Alex graduate data iab oct 2013

Graduate Programs Alex Zecevic, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs

Graduate Enrollment The graduate enrollments for the summer and fall indicate an overall increase of 5% with respect to 2012-2013. This is clearly a positive development, since our enrollment had been dropping for two years in a row. The summer numbers are a bit lower than last year, but this was compensated for by a significant increase in the fall.

Summer 2011 Summer 2012 Summer 2013

1,220 units 1,131 units 1,079 units

Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013

4,857 units 4,444 units 4,780 units

Table 1. Summer and fall enrollment 2011 – 2013.

Since the fall quarter tends to be a good indicator for how the entire academic year will shape up, in the following graph we provide a summary of fall enrollment trends over the past seven years.

FALL UNITS 2006�2013

5,090 4,667

4,857

4,780 4,444

3,779

3,018

3,171

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Another important indicator is the number of new students who enrolled in the fall quarter. Table 2 shows that this number matches our all-time high over the past six years (2010 – 2011 was our best year overall, with a total of 15,719 units).

FALL 2013: FALL 2012: FALL 2011: FALL 2010: FALL 2009: FALL 2008:

243 205 174 243 198 188

Table 2. New students in the fall (2008 – 2013).

Based on this data, it is fair to say that the downward trend has been reversed. It is difficult to tell, however, whether the present increase in enrollment will be sustained over a longer period. Much of the growth that we are currently experiencing comes from international students, and therefore depends on global economic conditions (particularly in India). This is obviously not something that we can control or predict.

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