Humboldt State University

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Humboldt State University Profile
Affiliation	Part of 23-campus California State University system
President	Rollin Richmond
Where we are located	Located in Arcata, 270 miles north of San Francisco and 95 miles south of the Oregon border, on 144 acres of land, it is nestled in a spectacular setting of redwood forests, rushing rivers, ocean beaches and mountain ranges.
Average temperature and rainfall	Summer temperatures average 63 degrees in Arcata and 92 degrees just 40 miles inland in Willow Creek. Year round temperature averages 57 degrees.Overall, Humboldt County receives an average of 37.5 inches of rain per year.
Academics	Many study options are available to Humboldt students. There are 49 baccalaureate degree majors within which are 86 options/concentrations. There are also 73 minors, 12 graduate programs, 14 credential programs including 6 single subject credentials, and several certificates of study.
Facilities	- 144 acres main campus - Plus an additional 591 acres which HSU owns, leases or has use agreements to (marine lab, observatory, natural history museum, salt water marsh, freshwater marsh, small lakes and ponds, forest lands, sand dune preserve, research vessel, First Street Gallery, and the Wildlife Care Facility). - 963,127 square feet in 90 buildings
Carnegie Classification	Public Master's Colleges and Universities (medium programs)

Fall 2012 Student Information
Student Headcount	8116
Full-Time Equivalent Students (FTES) (15 units = 1 FTES except for master's students where 12 units = 1 FTES)	7620.5

Fall 2012 Enrollment by Class Level
Student Class	Female	Male	Total	% Full-Time
Freshman	1005	810	1815	96.3%
Sophomore	572	486	1058	95.2%
Junior	1089	974	2063	93.7%
Senior	1368	1293	2661	88.7%
Total Undergraduates	4034	3563	7597	92.8%
Masters	229	142	371	70.6%
Credential	73	37	110	94.6%
2nd Bachelors	13	11	24	20.8%
Post-Baccalaureate	7	7	14	14.3%
Total Post-Baccalaureate	322	197	519	71.9%
Totals	4356	3760	8116	91.4%

Fall 2012 Student Ethnicity
	Female	Male	Totals	Percentage
Black	135	156	291	3.6%
American Indian	66	44	110	1.4%
Asian American	121	127	248	3.0%
Hispanic/Latino	1062	738	1800	22.2%
Non Resident Alien	57	30	87	1.1%
Pacific Islander	10	13	23	0.3%
Two or More Races	262	206	468	5.8%
Unknown	425	392	817	10.0%
White	2218	2054	4272	52.6%
Totals	4356	3760	8116	100.0%

Fall 2012 Students by Classification and Age Groups
	<20	20-24	25-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>60	Total
Undergraduate	2287	4073	756	343	96	36	6	7597
Post-Baccalaureate	0	124	181	129	45	26	14	519
Totals	2287	4197	937	472	141	62	20	8116

Fall 2012 Full/Part Time Counts
	Female	Male	Totals
Undergraduate - Full Time	3767	3280	7047
Undergraduate - Part Time	267	283	550
Post-Baccalaureate - Full Time	240	133	373
Post-Baccalaureate - Part Time	82	64	146
Totals	4356	3760	8116

Fall 2012 Average Unit Loads
	Female	Male	Overall Average
Undergraduate - Full Time	14.6	14.4	14.5
Undergraduate - Part Time	8.0	8.5	8.3
Credential - Full Time	21.4	21.8	21.5
Credential - Part Time	8.00	7.9	7.9
Masters - Full Time	12.9	12.3	12.6
Masters - Part Time	5.4	5.4	5.4
Overall Average	14.1	13.8	14.0

Fall 2012 Geographic Origin of Current Students (based on prior institution)
Region	Undergrad	Post-Bacc	Totals	Percentage
Local	934	263	1197	14.8%
Northern CA	841	24	865	10.7%
SF Bay Area	1037	18	1055	13.0%
Sacramento	241	5	246	3.0%
Coast	368	34	402	5.0%
Central CA	420	7	427	5.5%
Los Angeles	2194	28	2222	27.4%
San Diego	577	12	589	7.3%
WUE States*	581	45	626	7.7%
Other States	294	77	371	4.5%
Foreign	65	8	73	0.9%
Unknown	17	0	17	0.2%
Totals	7597	519	8116	100.0%

*WUE is a state exhange program with participants from 14 western states allowing students from these states to attend participating public colleges or universities in other states at a significantly reduced cost.  

Student Type at Start of Fall 2012 Term
	Freshmen	Sophomore	Junior	Senior	Post- Baccalaureate	Totals
Continuing Student	567	905	1237	2563	254	5526
New Student	1200	35	2	0	249	1486
Returning	5	16	39	47	5	115
Transfer	42	102	753	49	0	946
Transitory	1	0	32	2	8	43
Totals	1815	1058	2063	2661	519	8116

Average Annual Headcount
College	07/08	08/09	09/10	10/11	11/12
CAHSS	2277	2217	2161	2124	2105
CNRS	2355	2479	2676	2822	3003
CPS	2220	2260	2310	2279	2262
All University	774	706	466	444	428
University Wide	7626	7661	7612	7669	7798

Full-Time Equivalent Students (FTES)
College	07/08	08/09	09/10	10/11	11/12
CAHSS	3082.8	3013.9	3013.7	2949.6	3024.3
CNRS	2049.9	2168.1	2328.6	2387.7	2527.9
CPS	1893.7	1910.8	1889.1	1874.3	1841.3
All University	20.7	34.4	15.7	11.8	24.6
University Wide	7047.1	7127.2	7247.1	7223.4	7418.1

Full-Time Equivalent Faculty (FTEF)
College	07/08	08/09	09/10	10/11	11/12
CAHSS	134.5	134.4	125.7	124.1	127.3
CNRS	111.3	115.4	115.1	114.1	121.3
CPS	82.3	82.4	80.9	76.4	75.5
All University	0.8	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.7
University Wide	328.90	333.3	322.0	314.7	324.8

Student Faculty Ratio (SFR)
College	07/08	08/09	09/10	10/11	11/12
CAHSS	22.9	22.4	24.0	23.8	23.5
CNRS	18.4	18.8	20.2	20.9	20.5
CPS	23.0	23.2	23.3	24.5	23.5
All University	26.0	29.9	57.8	94.3	33.6
University Wide	21.4	21.4	22.5	23.0	22.4