Plan Development
A steering committee is working with consultants to complete the following:
- A competitive analysis of the University of Puget Sound and provide a sense of where the university stands in the marketplace and the opportunities that exist for improving our standing;
- A cursory brand review to identify areas in which improvements to our branding can support our enrollment related efforts;
- Engagement with the university community to both gain a necessary holistic assessment and lay the foundation for the development campus-wide buy-in to the plan;
- A data analysis that includes both institutional and market data to contextualize the University of Puget Sound enrollment strengths and challenges;
- Review the data reporting and analytical assets at the university and provide recommendations for furthering these components of the strategic enrollment management;
- Thorough review of the enrollment budget including financial aid allocations;
- Work in concert with our academic and student affairs divisions to understand programmatic level demand and co-curricular opportunities in order to determine any recommendations regarding academic offerings.
Final Plan
The final plan is expected to be completed in May 2021 and will include detailed enrollment targets for the next five years:
- undergraduate enrollment broken down by first time in college, transfer, international
- graduate enrollment expectations including opportunities for growth
- lifecycle enrollment expectations, demonstrating how students will flow through their time at the university from initial enrollment to graduation
- expected net tuition revenue detailed makeup of the classes from various backgrounds and geographic regions
- insights into key performance indicators to track moving forward, recommendations on how to meet targeted enrollment, and a design for ongoing oversight and adjustments of the plan.