Employees Univ Total Part-time Employees Univ Total
Teaching Faculty 764 PT Faculty Teach Credit 925
Administrative Faculty with Rank 43 PT Faculty Teach Noncredit 44
Library Faculty with Rank 22 Total Part-time Faculty 969
Total Full-time Faculty 829 PT Staff 345
Contract Professionals 469 PT Administrators 37
Staff 1,083 Graduate Assistants 1,245
Total Full-time Employees 2,381 Total Part-time Employees 2,596
Source: HR Employee Summary November 1, 2007

Fall 2007 Teaching Faculty Data
Student-Faculty ratio 19:1
Full-time Faculty with Doctorate Degrees 67%
Full-time Faculty with Terminal Degrees 82%
Tenured Faculty 68%
Tenure Track Faculty 15%
Non-Tenured Faculty 17%
Fall 2007 Library Holdings
Books, serial back files* 1,259,804  
Current serial subscriptions^ 14,765  
Microforms 1,683,081  
Audiovisual materials 48,423  
E-books 216,412  
* Plus other material including government documents
^ Includes electronic and paper subscriptions
 
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