Last modified: Friday, September 16, 2005
IU releases 2005-06 enrollment figures
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 16, 2005
NOTE: Enrollment and credit-hour figures for the Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne (IPFW) campus are recorded and reported by Purdue University.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University enrollment figures for the 2005-06 fall semester showed almost no change -- only two students -- in the total number of students served by its eight campuses. But the trend toward higher course loads continued, and the number of full-time equivalent students increased, with both figures being up nearly 1 percent. And, despite a stable head count, minority student enrollment increased across the campuses by 3.9 percent.
Enrollment figures released today (Sept. 16) at the IU Trustees' meeting show 98,543 students enrolled in a record 1,125,683 credit hours at IU's eight campuses. From figures one year ago, that is a 0.0 percent change in enrollment and a 0.9 percent increase in credit hours taken. The figures also showed 77,079.1 full-time students enrolled this year, an increase of 0.9 percent.
The Bloomington campus rebounded from last year's smaller incoming class with an additional 137 students for a total enrollment of 37,958, a 0.4 percent increase. Freshman enrollment increased by 659 students -- 7,761 this year compared to 7,102 last year -- a 9.3 percent increase, while the remaining undergraduate class levels decreased (sophomores by 4.7 percent, juniors by 0.9 percent and seniors by 2.5 percent). Graduate and professional enrollments both increased by 1.8 percent, and African American and Asian American enrollments increased by 9.6 percent and 5.8 percent, respectively. Total credit hours on the Bloomington campus were 509,954.5, an increase of 1 percent over last year, and full-time student enrollment increased by 0.9 percent to 35,095.4 students.
"The best news for Bloomington is that we have a large freshman class," said Ken Gros Louis, senior vice president for academic affairs and chancellor of the Bloomington campus. "Last year's drop in anticipated freshmen had the potential to cause financial problems for several years. Now, that does not seem to be the case."
The largest percentage of growth occurred among IU program enrollments at the Fort Wayne campus, where the number of students increased by 213 to 6,688, or by 3.3 percent. Credit hours also increased by 5.1 percent to 68,740, and IPFW's full-time student enrollment increased 5.2 percent to 4,638.8 students. The enrollment and credit hour figures are record numbers for Fort Wayne.
At IUPUI and other IU campuses, head-count enrollments were down slightly, but for three of these campuses -- IUPUI, Kokomo and South Bend -- those decreases of less than half of 1 percent were offset by credit-hour increases of approximately 1 percent. The credit-hour increases to 315,741, or 1.1 percent, at IUPUI and 71,368, or 1.2 percent, at South Bend were new records. At IUPUI, graduate enrollment also increased by 355 students, or 8.1 percent.
"IU South Bend has set a record for credit hours taken by students for the fifth straight year," said IUSB Chancellor Una Mae Reck. "This is an excellent growth trend and demonstrates the important role IU South Bend plays in educating the workforce in north central Indiana and southwestern Michigan. I am also pleased with the success of our outreach program to Hispanic students, which continues to increase the diversity of our campus."
Minority student enrollment also was up not only at IUSB, but also at IUPUI and IU Southeast. At IUPUI, Asian American and Hispanic enrollments increased by 2.8 percent and 6 percent, respectively. At IU South Bend, Hispanic enrollment rose by 15.1 percent, and at IU Southeast, American Indian, Asian American and Hispanic enrollments improved by 29.4 percent, 13.8 percent and 12.3 percent, respectively.
"One of the bright spots in this fall's enrollment was a 5 percent increase in full-time freshmen, from 593 to 623 students, which in part accounted for our increase in total credit hours," said IU Kokomo Chancellor Ruth Person. "Over 70 percent of our first-time new enrollees are attending full-time; 15 years ago it was less than 50 percent. The Kokomo campus, as with the other IU regional campuses, continues to attract greater numbers of traditional-age full-time students."
Enrollment, credit hours taken and full-time students by campus:
Bloomington -- 37,958 enrollment this year, up from 37,821 last year, an increase of 137 students, or 0.4 percent. For credit hours taken, the figures are 509,954.5 this year, up from 505,115 last year, an increase of 4,839.5 credit hours, or 1 percent. There are 35,095.4 full-time-equivalent students this year, up from 34,766.4 last year, an increase of 329, or 0.9 percent.
IUPUI -- 29,933 enrollment this year, down from 29,953 last year, a change of 20 students, or minus 0.1 percent. For credit hours taken, the figures are a record 315,741this year, up from 312,225.5 last year, a change of 3,515.5 credit hours, or plus 1.1 percent. There are 21,682 full-time-equivalent students this year, up from 21,464.6 last year, a change of 217.4, or 1 percent.
IU East -- 2,459 enrollment this year, down from 2,516 last year, a change of 57 students, or minus 2.3 percent. For credit hours taken, the figures are 23,525.5 this year, down from 23,993.5 last year, a change of 468 credit hours, or minus 2 percent. There are 1,573.2 full-time-equivalent students this year, down from 1,603.6 last year, a change of 30.4, or minus 1.9 percent.
IU Kokomo -- 2,895 enrollment this year, down from 2,903 last year, a change of eight students, or minus 0.3 percent. For credit hours taken, the figures are 28,127 this year, up from 27,925 last year, a change of 202 credit hours, or plus 0.7 percent. There are 1,889.8 full-time-equivalent students this year, up from 1,875.1 last year, a change of 14.7, or plus 0.8 percent.
IU Northwest -- 4,987 enrollment this year, down from 5,138 last year, a change of 151 students, or minus 2.9 percent. For credit hours taken, the figures are 47,984 this year, down from 49,307 last year, a change of 1,323 credit hours, or minus 2.7 percent. There are 3,253.9 full-time-equivalent students this year, down from 3,340.8 last year, a change of 86.9, or minus 2.6 percent.
IU South Bend -- 7,459 enrollment this year, down from 7,501 last year, a change of 42 students, or minus 0.6 percent. For credit hours taken, the figures are a record 71,368 this year, up from 70,519 last year, a change of 849 credit hours, or plus 1.2 percent. There are 4,865.5 full-time-equivalent students this year, up from 4,807.7 last year, a change of 57.8, or plus 1.2 percent.
IU Southeast -- 6,164 enrollment this year, down from 6,238 last year, a change of 74 students, or minus 1.2 percent. For credit hours taken, the figures are 60,243 this year, down from 60,671.5 last year, a change of 428.5 credit hours, or minus 0.7 percent. There are 4,080.5 full-time-equivalent students this year, down from 4,104.1 last year, a change of 23.6, or minus 0.6 percent.
Overall for eight campuses -- 98,543 enrollment this year, down from 98,545 last year, a change of two students, or 0.0 percent. For credit hours taken, the figures are a record 1,125,683 this year, up from 1,115,163.5 last year, a change of 10,519.5 credit hours, or plus 0.9 percent. There are 77,079.1 full-time-equivalent students this year, up from 76,372.2 last year, a change of 706.9, or plus 0.9 percent.
