The following is a presentation prepared for NASFAAs 2006 Conference in Seattle, WA July 58, 2006

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The following is a presentation prepared for
NASFAAs 2006 Conference in Seattle, WAJuly 5-8,
2006
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NACUBO Tuition Discounting Survey Independent
Institutions 2005 Results
NASFAA National ConferenceJuly 6, 2006
Jessica M. SheddDirector, Research Policy
AnalysisNACUBO
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Presentation Outline

• Brief History of the Study
• Methodology
• Defining the Tuition Discount Rate
• Results Fall 2005
• Results 10 Year Trends
• Future of the NACUBO Study

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History of the Study

• Study Timeline
• 1990 Began as an EACUBO Project
• 1994 NACUBO Project 191 participants
• 1996 Pilot Study with Public Institutions
  
• 2005 Most Recent study - 426 participants
• 2006 Future Plans??

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Survey Instrument and Methodology
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Survey and Methodology

• Survey of NACUBO Member Institutions
• Independent
• Four-Year
• Non-Profit Institutions
• Undergraduate data only
• Data collected in late Fall/Winter, asking for
  estimates current Fiscal Year data

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Survey and Methodology

• Survey instrument only 7 questions
• Focuses mostly on first-time, full-time freshmen
• 47 response rate for Fall 2005
• 897 institutions invited to participate
• 426 institutions submitted Fall 2005 data
• 233 institutions provided 10 or more years of
  data

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Survey and Methodology

• Questions
• Number of first-time, full-time freshmen
• Subset receiving an institutional grant
• Total institutional grant awarded to these
  students
• Total institutional grant awarded to all
  undergraduates
• Tuition Mandatory Fee Rate
• Total Undergraduate Tuition Mandatory Fee
  Revenue
• Endowment Market Value

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Defining the Tuition Discount
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Defining the Tuition Discount

• Institutionally Funded Financial Aid
• - includes restricted unrestricted grants and
  endowed funds
• - excludes matches for externally funded grants
  and tuition remission
• Gross Tuition Fee Revenue
• Tuition Discount Percentage

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Defining the Tuition Discount by Components

• Percent of Students Receiving Aid
• (Students Receiving Aid
  Total Students)
• Average Grant as Percent of Tuition Fees
• (Average Grant Per Recipient Tuition Fee
  Rate)
• Tuition Discount Percentage

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Results Fall 2005
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Study Participation Rates
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Average Freshmen Discount RateFall 2005
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Average Freshmen Discount RateFall 2005
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Distribution of Freshmen Discount RatesFall 2005
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Percent of Freshmen Receiving Institutional
AidFall 2005
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Average Grant as a Percent of Tuition Fees
Fall 2005
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Freshmen Tuition DiscountsFall 2005

• SCLT (40.4)
• Overall highest average freshmen discount rate
• On average, 91 of freshmen receiving a grant
• Average grant covers 44 of tuition fees
• SCHT (37.9)
• On average, 72 of freshmen receiving a grant
• Average grant covers 55 of tuition fees
• LCU (31.7)
• On average, 68 of freshmen receiving a grant
• Average grant covers 49 of tuition fees

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Average Discount Rates for Freshmen All
Undergraduates , Fall 2005
All
Freshmen
All
Freshmen
All
All
Freshmen
Freshmen
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Results Fall 2005Selected DemographicsCarnegi
e ClassificationRegion
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Average Freshmen Discount Rate By Carnegie Fall
2005
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Average Freshmen Discount Rate By Carnegie Fall
2005
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Percent of Freshmen Receiving Aid By Carnegie
Fall 2005
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Avg Grant as a Percent of Tuition Fees By
Carnegie Fall 2005
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Freshmen Discounts By Carnegie Fall 2005

• Baccalaureate General and Liberal Arts
• Similar freshmen discount rates (41) from
  different strategies?
• Baccalaureate General (41.1)
• On average, 91 of freshmen receiving a grant
• Average grant covers 45 of tuition fees
• Baccalaureate Liberal Arts (40.9)
• On average, 79 of freshmen receiving a grant
• Average grant covering 53 of tuition fees

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Freshmen Discounts By Carnegie Fall 2005

• Doctoral/Research Universities (35)
• Lowest freshmen discount rate of Carnegie
  Classifications
• Lowest percentage of freshmen receiving a grant,
  however the average grant covers a high
  percentage of tuition fees
• On average, 68 of freshmen receiving a grant
• Average grant covers 54 of tuition fees

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Average Freshmen Discount Rate By RegionFall 2005
37.0
43.4
41.3
34.4
38.3
39.7
31.1
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Average Freshmen Discount Rate By Region Fall
2005
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Percent of Freshmen Receiving Aid By RegionFall
2005
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Avg Grant as a Percent of Tuition Fees By
RegionFall 2005
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Freshmen Tuition Discounts By RegionFall 2005

• Plains (43.4)
• Overall highest average freshmen discount rate
• On average, 92 of freshmen receiving a grant
• Average grant covers 47 of tuition fees
• Great Lakes (41.3)
• On average, 91 of freshmen receiving a grant
• Average grant covers 45 of tuition fees
• Southwest (31.1)
• Overall lowest average freshmen discount rate
• On average, 84 of freshmen receiving a grant
• Average grant covers 37 of tuition fees

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Results 10 Year Trends
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Freshmen Tuition Discounts10 Year Trends

• Majority of discounting growth 1990 to 1995
• Average discount lt 30 in Fall 1990
• Most growth due to increases in percentage of
  freshmen receiving a grant
• Fall 1990 62 vs. Fall 2005 84
• By comparison, percentage of tuition fees the
  average grant covers has stayed relatively stable
  
• Fall 1990 44 vs. Fall 2005 47

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Average Freshmen Discount Rate10 Year Trends
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Percent of Freshmen Aided10 Year Trends
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Average Grant as Percentage of Tuition Fees10
Year Trends
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Freshmen Discount Rates by ComponentsAll
Institutions, Fall 1996 2005
Grants as a of Tuition Fees
of Freshmen Receiving Aid
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Freshmen Discount Rates by ComponentsSCLTs, Fall
1996 2005
Grants as a of Tuition Fees
of Freshmen Receiving Aid
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Freshmen Discount Rates by ComponentsSCHTs, Fall
1996 2005
Grants as a of Tuition Fees
of Freshmen Receiving Aid
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Freshmen Discount Rates by ComponentsLCUs, Fall
1996 2005
Grants as a of Tuition Fees
of Freshmen Receiving Aid
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Avg Discount Rate Freshmen All Undergraduates
10 Year Trends
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Average Gross and Net Tuition Rates10 Year
Trends, All Institutions
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• Future of the Study

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• Questions and Discussion
• Jessica SheddDirector, Research Policy
  AnalysisNACUBOjessica.shedd_at_nacubo.org

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