CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
II.  TIME PERIODS
	Fall Semester	Data are as of the 15th day in the Fall Semester (except Units Taught, which are end of semester counts).
	Academic Year	Data are the addition of Fall and Spring Semester totals.
	Fiscal Year	Data are for the period July 1 to June 30 of the indicated year.
III.  DEFINITION OF TERMS
STUDENTS
FRESHMEN
	Applied	Individuals who completed the Admissions process.
	Admitted	Applicants who were admitted to Carnegie Mellon.
	Enrolled	Applicants who were admitted and actually enrolled.
	Yield	Enrolled as a percent of Admitted freshmen.
COMPETING SCHOOLS
	The top 15 schools to which students admitted to Carnegie Mellon also submitted applications.
	The source of this data is the Admissions Office Competition Report.
ENROLLMENT
	Students by Level	Undergraduate : Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior
		Graduate: Students enrolled in Master's or Doctoral programs.
		Non-Degree: Special students who are not enrolled in a degree program.
	Headcount	Each student, full or part time, is counted once.
	Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)	Each full-time student is counted once; part-time students are counted based on the percentage of full-time tuition paid to cover their current courses.
HOUSING TYPE
	University Housing	On-Campus: CMU owned dormitories physically located on campus.
		Off-Campus: CMU controlled off-campus housing.
		Fraternity/Sorority: Fraternity or Sorority controlled housing.
	Non-University Housing	All other student residence arrangements.
PERSISTENCE
	The percentage of students from an entering cohort who are still enrolled in a particular year plus those who have graduated.
DEGREES
	Bachelors	B.A., B.S., B.Arch., B.F.A., B.H.A, B.S.A.
	Masters	M.A., M.S., M.E., M.F.A., M.Des., M.M.U., M.A.M., M.P.M, M.M.M., M.E.T.M.,
		M.E.C., M.E.T., M.H.C.I., M.L.T., M.S.E., M.I.S.M, M.S.I.T., M.B.A.
	Doctorates	D.A., Ph.D.
	All degrees are shown by the Department from which they were earned, rather than the particular program or emphasis listed on the individual's degree.  All degree programs are listed in the front of this booklet.
RACE
	NRA: Non-Resident Alien
	AI/AN: American Indian/Alaskan Native
	A/PI: Asian/Pacific Islander
	HISP: Hispanic
	UNK: Race Unknown
TEACHING
UNITS
	A student at CMU earns a specified number of units for each course taken at the University.  Three (3) units are the equivalent of one (1) credit hour.  The total units taught by a department is calculated by summing the units taken by each student for each course taught by the department.
	Other: Includes units taught to Non-Degree students and students from other colleges attending CMU through the Pennsylvania Council of Higher Education (PCHE) agreement.
STAFF
	Full-time employees includes those on leave and visiting research professionals.  Visiting faculty are excluded.
FACULTY
	Total Faculty includes three categories of faculty members.  They are:
	Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty		Tenure/Tenure-Track faculty are comprised of four ranks of permanent faculty members (subject to the rules of the tenure process):  Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and Instructor.  Professors and some Associate Professors are tenured; the rest of the Associate Professors and Assistant Professors are eligible for tenure, or in the Tenure Stream; and Instructors are eligible for promotion into the tenure stream.  Instructors are part of the regular faculty for whom the tenure probationary period has not yet begun.
	Research Faculty		Research faculty are comprised of several ranks of faculty-equivalent research positions of scientists and engineers.
	Lecturer Faculty		Lecturer faculty are comprised of several ranks of permanent faculty members including Lecturers, Senior Lecturers, and Principal Lecturers.  The primary duty of Lecturer faculty is teaching.  Lecturer faculty members are not eligible for tenure or tenure-track status.
	Special Faculty		Special faculty are comprised of several ranks of full-time, part-time, and temporary, instructional, and research faculty including active Faculty Emeriti, Adjunct Faculty, Instructional Staff, Visiting Faculty, Special Research Faculty, and Post-Doctoral Associates.  Administrators with Special Faculty appointments are excluded.
	Method of counting:		Regular and Research faculty may have contractual joint appointments in one or more departments, and are split between these appointments accordingly.
ALUMNI			Includes all living persons who attended the university as degree candidates.
FINANCES
TUITION AND FEES
	Undergraduate Tuition		Tuition charged to full-time undergraduate students.  This is established at the university level.
	Freshmen Tuition		Tuition charged to full-time freshmen students.  This is established at the university level.
	Graduate Tuition		Tuition charged to full-time graduate students.  This is established by each college.
	Average Room		The annual charge for a standard double room.  Other options for university housing include:  Standard and Prime rooms for  one, three or four students, and several apartment, townhouse or separate house alternatives.
	Average Board		The average board plan includes the student's choice of one of five options.
	Total Estimated Cost of Attending CMU		This includes tuition and activities fee, books and supplies, incidentals, room and board for residents and lunches and transportation for Commuters.  This is computed each year by the Financial Aid Office.