APPLICANT'S PROFILE STUDY FOR IMPROVING UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT IN THE ENGINEERING SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO AT MAYAGUEZ

摘要

In recent years, the undergraduate enrollment population of the Engineering School at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez exhibits a regional bias. In general, at our campus of the university enrollment has decreased slightly. This work establishes a comparison among the profiles of the admitted-registered, the admitted not registered and the not admitted groups. This comparison is based on demographic, high school academic performance, entrance examination test scores, and financial data of the students applying to our institution. In particular, differences among the profiles are of interest. The objective of the study is to identify areas in which the admission office of the institution can direct its efforts to improve the profile of our undergraduate engineering enrollment.