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University of California
Institution Valid Dates Caveat
UC Merced 2006 The number of First-time Freshmen attending UC Merced has decreased from 703 in Fall 2005 to 397 in Fall 2006. This is a 43% decrease from the previous year. There is a noticable increase in total enrollment from 2005 to 2006 which is not uncommon. Research is being conducted at this time to find out why there is a decrease in the number of students enrolled as First-time Freshmen.
California State University
Institution Valid Dates Caveat
CSU East Bay 2006 CSU Hayward became CSU East Bay in 2006.
CSU Los Angeles 2004 For CSULA, 3775 Transfer students from 161 Source Institutions enrolled in 2004 as opposed to 1811 Transfers from 130 Source Institutions in 2003. The 2004 counts are almost double that of 2003
CSU San Marcos 2004 For 2004, CSU, San Marcos enrolled transfer students from 43 source institutions as compared to 82 in 2003 and 94 in 2002. However, the total number of Transfers who enrolled at CSU, San Marcos is appears to be consistent with prior years.
CSU San Marcos 1995 - 1999 California State University San Marcos is a new campus established in 1989. Starting in the fall 1995, CSU San Marcos has been incorrectly reporting transfer data from the San Diego Community College District which consists of San Diego City, San Diego Mesa, and San Diego Miramar. The number of transfer students from San Diego City and San Diego Mesa have been under-reported and transfer students from San Diego Miramar has been over-reported for fall 1995 to fall 1999.
California Community Colleges
Institution Valid Dates Caveat
Compton College - Center 2006 As of Fall 2006 term, Compton College operates as an educational center of El Camino College.
Berkeley City College 2006 Vista College became Berkeley City College in 2006.
Santa Rosa Junior College 2006 There is apparently a misreporting of First-Time Freshmen from Lake and Sonoma Counties enrolled at Santa Rosa Junior College in Fall 2006. Research indicates that the majority of first-time freshmen from those counties were reported as coming from an Unknown School. The Community Colleges Chancellors Office will be notified of this anomaly.
Hartnell College 2006 Low First-Time Freshmen counts have been reported for Hartnell College for the 2006 Academic Year. There is a possibility a number of First-Time Freshmen have been miscoded. An investigation is being conducted as this time.
Sierra College 2006 It appears that there were no indication of high schools of origin of freshmen enrolled at Sierra College in the Fall of 2006. CPEC suspects that there may have been a coding error with the high school code, resulting in the assignment of the Unknown School value. However, the number of students enrolled at Sierra College is consistent with prior years. This issue was reported to the Community College Chancellor’s Office on 12/03/2007.
West Hills College Coalinga 2006 In 2006 West Hills College at Lemoore was granted accreditation status and began reporting separately for 2006-2007. UC and CSU have been notified of the newly accreditated California Community College Campus which was formerly reported under the West Hills College at Coalinga campus. It may take some time before the change takes effect.
West Hills College at Lemoore 2006 In 2006 West Hills College at Lemoore was granted accreditation status and began reporting separately for 2006-2007. UC and CSU have been notified of the newly accreditated California Community College Campus which was formerly reported under the West Hills College at Coalinga campus. It may take some time before the change takes effect.
Fresno City College 2006 There appears to be no First-Time Freshmen (FTF) enrolled at Fresno City College in the Fall of 2006. Research indicates that the enrollment status of these freshmen were reported as "Uncollected/Unreported" rather than "First-time Student". The Community Colleges Chancellors Office will be notified of this anomaly pending futher research.
Reedley College 2006 There appears to be no First-Time Freshmen (FTF) enrolled at Reedley College in the Fall of 2006. Research indicates that the enrollment status of these freshmen were reported as "Uncollected/Unreported" rather than "First-time Student". The Community Colleges Chancellors Office will be notified of this anomaly pending futher research.
Shasta College 2006 There appears to be no First-Time Freshmen (FTF) enrolled at Shasta College in the Fall of 2006. Research indicates that the enrollment status of these freshmen were reported as "Uncollected/Unreported" rather than "First-time Student". The Community Colleges Chancellors Office will be notified of this anomaly pending futher research.
