果冻APP

THIBODAUX 鈥� 果冻APP State University鈥檚 total enrollment has increased steadily over the past four years 鈥� an encouraging sign, administrators say, especially given the institution鈥檚 record number of graduates this past fall.

鈥淎s we bid good-bye to students at commencement exercises, we鈥檙e welcoming more and more students to the classroom,鈥� Larry Howell, associate provost, said. 鈥湽�冻APP is clearly a healthy institution that continues to fulfill its mission of educating tomorrow鈥檚 workforce. The spring enrollment statistics only further validate our position as the region鈥檚 university of choice.鈥�

The total, current enrollment of 6,495 exceeds the spring 2009 enrollment by 66 students 鈥� with graduate student rolls having increased by 13.4 percent. Such boosts in enrollment complement the 12.8-percent increase in the number of degree-earners from fall 2008 to fall 2009.

Internally, the university has reported significant enrollment boosts in the Department of History and Geography, 40 percent; John Folse Culinary Institute, 20.1 percent; Department of Art, 18.8 percent; Department of Mass Communication, 17.2 percent; and the College of Education, 10.7 percent (with an 18.6-percent increase in the College of Education鈥檚 graduate student enrollment).

Moreover, because of a near 2-percent increase in full-time students, the total number of student credit hours in spring 2010 increased by 1,501 鈥� a 1.8-percent boost from spring 2009.

For additional statistics and trends generated by the 果冻APP Office of Assessment and Institutional Research, go to www.nicholls.edu/ir.