U-CAN By the Numbers

Number of colleges and universities signed up for U-CAN, as of September 26, 2007: 613


Number of colleges and universities whose profiles went live on September 26, 2007: 440

Number of profiles expected to go live over the next week: 150+

Number of NAICU member institutions: 940

Number of information elements provided in each profile: 47

Number of hyperlinks from each institution's profile to its campus web site: 25

Average number of hours it takes a college to create its U-CAN profile: 8 to 10

Number of states represented in U-CAN: 42

Cost to the consumer to use the web site: $0

Number of focus groups conducted across the nation with prospective students and parents: 8

Number of other college and university groups that are exploring creating similar web sites: 4