Graduate Enrollment and Recruiting

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Graduate EnrollmentandRecruiting

• Douglas Dankel II
• CISE Department
• Spring 1999
• ddd_at_cise.ufl.edu

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Campus Efforts

• Legislative Efforts
• Freezing of undergraduate enrollment
• Increased enrollment on Graduate level only of gt
  500 students/year
• Initiation of 3/2 programs
• combined BS/MS degree
• Increased offering of financial support
• Alumni Fellowships 200/year

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Enrollment
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US PhD Production
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Department Efforts

• Post-Bac Students
• Mailing to U.S./Permt Residents
• CS or CE undergraduate/graduate major
• Acceptable GPA
• Interested in Southeast or no preference
• Presentations to classes
• Initiation of 3/2 program
• combined BS/MS degree
• Increased offering of financial support
• Increased admittance to program

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Salaries
Starting Salaries BS - 50,000 MS - 60,000,
PhD (univ) - 65,000, PhD (indus) - 90,000
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Earning MS vs. BS
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Earnings PhD (Univ) vs. BS MS
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Earnings PhD (Indus) vs. BS MS
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Percentage US Students
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Department Statistics 4/22/99

• 847 applicants (1000 anticipated)
• Evaluated 500
• Accepted 263 88 College of Engineering
  48 MS, 11 MS/PhD, 41 PhD 12 US, 88
  international
• 61 Assistantship Offers (15 US) 12 accepts (7
  US) 16 declines 33 pending
• 26 will enroll while 18 will not

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Applications
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Needs

• Encouragement for students to stay
• Corporate presentation stressing importance of
  graduate degrees
• Internships and co-ops
• Sponsored projects that employ students
• Graduate student grants
• Corporate endowments for fellowships