| MTSU enrollment up 2.37 percent, another record |
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Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2008 1:55 pm
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Early fall 2008 semester numbers indicate MTSU once again is headed for a record enrollment.
Totals collected from the Office of Records early on Aug. 26 showed 23,771 students registered for classes, said Sherian Huddleston, associate vice provost for enrollment services.
Compared to the same date in 2007 when 23,221 were registered, there are 550 more students signed up for classes — a 2.37 percent increase, Huddleston said.
Final enrollment totals will not be available until the 14-day census date, Sunday, Sept. 7, and they will not be submitted to the Tennessee Board of Regents until sometime after that date, she said.
MTSU experienced another record enrollment in 2007 when 23,246 students were attending classes or taking online courses.
“What we’re seeing now is an increase in re-enrolling students, ones who have been out awhile and have returned to MTSU,” Huddleston said, adding that the increase is at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
“I think it’s significant we’re seeing an increase in graduate enrollment and in our returning students. That tells us our retention efforts are having an effect,” she said.
Huddleston said the increase in re-enrolling students “traditionally correlates with the unemployment rate. As the unemployment rate increases, we see an increase in students returning to MTSU to retool and retrain.”
Two days into the semester, Huddleston said MTSU is “down slightly in our new freshmen and new transfers.” Early on Aug. 26, Records data revealed there were 3,471 new freshmen compared to 3,595 in 2007 and 1,926 new transfers compared to 1,944 in 2007, she said.
Students can register after Aug. 26, but only by special permission, she said. Students already registered can continue to add classes, but after Aug. 26, they have to submit written permission from their academic adviser as approved by their dean, and the process had to go through the scheduling center, Huddleston said.
Some students will encounter the business office’s second purge on Aug. 29. Huddleston urged all students who have not paid their fees to pay them at the business office or online by 4:30 p.m. Friday to ensure they do not get purged.
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