As you finish the semester this week here at VSU (please remember that Odum Library is open 24 hours May 3-May 6), consider these interesting facts and sources about higher education in the United States, the University System of Georgia, and on our own campus:<\/p>\n

The National Center for Education Statistics collects information about national trends in higher education, including this data:<\/p>\n

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• Enrollment Trends by Age<\/a>\u00a0 In 2013,\u00a047 percent of U.S. 18- to 19-year-olds and 39 percent of 20- to 24-year-olds were enrolled in postsecondary education.<\/li>\n
• Price of Attending Undergraduate Institutions<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0At 4-year U.S. public institutions, the average total cost of attendance for first-time, full-time students living on campus and paying in-state tuition was $22,190 at public institutions.<\/li>\n
• Institution Retention and Graduate\u00a0Rates for Undergraduate\u00a0Students<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0In terms of student retention among first-time, full-time students who enrolled at 4-year degree-granting institutions in 2012, about 80 percent returned the following fall (in 2013), the most recent years for which numbers are available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  For information about the University System of Georgia graduation rates, degree and major information, retention rates, and degrees conferred, consult the USG by the Numbers<\/a>\u00a0site. Archived reports back to the early 1990s are also available.<\/p>\n

  Fall 2015 and previous semesters’ enrollment figures at VSU<\/a>\u00a0are available from\u00a0VSU’s Office of Institutional Research<\/a>, along with much additional data about the VSU community. For instance, in Fall 2015, the five most popular majors at VSU were nursing, biology, psychology, criminal justice, and communication disorders.<\/p>\n

  Good luck to students, staff, and faculty during finals week and, especially, to VSU’s graduating students. \u00a0Information about graduate issues<\/a> such\u00a0as times of ceremonies, parking, the commencement speaker, and the lists of candidates to graduate<\/a>\u00a0are available at the VSU Spring 2016 Commencement Information<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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