NDSU’s official fourth week enrollment for fall 2011 is 14,399 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. The official fall 2010 enrollment was 14,407 students, reported on Sept. 21, 2010.
NDSU President Dean L. Bresciani said that enrollment holding steady in spite of efforts to moderate enrollment suggests how in demand NDSU has become. “We are a Top 100 research university offering an exceptional educational experience to a purposefully sized student body of degree seeking students with appropriate academic credentials for success,” he said. “Students see the quality and affordable value of the NDSU experience – a degree from one of the top student-focused land grant research universities in the country. There are few, if any other land grant universities that conduct research at our quality and quantity, but remain student-focused.”
Freshman student enrollment is 2,420 up from 2,400 a year ago. Undergraduate studentenrollment is 11,911 down from 11,977 a year ago. Graduate student enrollment is 2,146 up from 2,084 students from a year ago. NDSU’s international student population is 1,282 down from 1,307 in 2010.
“These enrollment numbers reflect our priorities to concentrate on our retention and graduation efforts,” said Prakash Mathew, vice president for student affairs.