Increased enrollments realized at nearly all IU campuses

By George Vlahakis

For the third straight year, enrollment at the IU Bloomington campus set a record. Enrollment has grown to 37,963 students, an increase of 2.4 percent, or 887 students, over the first semester of the 2000-01 academic year. Within its overall enrollment, the campus has the largest undergraduate enrollment in its history. The number of credit hours being taken at IU Bloomington also hit a record, increasing by 2.7 percent, to 503,460.5 hours, a change of 13,473.5 hours.

At IUPUI, the number of students enrolled grew by 3 percent and 814 students to an all-time high of 28,339. Likewise, the number of credit hours taken increased by 2.8 percent to a record of 284,406 hours.

At IU East, enrollment reached 2,469 students and the number of credit hours taken rose to 22,378—both records in the campus’ 30-year history. The campus’ 5.7 percent increase in enrollment and 9 percent rise in credit hours reflect interest from residents of two neighboring Ohio counties who are enrolling at IU East under a reciprocity agreement for the first time this fall. (See page 15)

Similarly, IU Southeast enrollment grew by 2 percent to reach 6,557 students—the most in its 60-year history—and the number of credit hours also reached a new milestone of 59,119 hours.

At IUFW, enrollment rose by 4.5 percent, to 6,094, students and the number of credit hours increased to 59,115—both new records. IU South Bend set a record for credit hours enrolled, 65,894, which was an increase of 4.7 over last fall.

Another campus experiencing an increase was IU Kokomo, where undergraduate enrollment at IU Kokomo increased by 3.2 percent in heads and 3.8 percent in credit hours. The campus passed a milestone—more than 50 percent of its undergraduate students are enrolled full time.

In contrast to last fall, when three campuses reported smaller enrollments, only one campus experienced such a decline, IU Northwest, by 0.2 percent. Still, IUN’s graduate enrollment increased by 5.1 percent, while its non-degree seeking students also increased in numbers—17.3 percent for undergraduates and 25.6 percent for graduates.

Another trend surfacing at six out of eight IU campuses was an increase in minority enrollments. At IUB, enrollment by African-American students increased by 5 percent, or 72 students, while at IUPUI Asian American enrollment was up by 3.5 percent, African American enrollment increased by 3.2 percent and Hispanic enrollment increased by 4.6 percent.

At IPFW, African-American enrollment grew by 13.3 percent, and at IU Kokomo Hispanic enrollment increased by 34.3 percent.IU Northwest minority enrollments as a percent of the total enrollment grew from 36.7 percent last fall to 37.9 percent this fall. African-American and Hispanic enrollments rose by 13.4 percent and 14.6 percent at IU South Bend.