TABLE 7.-Distribution of students admitted to college status during the academic year 1927-28 by methods of admission and as to classification TABLE 9.-Enrollment of resident and nonresident students in land-grant institutions, 1927-28-Continued Mortality of the Class of 1928 In 38 land-grant institutions 22,600 freshmen were enrolled during the year ending June, 1925. Of these 72 per cent were men and 28 per cent were women. Students were added to the class of 1928 as follows: 453 members of the class came in prior to 1925; 1,469 were added to the class as sophomores in 1926; 1,742 were added to the junior class in 1927; and 329 were added to the senior class in 1928. Thirteen thousand two hundred and fifty-eight, or about 59 per cent, left the college in which they were first registered. Of these 9,569 were men and 3,689 were women. They withdrew or left the college as follows: 31 per cent during the freshman year ending June, 1925; 17.1 per cent during the sophomore year; 7.5 per cent during the junior year; and 3.1 per cent during the senior year. During the freshman year 31.3 per cent of the men and 30.2 per cent of the women left college; during the sophomore year 16.5 per cent of the men left and 18.6 per cent of the women; during the junior year 7.4 per cent of the men left and 7.6 per cent of the women; during the senior year 3.5 per cent of the men left and 2.1 per cent of the women. Of the students who entered during the year ending June, 1925, 28.5 per cent completed the course in less than four years and were granted degrees in June, 1928. These students constituted 64.3 per cent of the class of 1928. |