Enrollment sets spring semester record

Iowa State set another spring enrollment record this semester. Our 33,659 total students reflects an increase of 865 students over last spring's previous record. Undergraduate spring enrollment is up 847 students, graduate enrollment is up 58 students, professional enrollment is down 10 students and the number of post docs is down 30.

Following December commencement, spring semester enrollments are notably smaller than the previous fall. Fall 2015's overall enrollment -- an all-time high -- was 36,001.

Overall, the number of off-campus students (those enrolled only in distance education course sections) decreased by just two students from spring 2015 to spring 2016 (1,466 and 1,464, respectively). Nineteen fewer undergraduate off-campus only students were nearly offset by 17 additional off-campus only grad students.

Spring enrollment by college

 

Spring 2016

Spring 2015

AGLS

5,076

4,986

   Undergrad

4,336

4,256

   Grad

740

730

Business

4,377

3,960

   Undergrad

4,066

3,719

   Grad

311

241

Design

1,937

1,931

   Undergrad

1,732

1,723

   Grad

205

208

Engineering

8,420

8,041

   Undergrad

7,073

6,771

   Grad

1,347

1,270

Human Sciences

4,854

4,997

   Undergrad

4,147

4,235

   Grad

707

762

LAS

7,624

7,439

   Undergrad

6,514

6,317

   Grad

1,110

1,122

Veterinary Medicine

721

733

   DVM

583

593

   Grad

138

140

Interdisciplinary (grad)  

351

378

Subtotal

33,360

32,465

Post docs

299

329

Total

33,659

32,794