Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions

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2022 Undergraduate Tuition
$18,000
3.31% growth from 2021
2022 Average Net Price
$23,501
After Financial Aid
2022 Acceptance Rate
88.9%
2,701 Applicants
2022 Enrolled Students
25,610
68.5% Full-Time
2022 Graduation Rate
70.7%
585 Graduates

About

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions is a Carnegie Classification grouping of higher education institutions. In 2022, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions were Teacher Education (1,342 degrees awarded), General Educational Leadership & Administration (1,313 degrees), and Curriculum & Instruction (628 degrees).

The median undergraduate tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions is $18,000, which is $7,444 more than than the national median of $10,556. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $18,000, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, and is $3,067 more than than the national median $14,933.

Costs

The median in-state tuition for Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions is $18,000, which is $7,320 more than than the national median in-state tuition of $10,680. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $18,000, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, and is $3,067 more than than the national median out-of-state tuition of $14,933.

After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $23,501.

Tuition Costs

$18,000
2022 Undergraduate Tuition

In 2022, the cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions was $18,000, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, which was $18,000. The cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions is $3,067 more than than the overall (public and private) national median of $14,933, and the in-state tuition is $7,320 more than than the overall (public and private) national median $10,680.

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Average Net Price

$23,501
2022 Value
8.29%
1 Year Growth

In 2022 Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $23,501. Between 2021 and 2022, the average net price of Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions grew by 8.29%.

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Average net price is calculated from full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded a grant or scholarship from federal, state or local governments, or the institution.

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Other Student Expenses

$9,531
Room and Board
$1,003
Books and Supplies

The average yearly cost of room and board at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions was of $9,531 in 2022. The cost of room and board did not change between 2021 and 2022.

During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,003. The cost of books and supplies did not change during the same period.

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Financial Aid by Income Level

69%
Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Grants
62%
Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Loans

69% of undergraduate students at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions received financial aid through grants or loans in 2022. This represents a growth of 15% with respect to 2021, when 60% of undergraduate students received financial aid.

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Admissions

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions received 2,701 undergraduate applications in 2022, which represents a 2.6% annual growth. Out of those 2,701 applicants, 2,401 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 88.9% acceptance rate.

There were 25,610 students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions in 2022. 7.25% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions has an overall enrollment yield of 44.6%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.

Acceptance Rate

88.9%
Acceptance Rate in 2022
2,401
Accepted Out of 2,701

In 2022, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions was 88.9% (2,401 admissions from 2,701 applications). This is lower than the acceptance rate of 2021, which was 90.3%. Between 2021 and 2022, the number of applicants declined by 2.6%, while admissions declined by 4.08%.

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SAT Scores

7.25%
Submission Percentage (2022)
157
Scores Submitted (2022)

7.25% of enrolled first-time students at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions in 2022 submitted SAT scores with their applications.

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Enrollment

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions had a total enrollment of 25,610 students in 2022. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions is 17,555 students and the part-time enrollment is 8,055. This means that 68.5% of students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions are enrolled full-time.

The enrolled student population at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions, both undergraduate and graduate, is 53.9% White, 15.8% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Black or African American, 3.57% Asian, 2.56% Two or More Races, 0.285% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.187% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.

Students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions in full-time Undergraduate programs are most commonly White Female (29.5%), followed by White Male (19.8%) and Black or African American Female (10.5%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are most commonly White Female (50.5%), followed by White Male (16.3%) and Hispanic or Latino Female (8.78%).

Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment

68.5%
Full-Time Enrollment

The total enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions in 2022, both undergraduate and graduate, is 25,610 students. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions is 17,555 and the part-time enrollment is 8,055. This means that 68.5% of students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions are enrolled full-time compared with 71.2% at similar Special Focus Institutions.

