2016_SUNY_Optometry_PRR

Attachment 2: Data Summary and Detail Tables - Optometry Trends in Geographic Diversity of Students

5-Year Percent Change

Plan Fall 2018

Plan Fall 2020

TABLE 4

Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Fall 2014

Total Students New York State

301 228

303 204

317 247

336 268

343 269

363 291

20.6% 399 27.6% 320

399 320

Percent

75.7% 67.3% 77.9% 79.8% 78.4% 80.2%

-

80.2% 80.2%

U.S. Non New York

39

44

40

40

48

45

15.4%

52

52

Percent

13.0% 14.5% 12.6% 11.9% 14.0% 12.4%

-

13.0% 13.0%

International

34

55

30

28

26

27

-20.6%

27

27

Percent

11.3% 18.2% 9.5% 8.3% 7.6% 7.4%

-

6.8% 6.8%

Graduate Students

301 228

303 204

317 247

336 268

343 269

363 291

20.6% 399 27.6% 320

399 320

New York State

Percent

75.7% 67.3% 77.9% 79.8% 78.4% 80.2%

-

80.2% 80.2%

U.S. Non New York

39

44

40

40

48

45

15.4%

52

52

Percent

13.0% 14.5% 12.6% 11.9% 14.0% 12.4%

-

16.3% 16.3%

International

34

55

30

28

26

27

-20.6%

27

27

Percent

11.3% 18.2% 9.5% 8.3% 7.6% 7.4%

-

8.4% 8.4%

Note: New York State includes unknowns Campus Notes: Source: SUNY Data Warehouse

Overall: A driver of the expanded enrollment within the professional degree program was the need to provide an adequate supply of optometrists to N based upon workforce analysis and the geographic distribution of recent graduates. To meet the health care needs of NY the College has enhanced its recruitment efforts in partnership with upstate SUNY campuses to draw more students from regions of NYS with projected shortages and to encourage graduates to look at underserved communities as areas in which to practice. That effort is ongoing. Other Notes: 1) The reduction in international stu largely associated with a decreaed enrollment of Canadian students and may attrributed to the increases in our non-resident tuition over the past five we have become less financially competitive for this population, the reduction could continue and the loss is likely to be permenant. 2) We are piloting Advanced Standing Program through which internationally trained physicians and optometrists could earn the Doctor of Optometry degree.

State University of New York System Administration