Ferris State University
2022-23
The 2022-23 Common Data Set for Ferris State University — admissions, cost, and aid, as the school published them. Download the original file. File date from the archived file's embedded modification date: May 10, 2023. Subscribe via RSS.
Acceptance Rate
87.9%
Applications
12,228
Admitted
10,746
Enrolled
1,701
SAT Composite
800-870
SAT Math
450-570
SAT Reading
460-580
ACT Composite
18-23
Federal outcomes
Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.
$54,735
10 yrs after enrollment
47%
6-year completion
$8,624
sticker minus grants
$21,000
federal loans only
15%
FSA · as-of late May 2026 · not the official cohort default rate
Nonpayment is the share of Direct Loan borrowers who entered repayment January 2020–May 2025 and were 90+ days delinquent at the FSA pull. It is not the official cohort default rate.
The numbers, as published
372numbers from this report.
General Information
5 TABLESFirst Name:Robin
Last Name:Carter
Title:Research & Testing Analyst
ZipcodeC ode 49307
Country:USA
Phone:231-591-2799
City:Big Rapids
Name of College/University:Ferris State University
CityBig Rapids
ZipC ode 49307
Country:USA
Main Phone Number (Area Code)231
Main Phone Number:591-2000
Admissions Phone Number (Area Code):231
Admissions Phone Number:591-2100
If you have a diversity, equity, and inclusion office or department, please provide the URL of the corresponding Web page:https://www.ferris.edu/administration/president/DiversityOffice/divinfo.htm
Enrollment And Persistence
4 TABLESFirst-Time, First-Year Admission
5 TABLESTotal academic units18.00
English4.00
Mathematics4.00
Science3.00
Foreign language2.00
Social studies3.00
History1.00
Computer Science1.00
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 700-8003.5
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 600-69916.2
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 500-59940.9
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 400-49935.9
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 300-3993.5
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 200-2990.1
SAT Math: 700-8002.0
SAT Math: 600-69916.8
SAT Math: 500-59940.1
SAT Math: 400-49933.9
SAT Math: 300-3997.2
SAT Math: 200-2990
SAT Composite: 1400-16001.5
SAT Composite: 1200-139914.9
SAT Composite: 1000-119940.7
SAT Composite: 800-99939.4
SAT Composite: 600-7993.6
SAT Composite: 400-5990
ACT Composite: 30-367.7
ACT Composite: 24-2918.0
ACT Composite: 18-2356.4
ACT Composite: 12-1718.0
ACT Composite: 6-110
ACT Composite: Below 60
ACT Composite: Total100
Percent who had GPA of 4.09.7
Percent who had GPA between 3.75 and 3.9915.8
Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.7417.1
Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.4914.1
Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.2413.4
Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.9921.2
Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.498.2
Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.990.5
Percent who had GPA below 1.00
Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?Yes
Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall?Yes
If yes, maximum period of postponement:-
Do you have a nonbinding early action plan whereby students are notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date but do not have to commit to attending your college?Yes
Transfer Admission
1 TABLEHigh school transcriptRequired of Some
College transcript(s)Required of All
Essay or personal statementNot Required
InterviewNot Required
Standardized test scoresNot Required
Statement of good standing from prior institution(s)Not Required
Academic Offerings and Policies
1 TABLEIndependent studyX
Student Life
3 TABLESPercent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)6%
Percent of males who join fraternities4%
Percent of females who join sororities4%
Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing32%
Percent who live off campus or commute68%
Percent of students age 25 and older18%
Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)7%
Percent of males who join fraternities3%
Percent of females who join sororities3%
Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing80%
Percent who live off campus or commute20%
Percent of students age 25 and older1%
Average age of full-time students19
Average age of all students (full- and part-time)19
Average age of full-time students21
Average age of all students (full- and part-time)23
Campus MinistriesX
Choral groupsX
Concert bandX
DanceX
Drama/theaterX
International Student OrganizationX
Jazz bandX
Literary magazineX
Model UNX
Music ensemblesX
Pep bandX
Radio stationX
Student governmentX
Student newspaperX
