Lamar University posts all-time record enrollment

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From the LU website:

[quote]Lamar University’s Spring 2010 20th class day enrollment numbers have been tallied, and university officials could not be more pleased.

With a total headcount of 14,054, the university has set a new record not only for its highest spring enrollment, but also for the largest enrollment in the university’s history.

Traditionally, fall enrollments are higher than those in the spring, but continued growth in Lamar’s non-traditional online programs appears to have altered that pattern. Lamar’s fall 2009 enrollment was 13,994.

Lamar’s headcount is up 4.22 percent over last spring, when 13,485 students were enrolled. Students are enrolled for 133,754 semester credit hours, an increase of 5.26 percent over last spring (127,066).

Enrollment in Lamar’s online Academic Partnership Master’s in Education programs remains strong and is up about 1.5 percent with 4,000 graduate students.

A slack economy aids retention and promotes higher education as a career strategy, said Kevin Smith, senior associate provost at Lamar.

[b]Other highlights in the tally include 13 percent growth in the College of Engineering. The College of Fine Arts and Communication grew more than 12 percent. Lamar’s College of Arts and Sciences gained 6.5 percent. Education is now Lamar’s largest college in terms of majors with more than 5,000 students pursuing degrees in education. The university’s fastest-growing traditional program was its Master’s in Business Administration, up 45 percent over a year ago.[/b]

This growth places Lamar University in an excellent position entering the base counting period for the next legislative session, Smith said. That counting period begins this summer.
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