Table 2.
BUILD Institutional Contextual Data
| BUILD Prime Grantee Institution (State) | Public/ Private/ HBCU | Average Total NIH Funding 2011-2013A | Admission RateB | Average SATC | Percent Pell GrantsD | 6-yr. Graduation Rates | Total Student Body | Percent URME | Number of Incoming Freshman | Percent Transfer Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California State University, Long Beach (CA) | Public | $4.3 | 35% | 1055 | 50% | 57% | 36,809 | 42% | 4335 | 12% |
| California State University, Northridge (CA) | Public | $4.7 | 53% | 915 | 52% | 48% | 40,131 | 48% | 5526 | 16% |
| San Francisco State University (CA) | Public | $7.9 | 66% | 990 | 43% | 47% | 29,465 | 29% | 3754 | 12% |
| Portland State University (OR) | Public | $5.2 | 69% | 1030 | 41% | 42% | 27,696 | 15% | 1703 | 15% |
| University of Alaska Fairbanks (AK) | Public | $8.8 | 73%* | 545* | 29% | 33% | 8620 | 20% | 942 | 6% |
| University of Texas at El Paso (TX) | Public | $11.3 | 100% | 460* | 58% | 38% | 23,079 | 85% | 3256 | 10% |
| Xavier University of Louisiana (LA) | HBCU | $5.0 | 66% | 1005 | 53% | 47% | 2976 | 79% | 579 | 5% |
| University of Detroit Mercy (MI) | Private | $0.0 | 69% | 1121 | 29% | 57% | 4945 | 14% | 469 | 7% |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore County (MD) | Public | $9.0 | 60% | 1210 | 28% | 61% | 13,979 | 22% | 1629 | 11% |
| Morgan State University (MD) | HBCU | $1.6 | 65% | 880 | 62% | 29% | 7698 | 87% | 1078 | 7% |
Note. Information regarding institutional characteristics is pulled from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) - Final release data, 2013-2016. Items with a * are from https://www.princetonreview.com/. See: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/ BUILD Program names are listed under each of the BUILD Chapters in this issue
AContext of NIH funding at BUILD institutions, reported in Millions, prior to BUILD awards. Retrieved from NIH Project Reporter, 2011-2015. See: https://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm
BSelectivity level based on admission rates, is defined as follows: Less Competitive: more than 65%, Moderately Competitive: between 51%-65%, Competitive: between 34%-50%, Most Competitive: between 16%-33%, Elite or Highly Competitive: Less than 15%
CAverage SAT score is calculated based on the average of the 25th and 75th percentile for Critical Reading and Math. Average scores are only reported for institutions with data available for 25% or more of their undergraduate students
DPercentage of Pell Grant for all undergraduate students or first time enrolled (UAF only) undergraduate students
EPercentage of Underrepresented Minorities (URM) is the sum of the percent of undergraduate students from the following ethnicities: American Indian or Alaskan Native; Black or African American; Hispanic/Latino; and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. These rates are likely underestimated given the exclusion of percent two or more races and unknown ethnicity