Television stationX
YearbookX
Annual Expenses
5 TABLESPlease provide the URL of your institution’s net price calculator:https://www.ferris.edu/admissions/financialaid/NetPriceCalculator.htm
Out-of-state:$486
Financial Aid
8 TABLESAcademic Year2022-2023 estimated
Federal$16,700,780
State all states, not only the state in which your institution is located$441,470
Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).$6,734,940
Total Scholarships/Grants$23,877,190
Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)$12,538,530
Federal Work-Study$998,130
Total Self-Help$13,536,660
Federal$247,220
State all states, not only the state in which your institution is located$13,569,710
Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).$21,844,560
Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college$4,326,490
Total Scholarships/Grants$39,987,980
Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)$24,600,170
State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)$929,550
Total Self-Help$25,529,720
Parent Loans$5,612,370
Tuition Waivers Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere.$1,503,100
Athletic Awards$2,613,800
Provide the number of students in the 2024 undergraduate class who started at your institution as first-time students and received a bachelor's degree between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. Exclude students who transferred into your institution.700
If your institution has recently implemented any major financial aid policy, program, or initiative to make your institution more affordable to incoming students such as replacing loans with grants, or waiving costs for families below a certain income level please provide details:Ferris Launch covers cost of tuition for students with a zero EFC and a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Are these policies related to the COVID-19 pandemic? տ Yes տտ ✔No Common Data Set 2022-2023 I. INST RUCTIONAL FACULT Y AND CLASS SIZE I-1. Please report the num ber of instru ctional facult y members in each categ ory for Fall 2022. Include faculty who are on your institution’s payroll on the census date your institution uses for IPEDS/AAUP. The following definition of full-time instructional faculty is used by the American Association of University Profes sors (AAUP) in its annual Fac ulty Compensation Survey (the part time definitions are not used by AAUP). Instructional Faculty is defined as those members of the instructional-research staff whose major regular assignment is instruction, including those with released time for research. Use the chart below to determine inclusions and exclus ions: Full-time Part- time Include only Instructional faculty in preclinical and clinical medicine, faculty w ho are not if they teach A paid (e. g., those who donat e their services or are in the military), or research- Excludeone or more only faculty, post-doctoral fellows, or pre-doctoral fellows no n-clin ica l credit courses Include if Administrative officers with titles such as dean of students, librar ian, registrar, they teach B coach, and the like, even though they may devote part of their time to Exclude one or more classroom instruction and may have faculty status no n-clin ica l credit courses C Other administrators/staff w ho teach one or more non-c linical credit courses Exclude Include even though they do not have faculty status D Undergraduate or graduate students w ho assist in the instruction of courses, ExcludeExclude but have titles such as teaching assistant, teaching fellow, and the like E Faculty on sabbat ical or leave with pay Include Exclude F Faculty on leave without pay Exclude Exclude G Replacement faculty for faculty on sabbatical leave or leave w ith payExclude Include Full-time instru ctional faculty: faculty employed on a full-t ime basis for instruction (inc luding t hose wit h released time for research) Part-tim e inst ruct ional faculty: Adjunc ts and other ins tructors being paid s olely for part-time classroom instr uction. Also includes full-time faculty teaching less than two s emesters, three quarters, two trimesters, or two four -month sessions. Employees who are not consider ed full-time instruction faculty but who teach one or mor e non-clinical credit courses may be counted as part-time faculty. Minority faculty: includes faculty who designate themselves as Black, non-Hispanic; American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian, N ative Haw aiian or other Pacific Islander, or Hispanic. Doctorate: includes such degrees as Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Education, Doctor of J uridical Science, and Doctor of Public Health in