Last modified: Friday, January 28, 2011
Bloomington, university-wide spring enrollment set records
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan. 28, 2011
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- For the second consecutive year, Indiana University Bloomington spring enrollment has topped the 40,000 mark with a record 40,456 students enrolled for the second semester, according to figures released today by the Office of University Institutional Research and Reporting. The numbers include undergraduate, graduate and professional school students.
"We are pleased with these numbers," said David B. Johnson, vice provost for enrollment management at IU Bloomington in reference to the fall-to-spring student retention rate. "This record spring semester enrollment for IU Bloomington is a reflection of the quality of students enrolling at IU and the quality of faculty instruction engaging the students in the classroom each day."
IU Bloomington enrollment in the fall was 42,464. College enrollment typically drops slightly in the spring semester. Spring and summer enrollment numbers primarily are kept for internal management purposes. However, for consistent representation, universities typically report fall enrollments as the official count for the entire year.
Across all eight IU campuses, official figures showed 102,782 students enrolled, also a record number, up from last year's 101,681 enrollees. Four campuses other than IU Bloomington set spring semester enrollment records -- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis with 29,197 students, IU East with 2,975 students, IU South Bend with 7,858 students, and IU Southeast with 6,800 students.
Also, six campuses other than IU Bloomington set records for credit hours -- IUPUI, IU Kokomo, IU East, IU Northwest, IU South Bend and IU Southeast.
One year ago, spring numbers at IU Bloomington topped 40,000 for the first time, with 40,211 students enrolled. This year's enrollment represents an increase of 245 students or 0.6 percent. Bloomington students were enrolled in 529,730 credit hours, also a new record.
Spring 2011 enrollment notes by campus:
Bloomington
- Set a record for enrollment at 40,456, up from 40,211 in 2010, a 0.6 percent increase.
- Set a record for credit hours at 529,730.0, up from 528,326 in 2010, a 0.3 percent increase.
- Total undergraduate enrollment increased by 80 (0.3 percent), while hours decreased by 426.5 (-0.1 percent).
- Total graduate enrollment increased by 165 (1.8 percent), and hours increased by 1,830.5 (2.2 percent).
IUPUI
- Set a record for enrollment at 29,197, which broke the record set in the spring of 2009. This represents a 0.7 percent increase over last spring.
- Set a record for credit hours at 333,872.3, up from the record 327,612 set last spring, a 1.9 percent increase.
- Total undergraduate enrollment increased by 195 (0.9 percent), and hours increased by 4,588.5 (1.9 percent).
- Total graduate enrollment increased by 2 (0.0 percent), and hours increased by 1,671.3 (2.0 percent).
East
- Set a record for enrollment at 2,975, which broke the record that was set in the spring of 2010 at 2,769 students, an increase of 7.4 percent.
- Set a record for credit hours at 29,614.5. This mark eclipsed the record that was set last spring at 28,003, a 5.8 percent increase.
- Total undergraduate enrollment increased by 219 (8.2 percent), and hours increased by 1,750.5 (6.4 percent).
- Total graduate enrollment decreased by 13 (-12.3 percent), and hours decreased by 139.0 (-22.1 percent).
Kokomo
- Enrollment increased by 88 (3.2 percent) from 2,788 to 2,876.
- Set a record for credit hours at 28,014.0 which broke the record that was set last spring at 27,383, a 1.1 percent increase.
- Total undergraduate enrollment increased by 130 (4.9 percent), and hours increased by 611.0 (2.3 percent).
- Total graduate enrollment decreased by 42 (-26.8 percent), and hours decreased by 308.0 (-28.8 percent).
Northwest
- Enrollment increased by 303 (5.7 percent) to 5,652 from last spring's 5,349.
- Set a record for credit hours at 57,898.0, up from 54,624 in 2010, a 6.0 percent increase over last year.
- Total undergraduate enrollment increased by 331 (7.1 percent), and hours increased by 3,463.0 (6.8 percent).
- Total graduate enrollment decreased by 28 (-4.2 percent), and hours decreased by 189.0 (-4.7 percent).
South Bend
- Set a record for enrollment at 7,858, which broke the record set last spring at 7,812, a 0.6 percent increase.
- Set a record for credit hours at 75,638.0, up from 74,880 in 2010, a 1.0 percent increase.
- Total undergraduate enrollment increased by 228 (3.3 percent), and hours increased by 1,501.0 (2.1 percent).
- Total graduate enrollment decreased by 182 (-20.4 percent), and hours decreased by 743.0 (-14.7 percent).
Southeast
- Set a record for enrollment at 6,800, which broke the record of 6,604 set last spring, a 3.0 percent increase.
- A 3.1 percent increase in credit hours set the new record mark 67,679.5, which is more than the previous high of 65,646 set last spring.
- Total undergraduate enrollment increased by 303 (5.3 percent), and hours increased by 2,539.0 (4.1 percent).
- Total graduate enrollment decreased by 107 (-11.9 percent), and hours decreased by 505.5 (-12.4 percent).
Fort Wayne (Data reflects only IU-degree students.)
- Overall enrollment was 6,968, a decrease of 180 (-2.5 percent) from last spring's record spring enrollment of 7,148.
- Total credit hours decreased by 713.0 (-1.0 percent) to 72,525.0 from a record 73,238.
- Total undergraduate enrollment decreased by 77 (-1.2 percent) and hours decreased by 630.0 (-0.9 percent).
- Total graduate enrollment decreased by 103 (-17.8 percent) and hours decreased by 83.0 (-2.8 percent).