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Retention Rate over Time

49%
2022 Retention Rate

Retention rate measures the number of first-time students who began their studies the previous fall and returned to school the following fall. The retention rate for full-time undergraduates at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions was 49%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Special Focus Institutions (73%), Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions had a retention rate lower than its peers.

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Enrollment by Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity (2022)
  1. White
    13,816 enrolled students
  2. Hispanic or Latino
    4,037 enrolled students
  3. Black or African American
    3,979 enrolled students

The enrolled student population at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions is 53.9% White, 15.8% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Black or African American, 3.57% Asian, 2.56% Two or More Races, 0.285% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.187% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders. This includes both full-time and part-time students as well as graduate and undergraduates. By comparison, enrollment for all Special Focus Institutions is 42.1% White, 19.3% Hispanic or Latino, and 14.1% Black or African American.

Any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis is categorized as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the share of those students are shown in the chart below. Additionally, 1,217 students (4.75%) did not report their race.

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Graduates

In 2022, 4,879 more women than men received degrees from Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions is white (5,800 degrees awarded). There were 3.89 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, black or african american (1490 degrees).

The most common Masters Degree concentration at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions is Teacher Education (1,309 degrees awarded), followed by General Educational Leadership & Administration (1,111 degrees) and Curriculum & Instruction (596 degrees).

In 2022,  the most specialized majors across all degree types at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions, meaning they have significantly more degrees awarded in that concentration than the national average across all institutions, are Education (6,428 degrees awarded), Legal (426 degrees), and Personal & Culinary Services (896 degrees).

Common Jobs by Major

The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions are Elementary & middle school teachers (1,545,389 people), Secondary school teachers (433,885 people), Education administrators (248,890 people), Special education teachers (184,515 people), and Preschool & kindergarten teachers (180,251 people).

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions in 2022 are Education (6,428 degrees awarded), Legal (426 degrees), Personal & Culinary Services (896 degrees), Philosophy and Religious Studies (111 degrees), and Human Sciences (276 degrees) (as of 2022).

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Highest Paying Jobs by Major

Highest Paying Job

The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions are Surgeons, Cardiovascular technologists and technicians, Chief executives & legislators, Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, and Dentists

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions are Education (6,428 degrees awarded), Legal (426 degrees), Personal & Culinary Services (896 degrees), Philosophy and Religious Studies (111 degrees), and Human Sciences (276 degrees) (as of 2022).

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Common Industries by Major

Most Common Industry

The most common industries for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions are Elementary & secondary schools (2,681,635 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (228,865 people), General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (120,669 people), Child day care services (115,691 people), and Religious organizations (74,508 people).

The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions are Education (6,428 degrees awarded), Legal (426 degrees), Personal & Culinary Services (896 degrees), Philosophy and Religious Studies (111 degrees), and Human Sciences (276 degrees) (as of 2022).

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Majors Awarded

IPEDS uses the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) standard, so the categories may not match the exact concentrations offered by Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions.
Most Common (2022)
  1. 1,309 degrees awarded
  2. 1,111 degrees awarded
  3. 596 degrees awarded

In 2022, the most common masters degree concentration at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions was Teacher Education with 1,309 degrees awarded.

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Sex Breakdown for Common Majors

2,606
Degrees Awarded to Men
in 2022
7,485
Degrees Awarded to Women
in 2022

In 2022, 2,606 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions, which is 0.348 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (7,485).

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Most Common Male Majors

In 2022, 459 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions in General Educational Leadership & Administration, which is 0.537 times less than the 854 female recipients with that same degree.

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Most Common Female Majors

In 2022, 1069 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions in Teacher Education, which is 3.92 times more than the 273 male recipients with that same degree.

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Time to Complete

41%
100% Completion Time
62%
150% Completion Time

In 2022, 41% of students graduating from Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions completed their program within 100% "normal time" (i.e. 4 years for a 4-year degree). Comparatively, 62% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 62% within 200%.

The following chart shows these completion rates over time compared to the average for the Special Focus Institutions Carnegie Classification group.

