University enrollment tops 10,000

Photo by LaVerne Jones

Crowds of students fill the sidewalks at USI, where enrollment exceeded 10,000 this semester.

An upward enrollment trend continues at the University, where 10,050 students are taking credit courses this fall, and the freshman class of 2,104 is the largest in University history.

"We are up in all academic classifications from freshman through senior-level and in graduate enrollment," said Dr. Rob Parrent, vice president for Student Affairs.

The 2004 enrollment increase marks a 35-percent trend of growth in 10 years. In 1994, 7,443 students enrolled at USI. The enrollment increase is a milestone for the University, according to Parrent.

"USI has 10 years of substantial growth. The growth is a continuing story of progress that demonstrates USI is following the mission of offering access to quality education at an affordable cost."

USI's total enrollment also was aided by a 4-percent increase in the number of continuing students.

"Retention has been and continues to be a major goal," Parrent emphasized, "with initiatives like Project e-AGLE (electronic advice for a great learning experience) aimed at retaining more students from the freshman to sophomore year."

Among the total enrollment numbers are 212 students enrolled in the engineering program.

Other enrollment-related information shows full-time students, those taking 12 credit hours or more, increased by 140 students to 7,542. Full-time students now make up 75 percent of the student population.

The number of credit hours taken by students also established a record of 120,729, a 1.5 percent increase from fall 2003.

Enrollment growth over the last five years

2004    10,050 2003    9,899 2002    9,675 2001    9,362 2000    9,012

The majority of USI students (5,122) come from Vanderburgh County and the surrounding counties of Posey, Warrick, and Gibson. Another 1,227 students come from other counties in southwestern Indiana. All 92 Indiana counties are represented among the students. Students also come from 35 other states and 34 countries.

Growing the diversity of the students is a USI goal, and improvements continue with minority and international students now representing 6.5 percent of the students. African American students make up 4 percent of the students, the largest minority population at USI.

Female students continue to dominate in the enrollment ranks, with females representing 61 percent of the student population. There are 2,358 students at USI 25 years of age or older.

 

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