Southwestern College 2006 There appears to be no First-Time Freshmen (FTF) enrolled at Southwestern College in the Fall of 2006. Research indicates that the enrollment status of these freshmen were reported as "Uncollected/Unreported" rather than "First-time Student". The Community Colleges Chancellors Office will be notified of this anomaly pending futher research.
West Hills College at Lemoore 2005 - 2006 West Hills College at Lemoore was granted accreditation status in 2006, therefore no degree data is available for 2005 and 2006. It is possible that degree data will be reported for this Community College campus for 2007, which may be available at least by the end of May 2008.
Diablo Valley College 2005 - 2006 Low First-Time Freshmen counts have been reported for Diablo Valley College for Academic Years 2005 and 2006. There is a possibility a number of First-Time Freshmen have been miscoded. An investigation is being conducted as this time.
Fresno City College 2005 A very low number of First-Time Freshmen were reportedly enrolled at Fresno City College for the 2005 Academic Year. Analysis reveals that instead of being classified as First-Time students, most were classified as Uncollected/Unreported (Unknown). CPEC notified the Community Colleges Chancellors Office of this anomaly on 09/26/2006.
Lake Tahoe Community College 2005 A very low number of First-Time Freshmen were reportedly enrolled at Lake Tahoe Community College for the 2005 Academic Year. Analysis reveals that a large percentage of Freshmen enrolled were reported as Continuing Students. CPEC has notified the Community Colleges Chancellors Office of this issue.
San Jose City College 2005 No First-Time Freshmen were reportedly enrolled at San Jose City College for the 2005 Academic Year. Analysis reveals that all Freshmen were reported as having an Uncollected/Unreported (Unknown) enrollment status. CPEC has notified the Community Colleges Chancellors Office of this issue on 09/26/2006.
Southwestern College 2005 No First-Time Freshmen were reportedly enrolled at Southwestern College for the 2005 Academic Year. Analysis reveals that ALL Freshmen were reported as having an Uncollected/Unreported (Unknown) enrollment status. CPEC has notified the Community Colleges Chancellors Office of this issue on 09/26/2006.
Victor Valley College 2005 A low number of First-Time Freshmen were reportedly enrolled at Victor Valley Community College for the 2005 Academic Year. Analysis reveals that a majority of Freshmen were reported as having a Continuing/Returning enrollment status. CPEC has notified the Community Colleges Chancellors Office of this issue on 09/26/2006.
Shasta College 2005 There appears to be a high number of Freshmen classified as either Non-High School Graduates or coming from an Unknown School. This issue was reported to the California Community Colleges Chancellors Office on 2/1/2007.
College of the Desert 2005 Low First-time Freshmen counts were reported for the 2005 Academic Year. CPEC reported these numbers to the California Community Colleges Chancellors Office.
Evergreen Valley College 2005 No First-time Freshmen were reported as enrolled at Evergreen Valley College for the 2005 Academic Year. Analysis reveals that Freshmen are indeed enrolled at Evergreen Valley but instead of being classifed as First-time Students, they were classifed as Uncollected/Unreported. The Community Colleges Chancellors Office has been notified of this anomaly on 09/26/2006.
Reedley College 2005 A very small number of First-Time Freshmen were reportedly enrolled at Reedley College for the 2005 Academic Year. Analysis reveals that large percentage of Freshmen students were classified as having an Uncollected/Unreported (Unknown) enrollment status. CPEC has notified the Community Colleges Chancellors Office of this issue on 09/26/2006.
West Valley College 2005 A low number of First-Time Freshmen were reportedly enrolled at West Valley College for the 2005 Academic Year. Analysis reveals that a majority of Freshmen were reported as having a Continuing/Returning enrollment status. CPEC has notified the Community Colleges Chancellors Office of this issue on 09/26/2006.