Graduation rate is defined as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within a specific percentage of "normal time" to completion for their program.

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Graduation Rate by Race and Sex

Showing demographic groups with ≥ 5 graduating students.
Asian Female
Highest Graduation Rate (84.6%)

The student demographic with the highest graduation rate in 2022 at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions is Female and Asian (84.6% graduation rate). Across all Special Focus Institutions, Asian Female students have the highest graduation rate (73.2%).

The department of education defines graduation rate as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within 150% of "normal time" to completion.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) categorizes any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the graduation rate of those students is shown in the chart below. Additionally, 7.01% of graduates (41 students) did not report their race.

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Race & Ethnicity by Share

Most Common Student Race or Ethnicity (2022)
  1. White
    5,800 degrees awarded
  2. Black or African American
    1,490 degrees awarded
  3. Hispanic or Latino
    1,433 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions is white (5,800 degrees awarded). There were 3.89 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, black or african american (1490 degrees).

4.06% of degree recipients (410 students) did not report their race.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Sex Demographic (2022)
  1. White Female
    4,195 degrees awarded
  2. White Male
    1,605 degrees awarded
  3. Black or African American Female
    1,203 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions is white female (4,195 degrees awarded). There were 2.61 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white male (1605 degrees).

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Operations

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions has an endowment valued at nearly $16.1M, as of the end of the 2022 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of −21.6M (−134%) compared to the 0.21% average return (24.5k on 11.6M) across all Special Focus Institutions.

In 2022, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions had a total salary expenditure of 6.59M. Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions employs 159 Assistant professors, 158 Instructors and 148 Professors. Most academics at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions are Female Assistant professor (117), Male Professor (102), and Female Instructor (99).

The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions are: Management, with 487 employees, Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services, with 465 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 233 employees.

Endowment

$16.1M
2022 Endowment
0.651%
decline from 2021

Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions has an endowment valued at about $16.1M, as of the end of the 2022 fiscal year. The endowment of Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions declined 0.651% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $4.47M higher than than the median endowment of Special Focus Institutions according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.

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The small bar chart below shows the endowment quintiles for all universities in the Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions Carnegie Classification grouping.

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Government Grants and Contracts

Grants & Contracts
  1. $81.6M - Federal
  2. $4.13M - State
  3. $5.79M - Local

As of 2022, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions received $81.6M in grants and contracts from the federal government, $4.13M from state grants and contracts, and $5.79M from local grants and contracts.

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Salary Expenditure

$2.97M
2022 Salaries
16.3%
growth from 2021

In 2022, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions paid a median of $2.97M in salaries, which represents 45% of their overall expenditure ($6.59M) and a 16.3% growth from the previous year. This is compared to a 13.4% decline between 2020 and 2021, and a 1.05% decline between 2019 and 2020.

The median for similar Special Focus Institutions is 3.17M (40.8% of overall expenditures).

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Instructional Salaries

$49.8M
Instructional Salaries
589
Number of Employees

In 2022, Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions paid a total of $49.8M to 589 employees working as instructors, which represents 24% of all salaries paid.

This is compared to a median of $975k (30.7%) for similar Special Focus Institutions.

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Occupations by Share

Assistant professor
Most Common Instructor
159 Employees
Management
Most Common Non-Instructional Employee
487 Employees

In 2022, the most common positions for instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions were Assistant professor with 159 employees, Instructor with 158 employees, and Professor with 148 employees.

In 2022, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions were Management with 487 employees, Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services with 465 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 233 employees.

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Instructors by Academic Rank and Sex

Most Common Demographic (2022)
  1. Female Assistant professor
  2. Male Professor
  3. Female Instructor

In 2022, the most common demographic for instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions was Female Assistant professor with 117 employees, Male Professor with 102 employees, and Female Instructor with 99 employees.

This chart shows the sex split between each academic rank present at Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions.

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