Fast Facts

Fall Semester 2016

Prior Year - Fall 2015

Cal Poly Humboldt Statistical Profile

Affiliation	Part of 23-campus California State University system
President	Lisa Rossbacher
Where we are located	Located in Arcata, 270 miles north of San Francisco and 95 miles south of the Oregon border, on 144 acres of land, it is nestled in a spectacular setting of redwood forests, rushing rivers, ocean beaches and mountain ranges.
Average temperature and rainfall	Summer temperatures average 63 degrees in Arcata and 92 degrees just 40 miles inland in Willow Creek. Year round temperature averages 57 degrees.Overall, Humboldt County receives an average of 37.5 inches of rain per year.
Academics	Many study options are available to Humboldt students. There are 49 baccalaureate degree majors within which are 86 options/concentrations. There are also 73 minors, 12 graduate programs, 14 credential programs including 6 single subject credentials, and several certificates of study.
Facilities	- 144 acres main campus - Plus an additional 591 acres which Humboldt owns, leases or has use agreements to (marine lab, observatory, natural history museum, salt water marsh, freshwater marsh, small lakes and ponds, forest lands, sand dune preserve, research vessel, First Street Gallery, and the Wildlife Care Facility). - 963,127 square feet in 90 buildings
Carnegie Classification	Public Master's Colleges and Universities (medium programs)

Fall 2016 and 2015 Enrollment

	Fall 2016	Fall 2015	% Change
Student Headcount	8503	8790	-3.3%
Full-Time Equivalent Students	8020	8228	-2.5%
First Time Undergraduates	1295	1420	-8.8%
Transfer Students	857	1035	-17.2%
Continuing Undergraduates	5694	5808	-2.0%
Masters Enrollment	405	397	2.0%
Credential Enrollment	94	130	-27.7%

Fall 2016 Enrollment by Student Class

Student Class	Female	Male	Total	% Full-Time
Frosh	1057	753	1810	98.0%
Sophomore	667	406	1073	97.5%
Junior	1162	946	2108	95.3%
Senior	1586	1391	2977	89.5%
Total Undergraduates	4472	3496	7968	94.0%
Masters	233	172	405	70.4%
Credential	62	32	94	94.7%
2nd Bachelors	11	12	23	56.5%
Other Post-Baccalaureate	9	4	13	15.4%
Totals	4787	3716	8503	92.7%

Fall 2016 Student Ethnicity

	Female	Male	Totals	Percentage
Black	132	139	271	3.2%
American Indian	55	34	89	1.0%
Asian	142	137	279	3.3%
Hispanic/Latino	1785	1084	2869	33.7%
Non Resident Alien	65	75	140	1.6%
Pacific Islander	17	3	20	0.2%
Two or more	307	263	570	6.7%
Unknown	290	260	550	6.5%
White	1994	1721	3715	43.7%
Totals	4787	3716	8503	100.0%

Fall 2016 Average Unit Loads

	Female	Male	Overall Average
Undergraduate - Full Time	14.6	14.4	14.5
Undergraduate - Part Time	8.2	8.4	8.4
Credential - Full Time	22.6	20.3	21.8
Masters - Full Time	12.9	11.7	12.4
Masters - Part Time	5.1	5.1	5.1
Overall Average	14.2	13.8	14.0

Fall 2016 Geographic Origin of Current Students (based on prior institution)

Region	Undergrad	Post-Bacc	Totals	Percentage
Local	886	293	1179	13.9%
Northern CA	795	32	827	9.7%
SF Bay Area	1014	25	1039	12.2%
Sacramento	320	9	329	3.9%
Coast	356	25	381	4.5%
Central CA	610	3	613	7.2%
Los Angeles	2701	28	2729	32.1%
San Diego	630	9	639	7.5%
WUE States*	390	38	428	5.0%
Other States	200	57	257	3.0%
Foreign	66	16	82	1.0%
Totals	7968	535	8503	100.0%

* WUE is a state exchange program with participants from 14 western states allowing students from these states to attend participating public colleges or universities in other states at a significantly reduced cost.

