Full-time: Undergraduate: 12 credit hours or more per semester (Fall of Spring)
Graduate: (Masters and Ph.D.): 8 credit hours or more per semester (Fall or Spring)
Law: 10 credit hours or more per semester (Fall or Spring)
Part-time: Enrolled in fewer than the number of hours defining full-time students at each level.
Full-time equivalent (FTE) students:
Undergraduate: Headcount FT students + (credit hours PT students/12)
Graduate/Ph.D.: Headcount FT students + (credit hours PT students/8)
Law: Headcount FT students + (credit hours PT students/10)
Total: FTE Undergraduate + FTE Graduate/Ph.D. + FTE Law
Class levels: Freshman = 30 or fewer credit hours; Sophomore = 31-60 credit hours;
Junior = 61-90 credit hours; Senior = more than 90 credit hours; Post-Baccalaureate = students with bachelor's degree enrolled for additional coursework.
First-time first year student:
In addition to above, enrolled at St. Mary's with no prior credits at other institutions
except for summer session prior to first enrollment at St. Mary's.
Transfer student:
Enrolled at St. Mary's with credit hours from other higher educational institution in
semester(s) other than summer prior to first semester enrolled at St. Mary's.
Regular Admissions:
Students admitted to university without requiring any special program or enrollment
restrictions designed to improve basic college level skills.
Graduation, Persistence, and Attrition:
Graduation: Graduated some time within period indicated
Persistence: Student still enrolled at end of time indicated
Attrition: Student not graduated nor enrolled at end of time indicated; includes
transfers to other institutions.
Retention:
Refers specifically to one-year retention rate of full-time, first year student, i.e.,
students who first enrolled in a given fall semester were also enrolled in the following
fall semester are considered retained.
Full-time faculty:
Faculty on 9- or 12-month contract to teach FT faculty load; includes both tenure-track
& non-tenure track.
Tenure-track: Full-time faculty hired under contract and ultimately eligible for tenure.
Non-tenure track: Full-time faculty under contract but not ultimately eligible for tenure.
Part-time faculty:
Faculty hired on course-by-course basis, no annual contract.
