UVa First-Year Student Computer Inventory

Year-to-Year Comparisons

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The following information was collected over the past decade by student employees of ITC, known as Student Consultants (SCs) and formerly, Computing Advisors (CAs), a group of first-year students hired to advise and assist their peers with computing. The data is based on SC and CA surveys of first-year residence halls each fall.

Each computing inventory is the compilation of statistics regarding computer ownership; type of computer; operating system; network capability; peripherals; and in recent years, mobile device ownership, too—among incoming first-year students at UVa.

Summary, 1997-2008

First-year student computer ownership, 1997-2008
First-Year Student Computer Ownership Comparison, 1997-2008
Year Students Surveyed Own Computers Do Not Own Computers
1997 2437 1803 74.0% 634 26.0%
1998 2300 2021 87.9% 279 12.1%
1999 2656 2478 93.3% 178 6.7%
2000 2710 2604 96.1% 106 3.9%
2001 2928 2844 97.1% 82 2.8%
2002 2819 2762 98.0% 57 2.0%
2003 2787 2757 98.9% 30 1.1%
2004 3047 3037 99.7% 10 0.3%
2005 3102 3084 99.4% 18 0.6%
2006 3092 3088 99.9% 4 0.1%
2007 3117
 3113 99.9% 4 0.1%
2008 3071 3070 99.9% 1 0.1%
Desktop vs. laptop ownership, 1997-2008
Desktop versus Laptop Comparison, 1997-2008
Year Total Computers Desktops Laptops Two Computers
1997 1803 1508 295 NA
1998 2021 1561 460 NA
1999 2478 1874 591 13
2000 2604 1903 695 23
2001 2844 1811 1011 22
2002 2762 1263 1462 37
2003 2757 824 1898 35
2004 3037 410 2573 49
2005 3084 188 2840 52
2006 3088 90 2993 64
2007 3113
 47 3058 47
2008 3070 36 3034 93
Operating systems Ccmparison, 1997-2008
Operating Systems Comparison, 1997-2008
Year Total Computers Windows (All) Mac OS (All) Other
1997 1803 1668 119 16
1998 2021 1905 65 51
1999 2478 2353 87 38
2000 2604 2510 73 21
2001 2844 2737 81 26
2002 2762 2620 98 44
2003 2757 2638 111 8
2004 3037 2709 251 77
2005 3084 2664 400 20
2006 3088 2479 605 4
2007 3113 2274 830 9
2008 3070 1912 1150 8

Inventory Archive

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