HIGHLIGHTS

The semester enrollment report is based on information taken from the University’s student information system at the time of the semester’s census date (the tenth day of classes). These figures reflect how many Montclair State University students are enrolled in courses at the end of this business day. This definition follows the New Jersey S.U.R.E. enrollment report requirements. Reports generated later in the semester will reflect students who have withdrawn from courses and will, therefore, be smaller than these official counts.

In spring 2002, 10,004 undergraduates are enrolled at Montclair State University. Most (99 percent) are degree-seeking students and 74 percent attend full-time.

The average credit load for full-time undergraduates is 14.2 credits and for part-time students it is 6.6 credits.

Freshmen and sophomores make up 20 and 21 percent of undergraduates, while juniors and seniors are 26 and 33 percent, respectively.

Six out of ten undergraduates are female. Eleven percent identify themselves as African American, 5 percent as Asian, 16 percent as Hispanic and 58 percent as white.

More than half, 57 percent, of undergraduates list Essex, Bergen or Passaic as their county of origin.

The five undergraduate majors with the most students enrolled are: Business Administration, Psychology, Human Ecology, English, and Biology.

Twenty-four percent of undergraduates (2,370) have not yet declared a major.

At the graduate level, 3,426 students are enrolled in spring 2002, an increase of nine percent over last spring. Fifty-nine percent are degree-seeking and most, 82 percent, attend as part-time students.

For full-time graduate students, the average credit load this semester is 10.7 hours and for part-time students it is 4.4 hours.

Graduate students are predominantly (73 percent) female. For those who do supply this information, nine percent report they are African American, three percent are Asian, six percent are Hispanic and 68 percent are White. Racial/ethnic information is missing for nine percent.

Sixty-one percent of enrolled graduate students are from Bergen, Essex and Passaic counties.

The five graduate majors that enroll the most students are: Business Administration, Counseling, Teaching, Administration and Supervision, and Communication Sciences and Disorders.