Berry College Strategic Plan 2002 to 2012

(Unless otherwise indicated, fall-term data are reported.)

Item	Strategic Plan Goal	1999-2000	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008	2008-2009	2009-2010	2010-2011
College Size
New first-year students	550	440	487	538	566	508	514	514	425	537
New transfer students	75	90	58	72	72	67	66	69	56	44
Undergraduates (# fall enrollment)	No more than 2,200	1,899	1,825	1,846	1,898	1,895	1,878	1,864	1718	1737
Graduates (# fall enrollment)	200	190	208	192	155	150	130	107	124	121

Diversity Profile
U.S. beyond Georgia, undergraduates (%)	25%	15.7	15.5	15.2	15.5	13.8	14.6	14.8	15.5	15.5
Minority, undergraduates (%)	10%	4.1	4.0	4.3	3.7	4.4	5.9	6.4	6.1	6.9
Minority, faculty members (%)	10%			6.3	6.5	6.9	4.7	4.0	4.1	4.2
Minority, staff members (%)	10%				4.8	5.11	6.1	4.75	4.80	6.21
International citizens, undergraduates (%)	10%	1.7	1.0	2.4	3.1	2.2	1.9	2.5	3.1	3.1
International citizens, faculty (%)	10%			12.2	9.8	10.3	7.8	8.0	7.2	8.5
International citizens, staff (%)	1%				0.3%	0.3%	0.62%	0	0	0.62
Male/Female (%)	45%/55%	38/62	39/61	37/63	38/62	37/63	35/65	36/64	34/66	34/66

New Freshmen Academic Quality
SAT Profile (25^th-75^th percentile) Percent >1125	1150-1350 50%	1070-1270	1070-1260	1050-1250 1120>=62.5	1070-1260 1130>=60.4	1080-1260 >=1125=62.3	1080-1250 >=1125=60.3	1060-1240 >=1120=60	1080-1250 >=1125=59	1040-1210 >=1125=50%
ACT Profile Percent > 25	50%	23-28	21-28	21-27	22-27 50.5	23-29 64.5	24-28 67.0	23-28 >=25=53.8	23-27 56%	23-29 62%

Student Retention Rates
Second year (returning %)	85%	78	75	79	79	76	77	78	75	76
Third year (returning %)	77%	68	65	65	69	64	65	64	65	62
Fourth year (returning %)	73%	58	63	61	62	62	58	59	60	60
Graduated within 6 years (%) * (Cohort)	70%	45 1994	51 1995	59 1996	63 1997	61 1998	62 1999	64 2000	61 2001	60 (Dec 2007rate) 2002

International Travel and Study *
Senior students completing travel (%)	50%			39.7%	42.4%	45.0%	45.1	41.0	29.5
Enrollment in academic programs (%)	10 %			5.3%	7.0%	7.4 (new) see footnote #1 15.3% (old)	7.0	7.0	6.10%

Accessibility
Tuition, % of national private average	<80%	75.1%	76.5%	78.5%	78%	77%	80.9%	82.7%	85.30%	86.70%

Private Support *
College Alumni Participation (%)	33%	24.8	26.0	29.9	28.9	29.14	27.9	29.56	24.47
Faculty/Staff Participation (%)	75%	52.1	46.8	66.5	75.1	67.96	71.07	74.06	85.81
Major Gift Prospect Pool (#)	1,068	220	357	479	778	985	1,221	1,392	1,481
Heritage Society Members (#)	334	172	177	185	204	216	229	252	262
Century Campaign Total, gifts and pledges	$100 mil	$21.9 mil	$39.3 mil	$58.6 mil	$64.2 mil	$75.82 mil	$96.54 mil	$107.54 mil	N/A

* The numbers and percentages for international travel and study, private support and five-year graduation rates represent year-end totals.

¹Data has been updated for 2003-2004 from the original reporting date of September 29, 2004. The percent of students who participated in the study abroad program has been updated to 7.4% of the undergraduate enrollment, replacing the 15.3% of graduating seniors who participated.