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Michigan Tech actively recruits students through our extensive residential summer academic youth programs that have a minority participant rate of more than 40 percent and female participation rate of more than 50 percent. Over 1,200 precollege students participate in these one-, two-, or four-week academic programs each year. A 2004–2005 recruitment and marketing plan supports an aggressive focus on attracting female and minority students. The addition of Native American and Hispanic/Latino outreach coordinators and the ExSEL programs director in the Educational Opportunity Department, together with the precollege program success, will significantly improve our ability to reach out to a broader group of students and retain and educate those who choose to attend Michigan Tech.

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Enrollment History by Ethnic Groups 1995–2006
     % of    African    % of    Native    % of    Asian    % of      % of      % of    Multi    % of    Unde-   % of    Total    % of    Total    % of    Grand  
 Year    Int’l    Total    American    Total    American    Total    American    Total    Hispanic    Total    White    Total    racial    Total    clared    Total    Female    Total    Male    Total    Total  
1995 500 7.8 92 1.4 48 0.8 90 1.4 35 0.5 5448 85.3     177 2.8 1663 26 4727 74 6390
1996 510 8.2 89 1.4 46 0.7 80 1.3 48 0.8 5373 86.7 2 0 47 0.8 1619 26.1 4576 73.9 6195
1997 547 8.7 101 1.6 55 0.9 80 1.3 46 0.7 5393 85.6 7 0.1 73 1.2 1664 26.4 4638 73.6 6302
1998 513 8.2 124 2 53 0.8 80 1.3 39 0.6 5337 85.3 16 0.3 95 1.5 1729 27.6 4528 72.4 6257
1999 532 8.4 126 2 57 0.9 62 1 48 0.8 5361 84.8 14 0.2 121 1.9 1728 27.3 4593 72.7 6321
2000 570 9 129 2 50 0.8 73 1.2 49 0.8 5328 84.1 21 0.3 116 1.8 1660 26.2 4676 73.8 6336
2001 657 9.9 149 2.3 44 0.7 85 1.3 58 0.9 5361 81.1 33 0.5 223 3.4 1705 25.8 4905 74.2 6610
2002  668 10.1   150 2.3 44 0.7 76 1.1 64 1 5353 80.8 37 0.6 233 3.5 1653 25 4972 75 6625
2003  693 10.6   133 2 55 0.8 83 1.3 74 1.1 5268 80.2 37 0.6 222 3.4 1638 25 4927 75 6565
2004 608 9.3 128 2 58 0.9 74 1.1 86 1.3 5329 81.5 33 0.5 224 3.4 1557 23.8 4983 76.2 6540
2005 605 9.3 118 1.8 52 0.8 73 1.1 97 1.5 5297 81.4 43 0.7 224 3.4 1523 23.4 4985 76.6 6508
2006 580 8.9 125 1.9 58 0.9 78 1.2 88 1.3 5318 81.3 43 0.7 254 3.9 1575 24.1 4969 75.9 6544
Undergraduate Enrollment by Major
Engineering Majors Fall 2006
Biomedical  Chemical  Civil  Environmental  Electrical  Computer  Mechanical  Materials  *Other Eng  Total 
Native American 2 3 8 0 3 3 6 1 2 28
African American 6 5 4 1 6 5 14 1 5 47
Hispanic/Latino 2 1 4 0 3 3 16 0 3 32
Asian American 2 1 1 1 7 7 10 1 6 36
Multicultural 0 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 1 15
All women 92 68 71 47 33 20 110 22 56 519
All men  115 195 362 58 351 219 1068 66 232 2666
Total Population  207 263 433 105 384 239 1178 88 288 3185
*Other Engineering  Note: Includes online learning  Note: Fall 2006 data preliminary 
Non-Engineering Majors Fall 2006
 Business    Forestry  Technology  STC*    CS**    Biology  Chemistry  Physics  Other    Total  
 Native American  2 3 4 0 2 5 0 0 10 26
 African American  22 1 11 3 3 2 1 1 18 62
 Hispanic/Latino  6 1 12 0 3 5 2 1 6 36
 Asian American  2 0 7 1 3 2 0 1 10 26
 Multicultural  3 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 11 23
 All women   170 51 22 32 13 179 39 14 236 756
