Charting UL Enrollment since 1901

[Big Buds]

Boy this is so true and the NO kids love Lafayette and the whole deal---Anybody with some Big Easy recruiting Ideas????

I alone have about 7 students from NOLA in one of my 400 level classes. Your right, NOLA kids do like the Lafayette area. I can only imagine the numbers of NOLA students that are incoming freshmen.

[82Cajun]

My son just got accepted and starts in the fall of 2014. Just like his dad.........

[RCAJUN90]

I alone have about 7 students from NOLA in one of my 400 level classes. Your right, NOLA kids do like the Lafayette area. I can only imagine the numbers of NOLA students that are incoming freshmen.

I have one there. They call it the "New LSU".

[BeauCajun]

Just an FYI, total enrollment is up to 19,403. Led by a large increase in the graduate school.

https://getdata.louisiana.edu/sites/...%20by%20Gender

[Rainman66]

Am I too much of a nerd when I saw LED, and thought, what does Light Emitting Diodes have to do with enrollment. Yes, I am EE, class of 88.

[BeauCajun]

Am I too much of a nerd when I saw LED, and thought, what does Light Emitting Diodes have to do with enrollment. Yes, I am EE, class of 88.

I fixed it. I thought the same when I saw it. My son 3406 is 2010 EE.

[CajunVic]

I fixed it. I thought the same when I saw it. My son 3406 is 2010 EE.

I guess we could say that you muffed, saw the LED which then led you to a recovery.

[NewsCopy]

The number of first-time freshmen at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette continues to grow. A total of 2,885 freshmen are enrolled at UL Lafayette for the Fall 2022 semester.

That’s up from 2,693 last fall and marks a 7.1% increase “that can be attributed to Louisiana’s longstanding reputation for nationally recognized academic and research programs and as a University that cares about it students,” noted Dr. DeWayne Bowie, vice president for Enrollment Management.

The incoming freshman class is the largest in five years, he added.

“Our intentional focus on fostering a campus environment that promotes student success – with an emphasis on affordability, smaller class sizes and opportunities for individualized instruction – has made us an appealing place to enroll,” Bowie explained.

He cited the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s designation as a Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education R1 University as “another reason students are choosing us.” The R1 designation puts Louisiana among the top 3% of the nation’s research universities.

Thirty-one percent of the Fall 2022 freshmen are STEM majors. STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, disciplines that place a heavy focus on student research.

The incoming group is exceptional for other reasons as well. Thirty-two percent of Fall 2022 freshmen are first-generation students – those whose parents have not earned a college degree.

The class also stands out for academic achievement. It has an average high school cumulative GPA of 3.41. “We also continue to attract students who are at the top of their high school graduating class. This freshman class consists of 135 high school valedictorians, one of the largest number of valedictorians in school history,” Bowie said.

Louisiana released Fall 2022 enrollment data on Tuesday. The University’s degree-seeking enrollment is 15,219 students. That’s a decrease of 6.2%. Among Fall 2022 enrollment are 12,950 undergraduate students and 2,269 graduate students.

“While our overall retention rate remains high, consecutive smaller freshman classes partly due to COVID-19 in recent years have resulted in fewer continuing students,” Bowie explained. “Degree-seeking enrollment has also been affected by record-setting graduating classes in recent academic years.”

“So, we’re excited to have such a strong freshman class this semester, which will translate into an upward trend in terms of continuing students and overall enrollment,” he said.

Bowie also singled out the 3,645 non-credit-bearing students enrolled for the Fall 2022 semester – an increase of 667 students over last fall. Those students bring the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s overall enrollment to 18,864. Non-credit bearing students include those who take training courses, online classes, pursue certifications, and enroll in Professional and Continuing Education classes.

The State’s public colleges and universities take a census of full- and part-time students on the 14th day of classes each fall semester, Bowie explained. The totals are reported to the Louisiana Board of Regents and, in the case of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, to the University of Louisiana System as well.

“Beyond enrollment totals, the census provides indicators as to who we are,” Bowie said.

The Fall 2022 census, for instance, shows that among degree-seeking students, 57% are female and 43% are male. Just over 40% are students from underrepresented backgrounds. Among them, 22% are Black students. In addition, students hail from 63 parishes in the State of Louisiana; 48 states, U.S. possessions and the District of Columbia; and 81 international countries.

Louisiana.edu

[Turbine]

The dual enrollment program is paying off. R1 Status is a booster.

It helps that the winning football program the last few years helped get the schools name out there.

When a potential high school senior hears about Louisiana's R1 status they don't have to say ... "Who?"

[fanof71]

They hear about it, but do they actually attend games? Probably not...and I'll add, nor do they care...