New Student Enrollment Highest in 42 Years Indiana Tech’s enrollment continues its upward climb with the university celebrating its largest traditional program enrollment in 37 years and its largest incoming group of students in 42 years. A 19.6% increase in new students brings the total fall enrollment in the traditional program to 772, the highest level since the university had 774 students in 1970. The 348 new students for fall 2007 is the largest incoming group since Indiana Tech had 416 new students in 1965. The university also has an additional 34 students enrolled in Early Start, a program that allows local high school students to take certain Indiana Tech courses. Over the past few years Indiana Tech has gradually been adding academic programs, sports teams, and campus improvements as part of a strategic plan to become a more comprehensive university. “We’ve come a long way from being just an engineering school, and our enrollment growth shows students are discovering that Indiana Tech has a lot to offer them,” said President Arthur E. Snyder. Recently added academic programs include degrees in elementary education, computer security and investigation, software engineering, and criminal justice. New athletic teams for 2007 are men’s and women’s golf, cross country, and track. Tennis was added in 2006. “Developing more academic options meets our core purpose of providing career-oriented education, but athletics and other activities add
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depth to the collegiate experience that we offer to our students,” Snyder said. “Guest speakers, discussion forums, and academic competitions combine with more entertainment-type events to get students involved in the campus community.” The university’s College of Professional Studies (CPS) also expects growth. Since those programs allow up to nine different start dates for students, enrollment figures are not final. Based on the first two session starts, however, enrollment in the College of Professional Studies is expected to reach 2,224 this year, a 4% increase from last year. That number is based on a full-time equivalency estimate. The actual number of students taking at least one course in the College of Professional Studies is expected to be about 3,447. Projected CPS Enrollment
2006 2,138
2007 2,224
% increase 4%
Traditional Program Enrollment
New students Returning students Total
Fall 2006 291 404 695
Fall 2007 348 424 772
% increase 19.6% 5% 11.1%