 All men   253 101 514 34 306 90 28 59 303 1688
 Total Population   423 152 536 66 319 269 67 73 539 2444
*Scientific and Technical Communication **Computer Science Note: Includes online learning Note: Fall 2006 data preliminary
Undergraduate & Graduate Enrollment by Class
Engineering Majors Fall 2006
 Freshmen    Sophomore    Junior    Senior    Master    PhD    Total  
 Native American  8 7 6 7 0 0 28
 African American   17 5 10 15 6 2 55
 Hispanic/Latino   5 17 3 7 4 6 42
 Asian American   11 8 9 8 4 2 42
 Multicultural  4 3 3 5 1 1 17
 All women   146 105 108 160 65 54 638
 All men   708 608 585 765 205 157 3028
 Total Population   854 713 693 925 270 211 3666
Note: Includes online learning Note: Fall 2006 data preliminary
Graduate Enrollment by Major
Engineering Majors Fall 2006
 Biomedical    Chemical    Civil    Environmental    Electrical    Computer    Mechanical    Materials    *Other Eng    Total  
 Native American    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  
 African American    0    1    1    0    2    0    3    0    1    8  
 Hispanic/Latino    0    0    1    1    0    0    6    0    2    10  
 Asian American    0    0    2    2    1    0    1    0    0    6  
 Multicultural    0    0    0    2    0    0    0    0    0    2  
 All women    3    7    10    32    18    0    21    4    24    119  
 All men    2    17    27    30    77    0    162    19    28    362  
 Total Population    5    24    37    62    95    0    183    23    52    481  
Non-Engineering Majors Fall 2006
 Business  Forestry  Technology  *S.T.C.  **C.S.  Biology  Chemistry  Physics  Other    Total
 Native American   2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
 African American   2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 8
 Hispanic/Latino   1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 10
 Asian American   0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 6 10
 Multicultural   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
 All women   17 40 0 36 6 9 11 9 54 182
 All men   30 36 0 22 31 15 18 32 69 253
 Total Population   47 76 0 58 37 24 29 41 123 435
Enrollment History of Women
1994–2006
 Year    Number Enrolled    Percent
Enrolled  		  Number Enrolled in Engineering    Percent Enrolled in Engineering    Year    Forestry    Science & Arts    Business    Engineering  
1994 1,447 25 754 20 1994 15 86 8 62
1995 1,468 26 760 21 1995 22 87 10 76
1996 1,404 25 717 20 1996 30 91 4 90
1997 1,471 26 763 21 1997 25 89 1 78
1998 1,516 27 774 22 1998 29 102 2 80
1999 1,518 27 741 22 1999 36 97 0 77
2000 1,452 26 698 21 2000 42 95 0 71
2001 1,488 25 707 22 2001 36 97 1 83
2002 1,418 24 669 21 2002 40 105 5 85
2003 1,372 24 615 19 2003 36 117 5 108
2004 1,284 24 559 17 2004 40 107 15 108
2005 1,228 22 505 15 2005 46 119 19 107
2006 1,275 23 519 16 2006 40 114 17 119
Distribution of Minorities by College/School at Michigan Tech
Fall 2005 & 2006
Distribution of Minorities - Pie Graphs
Distribution of Women by College/School at Michigan Tech
Fall 2005 & 2006
Distribution of Women Pie Graphs
Retention Information
The Center for Institutional Data Exchange and Analysis:
2005-06 STEM Retention Report shows that at selective
universities approximately 74 percent of underrepresented
minority (URM) students in STEM* disciplines persist after
one year, and 62 percent after two. Undergraduate percentages
by all majors are 74 percent and 63 percent, respectively.
