Getting to know your audience: Queen’s Students Roger Healey, Office of Institutional Research and...

Getting to know your audience: Queen’s

StudentsRoger Healey, Office of Institutional Research and

Planning

18,531

5,216

Total Queen's Enrolment (2010-11)

Full-timePart-time

72%

9%

19%

Level of Study (2010-11)

Undergrad

2nd Entry Prof

Graduate

4

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

Queen's Full-Time Graduate Enrolment

51997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500Queen's Graduate Enrolment by Year (Full-Time)

Masters Doctoral

~60%

~40%

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

18,000

20,000

Queen's Undergraduate vs Graduate (Full-Time)

Undergrad Graduate

19.2%15%

Enrolment Distribution by Faculty/School

Arts and Sci

61%App Sci

17%

Business9%

Nurs-ing2%

Medicine3%

Law3%

Education5%

Undergraduate

Arts and Sci

37%

App Sci14%

Business21%

Nurs-ing1%

Medicine6%

Law1%

Edu-cation

3%

Rehab8%

PolStud/UrbPl5%

Neuro/EnvSci3%

Graduate

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B.Sc. H

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MBA

Ph.D

MA/MSc

0

0.5

1Gender Split, Selected Programs (Full-time)

Female

Male

Total Number of International Students:781 Undergraduate (5.2%, from 69 countries)643 Graduate (17.7%, from 73 countries)

Countries with the highest representation:Undergrad: China, U.S., South Korea, UK, PakistanGraduate: U.S., China, India, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Germany

International Students

• 3,825 Undergraduates in “Class of 2014”

• Every Canadian province and territory represented

• Overall admission average of 87.9%

Incoming Undergraduate Class

• Measure 4 equity-seeking groups: Females, aboriginals, persons with a disability and racialized groups (visible minority)

• also ask about Gross Family Income, Parental Education Level, Rural/Urban

Applicant Equity Census

NSSE National Survey of Student EngagementBenchmarks of Effective Educational Practice

• High engagement linked to positive educational outcomes

• Methodology is robust and widely used

• Engagement scores help to monitor strengths and weaknesses

• Uses 42 key questions and surveys 1st year and 4th year

• We now have very detailed data that allows comparisons at unit level (e.g. Electrical Engineering) across over 40 universities in Canada

Why NSSE?

• LAC – Level of Academic Challenge (+)

• ACL – Active and Collaborative Learning (-)

• SFI – Student-Faculty Interaction (-)

• EEE – Enriching Educational Experiences (+)

• SCE – Supportive Campus Environment (+)

NSSE Benchmarks

• www.queensu.ca/irp

• 613-533-2100

• contact us for more information

Office of Institutional Research and Planning