Fresno City College 2005 A large number of students of Unknown Student Level has been reported as enrolled at Fresno City College. This high number of Unknown Student Level resulted in low First-Time Freshmen, total Freshmen and Sophomore counts at Fresno City College.
Cosumnes River College 2004 - 2005 Low enrollments counts reported in 2004 and 2005. This is probably due to the opening of the new Folsom Lake College.
Columbia College 2004 For 2004, Columbia reported low Freshmen counts. However, their First-time Freshmen (FTF) counts appear to be consistent with prior years. CPEC reported this anomaly to the California Community Colleges Chancellors Office on July 19, 2005.
De Anza College 2004 Unusual high number of Unknown high schools reported for De Anza College discovered on 4/27/2006. This may be due to coding issues. This anomaly was reported to the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office on 4/27/2006.
Victor Valley College 2004 Victor Valley College reported low First-time Freshmen (FTF) counts for 2004. They also reported low Freshmen counts. CPEC reported this anomaly to the California Community Colleges Chancellors Office on July 19, 2005.
Cosumnes River College 2004 Cosumnes River College reported low Part-time enrollment counts for 2004. Their total enrollment counts appear to be consistent with prior years. CPEC reported this anomaly to the California Community Colleges Chancellors Office on July 19, 2005.
Victor Valley College 2004 Victor Valley reported low Freshmen counts for 2004. Victor Valley also reported low First-time Freshmen (FTF) counts. CPEC reported this anomaly to the California Community Colleges Chancellors Office on July 19, 2005.
College of the Redwoods 2003 For Fall 2003, enrollment data may have been set incorrectly to Continuing instead of First-Time which shows a significant decline in First-Time Freshmen.
Southwestern College 2003 Southwestern College had reported the high school code for many of their students as unknown, which caused the problem of having virtually no students from high schools in the San Diego area.
San Diego Community College District 2003 San Diego had misreported the units earned transfer which is a field used to calculate academic level. This made the academic level incorrect. This caused the the numbers for San Diego City, San Diego Mesa, and San Diego Miramar to drop considerably from 2002 and 2003.
Long Beach City College 2003 Low First-time Freshmen (FTF) counts for 2003. CPEC reported this anomaly to the California Community Colleges Chancellors Office on July 19, 2005.
El Camino College 2003 For 2003, El Camino College reported low Freshmen counts. However, their First-time Freshmen (FTF) counts appear to be consistent with prior years. CPEC reported this anomaly to the California Community Colleges Chancellors Office on July 19, 2005.
Butte Community College 2003 - 2005 Due to collaborations between CPEC and Butte Community College regarding Butte CC's Enrollments data, Butte CC's enrollments data for Academic Years 2003, 2004, and 2005 has been updated.
Butte Community College 2003 - 2005 There appears to be either a low count or no count of First-Time Freshmen attending Butte Community College for the 2003 and 2005 Academic Years. CPEC has notified the Community Colleges Chancellors Office and the President of Butte Community College of these inconsistencies.
Los Rios Community College District 2002 There appears to be a high number of Freshmen from UNKNOWN High Schools enrolled at American River, Cosumnes, and Sacramento City Colleges. The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office has been notified of this anomaly.
Merced College 2002 - 2004 Low Freshmen (New, Continuing/Returning, etc.) counts. CPEC reported this anomaly to the California Community Colleges Chancellors Office on July 19, 2005.
Merced College 2002 - 2004 Low First-Time Freshmen (FTF) counts for 2002 - 2004. Merced also has low Freshmen (New, Continuing/Returning, etc.) counts. CPEC reported this anomaly to the California Community Colleges Chancellors Office on July 19, 2005.
Los Rios Community College District 2002 For 2002, there appears to be a dramatic increase for Full-time students in the Los Rios Community Colleges District (American River, Cosumnes, Sacramento City). Their enrollment counts appear to be consistent with prior and later years. CPEC reported this anomaly to the California Community Colleges Chancellors Office on July 19, 2005.
