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Dickinson Facts:
Admissions	Enrollment	Retention	Graduates	Faculty	Development	Finances	General

Publications

Presentations

Common Data Set
CDS 2007
CDS 2006
CDS 2005
CDS 2004
CDS 2003
CDS 2002

Data Standards Group

EM&CR Division

Strategic Plan

Profile of Graduating Seniors

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Graduates	410	457	455	542	512	536	500	562	528
Latin Honors	34%	38%	32%	32%	38%	37%	34%	41%	40%
Departmental Honors	4%	4%	5%	6%	7%	7%	8%	9%	9%
Foreign Language Majors	16%	14%	15%	13%	14%	15%	7%	12%	12%
Majors in International Areas	27%	29%	27%	25%	28%	29%	23%	26%	24%
Science Majors	16%	22%	16%	22%	20%	21%	20%	16%	17%
Double or Triple Majors	20%	24%	20%	21%	20%	21%	16%	18%	18%
Minors	27%	26%	25%	25%	22%	27%	29%	28%	30%
Certificates	4%	6%	5%	5%	5%	1%	0.4%	0%	1%

Top 10 Majors

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Political Science	Political Science	Political Science	English	Political Science	Psychology	Political Science	Political Science/English (tied)	Political Science
2	Psychology	English	English	Political Science	English	Political Science	Psychology	IB&M	IB&M
3	History	Biology	Psychology	IB&M	IB&M	English	IB&M	History	English
4	Spanish	Psychology	IB&M	Biology	Psychology	IB&M	History	Psychology	Psychology
5	IB&M	IB&M	Biology	Psychology	Biology	History	English	Biology	Economics
6	English	Spanish	Spanish	History	History	Biology	Biology	Economics	Biology/ Policy Mgmt (tied)
7	Sociology	History	History	Sociology	Spanish	Spanish	Int'l Studies	Spanish	--
8	Biology	French	Sociology	Spanish	Economics	Economics	Economics	Policy Management	History
9	Political Science	International Studies	Policy Studies	Economics	Sociology	Art & Art History	American Studies	Sociology/International Studies (tied)	Sociology
10	American Studies	Fine Arts	Economics	Art & Art History	French	French	Sociology/B&MB/ Policy Mgmt (tied)	--	Am Studies /B&MB/Int'l Studies/Physics (tied)

Percent Studying Off Campus

May Graduates	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
% Studied Off Campus (domestic and abroad)	55%	58%	56%	57%	57%	57%	58%	61%	58%	58%
% Studied Abroad	52%	54%	51%	55%	53%	53%	54%	58%	55%	53%
% of Science Majors who Studied Abroad	---	---	---	52%	43%	43%	44%	52%	50%	37%
% of Students of Color who Studied Abroad	---	---	---	---	55%	55%	53%	53%	50%	42%

Alumni Profile

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total Alumni of Record	17,619	17,258	17,769	17,742	17,672	18,031	18,811	19,350
Alumni Giving Rate (based on previous fiscal year)	40%	42%	43%	42%	42%	42%	39%	35%
% Employed 1 Year after Graduation	---	---	---	79%	69%	75%	79%	---
% with or Pursuing Graduate Degree 1 Year after Graduation	---	---	---	20%	36%	28%	29%	---
% with or Pursuing Graduate Degree 5 Years after Graduation	---	---	---	39%	52%	57%	58%	---