II.  TIME PERIODS
	Fall Semester	Data were as of the beginning of November 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 and Fifth-year 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	Each full-time student is counted once; part-time students are counted
	Equivalent (FTE)	based on the percentage of full-time tuition paid.
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-Univ. 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.S.P.P.M, M.M.M., M.S.E.T.M.,
		M.P.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., M.U.D.
	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.
ETHNICITY
	NRA	Non-Resident Alien
	AI/AN	American Indian/Alaskan Native
	A/PI	Asian/Pacific Islander
	HISP	Hispanic
	UNK	Ethnicity Unknown
TEACHING
UNITS
	A student 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 Carnegie Mellon through the Pennsylvania Council of Higher Education
		(PCHE) agreement.
STAFF
Full-time employees includes those on paid leave and visiting research professionals.  Visiting faculty are excluded.
FACULTY
Total Faculty includes five categories of faculty members.  They are:
	Tenure Stream Faculty		Tenure stream faculty are comprised of three ranks of permanent faculty members (subject to the rules of the tenure process):  Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor.  Professors and some Associate Professors are tenured; the rest of the Associate Professors and Assistant are eligible for tenure, or in the Tenure Stream.
	Non-Tenure Stream Faculty		Non-tenure stream faculty are considered permanent faculty members who are in the "regular" faculty stream.  Generally, the small numbers of non-tenure stream faculty are Instructors, but can and do have other titles/roles as well.
	Regular Faculty		The combination of tenure and non-tenure stream faculty.
	Research Faculty		Research faculty are comprised of several ranks of faculty-equivalent research positions of scientists and engineers, including Research Scientist or Engineer, Senior Research Scientist or Engineer and Principal Research Scientist or Engineer.  The primary duties are research-related.  Research faculty are not tenure-eligible.
	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:			All faculty may have contractual joint appointments in one or more departments, and are split between these appointments accordingly.  Headcount counts just that, regardless of length of appointments and/or full-time/part-time status.
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 meal plan 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.