University Communications
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

Release date: Oct. 21, 1999
Contact: Deb Hammacher, Assistant Director, 404-727-0644, or dhammac@emory.edu

OXFORD COLLEGE ENROLLS DIVERSE FRESHMEN CLASS

Oxford College of Emory University has enrolled approximately 339* students from 35 states and five nations. Following last year's record applications and enrollment, the college was aiming for 315-320 students. Applications to the incoming class were similar to the previous year, but a higher percentage of accepted students chose Oxford from their other preferred colleges, according to Jennie Taylor, director of admissions for the college. A profile of the incoming class follows.

35% minority:

21% Asian/Pacific Islander

10% African American

2% Hispanic

2% International

1060-1260 median range of SAT scores

1182 average SAT score

27 average ACT score

3.46 average unweighted GPA

35 states and five nations are represented. The geographic breakdown of students is:

80% South

9% New England and Mid Atlantic

7% West and Southwest

The top states represented are:

57% from Georgia

12% from Florida

3% from Alabama

3% from Virginia

Oxford College quick facts:

o Oxford College is a small, two-year residential college specializing in the foundations of liberal arts

education, and one of nine divisions of Emory University.

o More than 95 percent of the faculty at Oxford College hold the highest degree in their fields.

o After successfully completing two years at Oxford, students continue into the junior class of Emory

College, the Goizueta Business School or Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.

o Oxford College, originally Emory College, was chartered Dec. 19, 1836.

o The campus was named in honor of the English university where the founders of Methodism, John and

Charles Wesley, were educated.

o Emory College moved to Atlanta in 1919 to become the College of Arts and Sciences of Emory University.

* Enrollment figures are approximate until the registrar's date of record next week.