OOS Students and the Public State Universities

bclintonk
Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:12:54 +0000

hawkette:

As for the source of applications, accepts, and students, I stand by my earlier observation (# 209) about the impact of Midwestern applicants on U Michigan results. They represent a third of the acceptances and deliver a 28% yield.



Uh, hawkette, your innumeracy is staggering. By far the dominant source of Michigan’s OOS applications and acceptances is the Northeast, and more broadly the “coastal” U.S.
(Northeast + Pacific Coast).

University of Michigan APPLICATIONS as % of total domestic OOS

Northeast (Maine through Virginia) 7,585=46% of domestic OOS
Midwest (OH,IN,IL,WI,MN,IA,ND,SD, NE, KS,MO) 4,613=28% of domestic OOS
Pacific (CA,WA, OR) 2,095=13% of domestic OOS total
“Coastal” (Northeast + Pacific Coast) 9,680=59% of domestic OOS
Southeast (though Texas) 1,771=11% of domestic OOS

University of Michigan ACCEPTANCES as % of total domestic OOS

Northeast 2,818=46% of domestic OOS
Midwest 1865=30% of domestic OOS
Pacific 625=10% of domestic OOS
“Coastal” (Northeast + Pacific) 3,443=56% of domestic OOS
Southeast 678=11% of domestic OOS

University of Michigan enrolled OOS students, class entering 2008
Northeast 798=46% of domestic OOS
Midwest 511=29% of domestic OOS
Pacific 167=10% of domestic OOS
“Coastal” 965=56%
Southeast 204=12% of domestic OOS

Bottom line, the University of Michigan student body is a little under 2/3 Michiganders and the rest a cosmopolitan mix of people from all U.S. regions, with Northeasterners, Californians, and Chicagoans making up the predominant OOS groups. Among the 30% or so of OOS from the Midwest, Illinoisans—predominantly Chicagoans—comprise nearly half (48% of Midwestern OOS applicants, 48% of Midwestern OOS acceptances, and 49% of Midwestern OOS enrolled students).