Winter 2010 enrollment increases

Total enrollment for the Winter 2010 semester is up 2.7 percent from last year. Lynn Blue, vice provost and dean of Academic Services and Information Technology, said this allowed the university to meet its enrollment goals.

“We are also pleased that credit hours are up by 2.8 percent,” said Blue, who spoke at the February 5 Board of Trustees meeting. “The average student load is up from last year for both undergraduate and graduate students.”

Blue noted that the number of students of color is up over last year, and the number of full-time students has increased.

“Seventy-seven percent of our student population are full-time students. That is great news when there are a lot of trends suggesting there would be more part-time students. That hasn’t panned out at the undergraduate level,” Blue said.