At Michigan Tech, over the past six years, one-year
retention rates for URM students have been 71.7 percent
after one year and 62.8 percent after two years in STEM disciplines.
Using all majors, the percentages are 73.2 percent
for one-year retention and 62 percent for two-year retention.
At selective universities 80.4 percent of female students in
STEM disciplines persist after one year, and 70.0 percent
after two. Female undergraduate percentages by all majors
are 79.9 percent and 69.3 percent, respectively. Michigan
Tech’s retention of full-time female FTIAC (First Time In Any
College) students entering in fall 2004 was 84 percent after
one year and 78 percent after two years. This compares
favorably with fall 2004 national averages of 80.8 percent
after one year and 70.7 percent after two years.
In on-campus surveys, as well as in a national survey (1999
Engineering Information Foundation Student Engineering
Experience Survey), which was sponsored by Women in Engineering
Programs Advocates Network (WEPAN), women
student respondents at Michigan Tech indicate a high satisfaction
with their educational experiences at the University.
On the same survey, 75 percent of Michigan Tech’s female
respondents said they were confident that engineering was
the right career for them. More than 35 percent had participated
in Michigan Tech precollege programs.

 Student Support
Michigan Tech’s Department of Educational Opportunity
and other department programs for female students provide
outreach, access, mentoring, encouragement, and ongoing
professional development. The programs use the strengths
of our University and participants—precollege students,
University students, alumnae, corporate partners—to
provide a network of activities that help attract, recruit and
retain students. Programs that focus on Michigan Tech’s
female students enhance the learning environment and often
offer personal and professional growth experiences for all
students.
The ExSEL program is a partnership between Michigan
Tech’s Department of Educational Opportunity, all five
Schools and Colleges, and the State of Michigan’s King-
Chavez-Parks Initiative. The program, founded with the College
of Engineering, expanded at the beginning of the 2006-
07 academic year to include all of Michigan Tech’s Schools
and Colleges. In the past, the ExSEL program has led to
improved retention rates for all first-year engineering students,
a success it plans on expanding campus-wide.
ExSEL combines courses, peer mentoring, grade monitoring,
and other support services to encourage the success of
incoming and current underrepresented and under-prepared
students. ExSEL promotes the use of in-place campus
resources including Learning Centers, academic advisors,
OME Outreach Coordinators, and the Michigan Technological
University Office of First Year Programs.
*STEM—Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Graduation Rates and Degrees Granted to
Underrepresented Minority Students
Nationally, 41.2 percent of underrepresented minority students in
all majors graduate after six years, 40.3 percent in STEM* disciplines.
At Michigan Tech, the average six-year graduation rate for all
majors is 28.8 percent, 31 percent in STEM majors. Michigan Tech
remains committed to enrolling and graduating greater percentages
of underrepresented minorities and females and improving the
graduation rates of all our students. Our improved first- and second-
year retention rates indicate that six-year graduation rates will
continue to increase. During 2005-06, Michigan Tech awarded 46
(63 in 2004-05) bachelor’s degrees, 6 (7 in 2004-05) masters, and 4
(2 in 2004-05) PhDs to underrepresented minority students. Most of
the degrees were in engineering and science.
Six-Year Graduation Rate
Cohorts
 1998-99    1998-99  
 Nat’l    Nat’l    MTU    MTU  
 All Majors    STEM    All Majors    STEM  
 All Students    54.0    54.9    62.4    64.5  
 Male    50.2    52.7    61.2    63.2  
 Female    57.3    58.4    65.4    68.3  
 Minority*    41.2    42.3    41.7    40.9  
 African Am    44.6    45.3    41.2    37.5  
 Hispanic Am    45.3    44.0    N/A**    N/A**  
 Native Am    33.7    31.6    75.0    75.0  
 Asian Am    55.8    56.1    66.7    66.7  
 Caucasian    56.2    57.1    64.2    66.5  
 *African American, Hispanic American, Native American  
 **Small cohort size  
 Statistics taken from the Center for Institutional Data Exchange and Analysis 2005-2006 CSRDE Report (May 2006) and Michigan Tech’s Office of Institutional Analysis.  
