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First-Time Undergraduate – An entering undergraduate student who has never attended a college (or other higher education institution) before.

Includes students enrolled in the fall term who entered the same institution for the first time in the prior Summer semester. Also includes
students who entered with advanced standing (as Sophomores or Juniors) through any college credit earned before graduation from high

school either through advanced placement courses or dual enrollment programs.

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Student – Calculated as fifteen (15) credit hours per semester for an undergraduate student, twelve (12) credit hours
per semester for a graduate level 1 (Master’s) student, and nine (9) credit hours per semester for graduate level 2 (Doctoral) students.
Doctorate-Professional Practice pharmacy hours are fifteen (15) credit hours per semester and Doctorate-Professional Practice law are

fourteen (14) credit hours per semester. Medicine and Dentistry FTE enrollment is reported as headcounts rather than by credit hours. All
calculated FTE values are reported rounded up the nearest whole number consistent with conservative practices for population and sample
size estimations.

Gender – The CHE collects gender information on all enrolled students and faculty following the federal Integrated Postsecondary Education Data

System (IPEDS) policy which currently does not distinguish between sex and gender and requires institutions to report gender as either
female or male. Institutions are allowed to determine the method for reporting individuals as male or female when gender is unknown or self-
report as neither female nor male.

Headcount – The number of students enrolled at an institution as of the reporting institution's matriculation date.

High School Student – A student with special permission to enroll in a credit bearing college or university course and identified by that institution
as a high school student. The CHE does not collect data on whether the college level credit earned by these students counts towards the

completion of a High School Diploma.

Hispanic/Latino – A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture of origin, regardless of race.
This category is mutually exclusive with the race categories. CHE methodology does not permit the reporting of these students under

additional race categories.

In-State Rate – Pursuant to SC Code of Laws 59-112-10, et seq, and Reg. 62.600, South Carolina residents for fee purposes including limited

statutory exceptions for certain persons and their dependents residing or working in SC or for which SC has statutory reciprocal

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