any field such as arts, sciences, education, engineering, business, and public administration. Also includes terminal degr ees former ly designated as “first professional,” including dentistry (DD S or DMD), medicine (MD), optometry (OD), osteopathic medic ine (DO), phar macy (DPharm or BPharm), podiatric medicine (DPM), veterinary medicine (DVM), chiropractic (DC or DCM), or law (JD). Terminal master’s degree: a master ’s degr ee that is considered the highest degree in a field: example, M. Arch (in architecture) and MFA ( master of fine arts in art or theater). Common Data Set 2022-2023 Full-time Pa rt - time Total A Total number of instructional faculty 443 208 651 B Total number w ho are members of minority groups 42 10 52 C Total number w ho ar e women 201 106 307 D Total number w ho ar e men 242 102 344 E Total number who are nonresidentV (international) 7 18 F Total number with doctor ate, or other terminal degree 274 59 333 G Total number w hose highes t degree is a master’s but not a 146 88 234 terminal master’s H Total n umb er w hose h ig hes t degr ee is a bachelor’s 22 54 76 I Total number w hose highes t degree is unknow n or other (Note: 1 78 Items f, g, h, and i must sum up to item a.) J Total number in stand-alone graduate/professional programs in 68 22 90 which f aculty t each virtually only graduate-level students I-2. Student to Faculty Ratio Report the F all 2022 ratio of full-time equivalent students (full-time plus 1/3 part time) to full-time equivalent instructional faculty (full t ime plus 1/3 part t ime). In the ratio calculat ions, exclude both f aculty and students in stand-alone graduate or pr ofessional programs such as medic ine, law, veterinary, dentistry, social work, business, or public health in which faculty teach virtually only graduate level students. x Do not count undergraduate or graduate student teaching assistants as faculty. Fall 2022 Student t o Faculty ratio: 15 to 1 (based on 7369 students and 480 faculty) Common Data Set 2022-2023 I-3. Underg raduate Class Size In the table below, please use the following definitions to report information about the size of classes and class sections offered in the Fall 2022 term. 9 Please include classes th at have been moved online in response to the CO VID-19 pandemic. Class Sections: A class section is an organized course offered for credit, identified by discipline and number, meeting at a stated time or times in a classroom or s imilar setting, and not a subsection such as a laboratory or discussion session. U ndergraduat e class sections are defined as any sections in w hich at least one degree-seeking under graduate student is enrolled for credit. Exclude distance learning classes and noncredit classes and indiv idual instruction such as dissertation or thesis research, music instruction, or one-to-one readings. Exclude students in independent study, co-oper ative programs, inter nships , foreign language taped tutor sessions, practicums, and all students in one-on-one c lasses. Each class section s hould be counted only onc e and should not be duplicated because of course catalog cross-listings. Class Subsections: A class subsection includes any subsection of a course, such as laboratory, recitation, and discussion subsections that are supplementary in nature and ar e scheduled to meet separately from th e lecture portion of the course. Undergraduate subsections are defined as any subsections of courses in which degree- seeking undergraduate students enr olled for credit. As above, exclude noncredit classes and individual instruction such as dissertat ion or thesis research, music instruction, or one-t o-one readings. Each class subsection should b e counted only once and should not be duplicated because of cross -listings. Using the above definitions, please r eport for each of the following class-size intervals the number of class sections and class subsections offer ed in Fall 2022. For example, a lect ure class wit h 800 s tudents who met at another time in 40 separate labs with 20 students should be counted once in the “100+” column in the c lass section column and 40 times under the “ 20-29” column of the c lass subsec tions table. Number of Class Sections with Underg raduates Enrolled Undergradu ate Class Size (provide numbers) 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 100+ Total CLASS 288 409 395 135 59 27 1 1314 SECTIO NS 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 100+ Total CLASS SUB- 58 221 102 31 0 0 385 SECTIO NS Common Data Set 2022-2023
Instructional Faculty And Class Size
1 TABLEDisciplinary Areas of Degrees Conferred
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