New Student Backgrounds and Admission Trends
The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment gathers a variety of data and information about new students. You can view a presentation about Getting to Know New Students at The Evergreen State College (PDF).
For admission trends and demographic information visit the following pages:
- Evergreen First-time, First-year Students
- Evergreen Transfer Students
- Admission History Summary (1982-2011) (PDF)
- Enrollment Rates and Admissions Selectivity (PDF)
- Maps of Geographic Origin of New Students
Another source of information about new students are student surveys. The Evergreen New Student Survey has been administered every other year from 2003 to 2007. In addition, Evergreen participates annually in the National Survey of Student Engagement, which provides information about the experience of first-year students.
Interested in the experiences, backgrounds, and outcomes of transfer students?
Read and listen to students' stories and view the poster presentation Illuminating the New Students in the Shadows: Background, Experiences, and Outcomes of Transfer Students. The poster presentation was awarded a 2007 Best Visual Presentation award and a poster presentation award by the Association for Institutional Research. View the related PowerPoint presentation (also available as a PDF). Also view demographic information on the Evergreen Transfer Students page.