Demographics During the 2002-2003 academic year, there were approximately 3,261 students; 2,504 were undergraduates and 757 were graduate students. Approximately 78 percent of the undergraduates are from Colorado, 22 percent are from the other states and 66 countries. Nearly 35 percent of undergraduates students are women and 12.2 percent are minorities. Fifty-five percent of the enrolled freshmen were in the top 10 percent of their high school class and 88 percent were in the top 25 percent of their high school class. There are seven fraternities, three sororities, eight honor societies, 25 professional societies, 36 special interest groups, 28 sports clubs and six international student organizations. Students celebrate Homecoming every fall and E-Days every spring. As of May 2003, 66 percent of the 2003 B.S. graduates were placed (either accepted employment in industry, government or the military, pursued graduate education or returned home to native countries for employment). Among CSM graduate students, 84 percent were placed. Follow-up contact with the graduates of the Class of 1998-99 indicates that 91 percent of undergraduates, 96 percent of master’s degree recipients and 97 percent of Ph.D. recipients have been placed. The 2002 CSM faculty is composed of 211 full-time men and women from all over the world. This number includes instructors as well as lecturers and research personnel. 85 percent of the teaching staff hold a Ph.D. degree (176 of the 211 are professor, associate professors and assistant professors and 98 percent of them have a doctoral-level degree). The student faculty ratio for 2002-2003 is 13 to 1. Externally funded research grants received in Fiscal Year 2002 totaled $30.3 million.