ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø 10th-day enrollment is 11,025, down 2.1 percent from fall 2015 10th-day enrollment; Idaho resident enrollment shows increase
September 20, 2016
POCATELLO – ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø 10th-day total enrollment for fall 2016 semester is 11,025, a 2.1 percent decline from the fall semester 2015 10th-day enrollment of 11,259, but Idaho resident enrollment increased by 2.6 percent.
The biggest decline in enrollment was from international students, down 513 students, a 36 percent decline from last fall’s 1,431 international students. There are 918 international students enrolled at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø at this point in the semester.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø had enrollment gains in other areas:
- Idaho resident enrollment increased by 2.6 percent, an increase of 227 students, bringing that total to 8,966.
- Non-resident domestic enrollment and graduate student enrollment both increased by 4.8 percent. There are now 1,141 non-Idaho resident students, an increase of 52 students.
- In fall 2016, there are 1,954 graduate students, an increase of 89 students over last year.
- Another bright spot was the success of ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø’s Bengal Bridge, a program designed to give prospective students tools for college. This summer, 116 students participated, and 89 of them, 77 percent, enrolled at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø this fall.
- New undergraduate transfer enrollment is 427, an increase of seven students or 1.7 percent. The five top transfer institutions are the College of Southern Idaho, Brigham Young University-Idaho, Boise State University, College of Western Idaho and Eastern Idaho Technical College.
- Early College registration started earlier this fall. Early College enrollment is 438, an increase of 326 from last fall’s 10th-day total of 112.
ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø officially reports numbers to the Idaho State Board of Education on Census Day, which is Oct. 15. On average, ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø annually gains about 1,800 students between 10th day and Census Day. For example, fall 2015 10th-day enrollment was 11,259, and Fall 2015 Census Day total enrollment increased to 13,133.