Graduation Rates and Degrees Granted to Women
The University’s six-year graduation rate for female students is 67.0 percent. This compares favorably to the national average of 57.3 percent for women as reported by the Center for Institutional Data Exchange and Analysis: 2005-06 STEM Retention Report. Nationally, in STEM programs the 6-year graduation rate for 1998-99 was 58.4 percent, and in comparison, 68.3 percent for 1998-99 at Michigan Tech. During 2005-06 Michigan Tech awarded 251 bachelors, 65 masters, and 9 PhDs to women students compared to 2004-2005 when Michigan Tech awarded 293 bachelors, 63 masters, and 13 PhDs to women students. *STEM—Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
Faculty and Staff by Ethnicity and Year
Fall 2001 through Fall 2006
 Year    Ethnicity    Tenured    Tenure Track    Non-Tenured    Staff    Total  
 2001    Total    34    7    6     38     85  
   Native American    1    -   2     12     15  
   African American    3    -   1    7     11  
   Asian/Pacific Islander    28    5    2     12     47  
   Hispanic    2    2    1    7     12  
   Multiracial    -   -   -   -   - 
 2002    Total    33    9    4    45     91  
   Native American    -   -   1     17     18  
   African American    2    -   1    7     10  
   Asian/Pacific Islander    28    8    1     11    48  
   Hispanic    3    1    1     10     15  
   Multiracial    -   -   -   -   - 
 2003    Total    32     10    4     42     88  
   Native American    -   -   1     15     16  
   African American    2    -   -   7    9  
   Asian/Pacific Islander    26     10    2     11     49  
   Hispanic    4    -   1    9     14  
   Multiracial    -   -   -   -   - 
 2004    Total    35    4    7     36     82  
   Native American    -   -   2     14    16  
   African American    2    -   -   4    6  
   Asian/Pacific Islander    29    4    4     10     47  
   Hispanic    4    -   1    8    13  
   Multiracial    -   -   -   -   - 
 2005    Total    35    4    3     44     86  
   Native American    -   1    1     17     19  
   African American    2    -   1    6    9  
   Asian/Pacific Islander    29    3    -    15     47  
   Hispanic    4    -   1    6    11  
   Multiracial    -   -   -   -   - 
 2006    Total    32    2    7     46    87  
   Native American    -   -   -    18    18  
   African American    1    -   1    6    8  
   Asian/Pacific Islander    27    2    3     14    46  
   Hispanic    4    -   3    8    15  
   Multiracial    -   -   -   -   - 
Faculty and Staff by Gender and Year
Fall 2001 through Fall 2006
  Faculty  
 Year    Gender    Tenured    Tenure Track    Non-Tenured    Staff    Total  
 2001    Total    238    75    84    1,045    1,442  
   Male    193    53    51    534    831  
   Female    45    22    33    511    611  
 2002    Total    237    84    82    1,079    1,482  
   Male    191    63    52    550    856  
   Female    46    21    30    529    626  
 2003    Total    233    76    81    1,083    1,473  
   Male    185    58    51    549    843  
   Female    48    18    30    534    630  
 2004    Total    239    76    93    1,036    1,444  
   Male    190    61    51    533    835  
   Female    49    15    42    503    609  
 2005    Total    230    76    101    1,093    1,500  
   Male    183    58    60    547    848  
   Female    47    18    41    546    652  
 2006    Total    229    71    118    1,189    1,607  
   Male    181    54    70    599    904  
   Female    48    17    48    590    703  

 

 
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