Fall 2016 First Time Undergraduate Profile

Ethnicity

	Female	Male	Total	%
Black	25	26	51	3.9%
American Indian	8	3	11	0.8%
Asian	16	15	31	2.4%
Hispanic/Latino	336	213	549	42.4%
Non Resident Alien	11	7	18	1.4%
Pacific Islander	3	1	4	0.3%
Two or more	57	45	102	7.9%
Unknown	40	22	62	4.8%
White	243	224	467	36.1%
Totals	739	556	1295	100.0%

Other Characteristics

	Female	Male	Total
First Generation	60.4%	51.1%	56.4%
Low Income	55.9%	49.5%	53.1%
Average Unit Load	14.5	14.4	14.4
In Campus Housing	90.8%	88.3%	89.7%

Origin

	Female	Male	Total
Local	5.1%	6.5%	5.7%
Northern California	8.7%	9.7%	9.1%
San Francisco Bay Area	12.6%	14.6%	13.4%
Sacramento	4.1%	5.9%	4.9%
Coast	2.0%	3.4%	2.6%
Central California	9.2%	6.5%	8.0%
Los Angeles	40.9%	36.5%	39.0%
San Diego	9.1%	9.2%	9.1%
WUE State	6.1%	4.5%	5.4%
Other State	2.2%	2.7%	2.4%
Foreign	0.1%	0.5%	0.3%

College of Major

	Female	Male	Total
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences	28.4%	16.7%	23.4%
College of Natural Resources & Sciences	33.4%	44.6%	38.2%
College of Professional Studies	29.0%	27.3%	28.3%
Undeclared	9.2%	11.3%	10.1%

Average Annual College Summaries for 5 years

Average Annual Headcount

College	11/12	12/13	13/14	14/15	15/16
CAHSS	2213	2159	2111	2140	2175
CNRS	2947	3082	3239	3207	3174
CPS	2030	2030	2106	2219	2406
All University	372	325	277	309	303
University Wide	7562	7596	7733	7875	8258

Full-Time Equivalent Students (FTES)

College	11/12	12/13	13/14	14/15	15/16
CAHSS	3024.3	2920.9	2928.5	2959.8	2939.9
CNRS	2527.9	2684.4	2780.5	2921.6	2826.4
CPS	1841.3	1734.8	1771.0	1874.8	1988.6
All University	24.6	19.9	79.2	94.3	170
University Wide	7418.1	7360.0	7559.2	7850.5	7924.9

Full-Time Equivalent Faculty (FTEF)

College	11/12	12/13	13/14	14/15	15/16
CAHSS	127.3	130.3	131.2	134.0	136.4
CNRS	121.3	125.5	132.3	140.0	137.8
CPS	75.5	72.1	76.8	76.8	86.8
All University	0.7	0.7	5.0	5.1	8.2
University Wide	324.9	328.5	346.0	356.0	369.3

Student Faculty Ratio (SFR)

College	11/12	12/13	13/14	14/15	15/16
CAHSS	23.5	22.4	22.2	22.1	21.5
CNRS	20.5	21.4	21.0	20.9	20.5
CPS	23.5	24.1	24.4	22.8	22.9
All University	33.6	27.7	15.8	18.4	20.7
University Wide	22.8	22.4	21.8	22.1	21.5

FTEF is from the CDPS Course Section Report. This represents the FTEF used to teach courses in each subject and may not match the FAD report which summarizes FTEF by department of appointment. Therefore, the Student /Faculty Ratios indicate the actual instructional experience in each subject area.

The historical data is portrayed according to the current college configuration of departments.

CAHSS = College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
CNRS = College of Natural Resources & Sciences
CPS = College of Professional Studies
AU = All University (General Studies)

Fall 2016 Faculty Data

	Female	Male	Total
Tenured/Tenure Track	106	135	241
Lecturer (Temporary)	200	137	337
University Totals	306	272	578

Fall 2016 Faculty Data (by position type)

	Female	Male	Total
Professor	41	77	118
Associate Professor	20	26	46
Assistant Professor	45	32	77
Lecturer (Temporary)	200	137	337
University Totals	306	272	578

Fall 2016 Faculty Ethnicity

Tenured/Tenure Track Lecturer

	Female	Male	Female	Male
American Indian/Alaska Native	2	2	7	5
Asian	5	12	8	3
Black	2	2	4	1
Hispanic	7	4	8	6
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	0	0	1	0
White	79	106	142	100
Two or More	1	2	9	5
Unknown	10	7	21	17
Subtotal	106	135	200	137
University Totals	241		337

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