Cedar Rapids Gazette, IA
09-06-06
UI enrollment up; ISU down slightly
By: Diane Heldt - The Gazette
Enrollment at the University of Iowa for the fall semester is 29,979 students, up
337 from 29,642 last fall, officials announced today.
The number of new freshmen totals 4,289, up 440 from 3,849 in 2005. Total
undergraduate enrollment stands at 20,738, up 438 students from in 2005.
"I think this is the best evidence we could ask for that our work to enhance the
undergraduate experience at Iowa is paying off," said Provost Mike Hogan.
Hogan added that the UI is attracting more minority students in the
undergraduate ranks, and the UI's numbers are up among both residents and
nonresidents.
The number of minority students in UI's first year class is up 14.2 percent over
last year. Of the 5,768 freshmen and undergraduate transfers, 2,200 were nonresidents.
Iowa State University also saw first-year enrollment increase this fall, but overall
enrollment declined, though ISU had its largest freshman and transfer class since
2002. Of the 5,726 new undergraduates at Iowa State this fall, there are 3,983
freshmen, an increase of 5.7 percent (214 students) from fall 2005, and 1,461
transfer students, an increase of 5.3 percent (73 students) from fall 2005.
The number of minority freshmen enrolled at ISU has increased 12 percent since
fall 2005. ISU has 401 minority freshmen, up from 358 last fall. This fall's
freshman class is the second-most diverse on record.
Overall student enrollment at ISU is 25,462, about 100 more students than
officials had projected for fall 2006, but a decrease of about 1 percent (279
students) compared to fall 2005.