Student Category Terms

Student Category Terms [rev. 4/19/2007]

Continuing-at-University – a classification denoting the status of any student who has enrolled at UMW beyond his/her first semester at the undergraduate or graduate level.

Continuing-in-Degree – a classification denoting the status of a Degree-seeking Student who was enrolled in a previous session at the undergraduate or graduate level.  (Note: A Non-degree Student [undergraduate or graduate] is always counted as Continuing-in-Degree.)

Degree-seeking – a classification in which a student enrolled in credit courses is identified by UMW as seeking a degree or certificate recognized by SCHEV.

Degree-seeking Graduate Student – a student registered for credit courses who is identified as seeking a post-bachelor degree or certificate recognized by SCHEV.

Degree-seeking Undergraduate Student – a student registered for credit courses who is identified as seeking a bachelor degree or certificate recognized by SCHEV.

High School Student – refers to a student at the secondary level who has obtained permission to take at least one course at UMW while remaining a secondary level student.

New-to-Degree – denotes the classification of a student who is coded as First-Time or Transfer unless the student is Non-degree Seeking.  (Note: A Non-degree Seeking student in his/her first semester and beyond is counted as Continuing-in-Degree.  A student who has been classified as Non-degree, is counted as New-to-Degree once he/she becomes Degree Seeking.  Thereafter, the student is classified as Continuing-in-Degree.)

New-to-University – denotes the status of a student who is a new undergraduate or a new graduate student to the university.  (Note: A Non-degree Seeking student in his/her first semester is coded as New-to-University.)

Non-degree Seeking – a classification in which a student enrolled in courses for credit is not recognized by UMW as seeking a degree or certificate recognized by SCHEV.

Non-degree Seeking Graduate Student – denotes a student registered for graduate credit courses and who is not identified as seeking a post-bachelor degree or certificate recognized by SCHEV.  For example, licensure is neither a degree nor a certificate that is recognized by SCHEV.  Therefore, a student who is enrolled in a licensure program only must be categorized as a Non-degree Student.

Non-degree Seeking Undergraduate Student – denotes a student registered for undergraduate credit courses and who is not identified as seeking an undergraduate degree or certificate recognized by SCHEV.  If a student is taking courses in preparation for seeking a degree recognized by SCHEV, but has not yet been coded as Degree-seeking, the student must be classified as Non-degree.

Post-bachelor Non-degree Student – denotes a student who has earned a bachelor’s degree and is subsequently enrolled in at least one undergraduate credit course.

Qualified Non-enrolled Student – denotes a student who has been accepted into a degree program at UMW but is not formally enrolled.  This encompasses: 1) a student who is in a degree program and withdraws from credit courses at the start of, or before, the term begins and then returns in a subsequent term; 2) a student who is admitted into a degree program and then postpones or defers registering for credit courses; and 3) a student who is in a degree program but is not taking any courses for credit.  (Note: A student on leave or studying abroad is classified as a Qualified Non-enrolled Student.)

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