Sunday, September 05, 2004
Enrollment milestone
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An upward enrollment trend continues at the University of Southern Indiana where 10,050 students are taking credit courses this fall. The University’s freshman class is the largest in University history with 2,104 students. Dr. Rob Parrent, vice president for Student Affairs, said, “We are up in all academic classifications from freshman through senior-level and in graduate enrollment.” The 2004 enrollment increase marks a 35 percent trend of growth in 10 years. In 1994, 7,443 students enrolled at USI. Dr. Parrent called the enrollment increase a milestone for the University. He said, “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.” 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 percernt of the student population. The number of credit hours taken by students also established a record of 120,729, a one and one-half percent increase from fall 2003. 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 six and one-half percent of the students. African American students make up four 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 over 25 years of age or older. Enrollment growth over the last five years is shown here: 2004 10,050 2003 9,899 2002 9,675 2001 9,362 2000 9,012 |
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