Enrollment at 成人头条 for fall 2008 is 14,612 students, an increase of 170 students or 1.2 percent compared to fall 2007, according to the official enrollment report given to the Kansas Board of Regents following the 20th day of classes.
Total student credit hours are 153,064, an increase of 3.7 percent compared to fall 2007, and the highest total since 1990.
The average credit hour load taken by WSU students in a fall semester, 11.32 for undergraduates and 7.23 for graduate students, is the highest it has been since at least fall 1980.
Ron Kopita
"What is especially telling about our enrollment data is that during the last nine years, the percentage of our undergraduate students enrolled full time has increased from 55 percent to more than 68 percent," said Ron Kopita, vice president for campus life and university relations. "Students are eager to complete their degrees, and we are creating financial opportunities through scholarships and financial aid to help them take more credit hours."
The enrollment increase is attributed primarily to an increase in new students from Sedgwick County and international students.
This fall there are 981 new freshmen enrolled from Sedgwick County, compared to 914 last fall, an increase of 7.3 percent. There are 1,365 international students enrolled, compared to 1,284 in fall 2007, for an increase of 6.3 percent.
The average age of undergraduate students is 24.8 years; the median is 22 years of age.
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