Chabot College 2001 - 2004 There were no Sophomores enrolled at Chabot College from 2001 - 2004. Although, their total enrollment counts are consistent the past five years. CPEC reported the anomaly to the California Community Colleges Chancellors Office on July 19, 2005.
Imperial Valley College 2000 - 2004 Since 2000, Imperial Valley College have reported a high number of Freshmen compared to a low number of Sophomores. Many of these freshmen were reported as being enrolled in Non-Credit programs.
Taft College 2000 Taft College fall enrollment has increased steadily in the past five years. This increase is due to enrollment in Distance Learning courses. In addition, fall 2000 enrollment data may include enrollment of Westec, which is an off-campus center of Taft College.
San Diego City College 2000 Educational Cultural Complex offers both credit and non-credit enrollment and degrees through San Diego City College. ECC has a Parent/Child reporting situation with San Diego City College.
Evergreen Valley College 2000 Evergreen Community College has not reported its fall 2000 enrollment to the California Community College Chancellor's (CCCCO) office.Therefore, the fall 2000 data for California Community Colleges does not include data for Evergreen and San Jose City Colleges.
San Jose City College 2000 San Jose City College has not reported its fall 2000 enrollment to the California Community College Chancellor's (CCCCO) office. Therefore, the fall 2000 data for California Community Colleges does not include data for Evergreen and San Jose City Colleges.
Diablo Valley College 2000 In Fall 2000, Diablo Valley College reported a large number of First-time Freshmen from Unknown Schools enrolled. The Freshmen Pathways section of CPEC's website will only display counts of first-time freshmen from KNOWN schools, resulting in the drop in first-time freshmen numbers in 2000.
Los Medanos College 1999 There appears to be a low number of students enrolled as First-Time Freshmen at Los Medanos College in Fall 1999. Preliminary research reveals that the students who are supposedly First-Time may have been miscoded as Continuing.
Diablo Valley College 1999 In Fall 1999, there appear to be no First-time Freshmen reported as being enrolled at Diablo Valley College. Research indicated that all first-time students were reported as 'Continuing/Returning' which explains why there were no data pertaining to First-Time Freshmen attending Diablo Valley College in Fall 1999. The Community Colleges Chancellors Office has been notified of this anomaly.
Copper Mountain College 1999 Fall 1999 enrollment data for Copper Mountain College was reported along with College of the Desert.
College of the Desert 1999 Fall 1999 enrollment data for College of the Desert also includes enrollment for Copper Mountain College.
San Diego City College 1995 - 2000 San Diego Community College District is a multi-campus district consists of 3 community colleges - San Diego City College, San Diego Mesa College, and San Diego Miramar College. San Diego City College has been under-reporting the number of students transferring to California State University (CSU) San Marcos for fall 1995 to fall 2000.
San Diego Mesa College 1995 - 2000 San Diego Community College District is a multi-campus district consists of 3 community colleges - San Diego City College, San Diego Mesa College, and San Diego Miramar College. San Diego Mesa College has been under-reporting the number of students transferring to California State University (CSU) San Marcos, the number of students transferring to CSU San Marcos for fall 1995 to fall 2000.
San Diego Miramar College 1995 - 2000 San Diego Community College District is a multi-campus district consists of 3 community colleges - San Diego City College, San Diego Mesa College, and San Diego Miramar College. San Diego Miramar College has been over-reporting the number of students transferring to CSU San Marcos for fall 1995 to fall 2000.
Independent Colleges and Universities
Institution Valid Dates Caveat
National University 1990 - 2000 Transfer data reported by National University includes full-year data; whereas for other AICCU institutions, the transfer data is fall term only. Also, there are transfer students that are reported by the Community College Districts. Due to lack of enough student transcript information, National University was unable to assign the students to a specific Community College. This occurred most of the time when the CCC is part of a multi-campus district. When transfer data are used, data reported for the district should also be included.
National University 1990 - 2000 National University transfer data reflects full-year data. Wheras for other AICCU institutions, the data is for fall term only.