Charting UL Enrollment since 1901

[Boomer]

Was there a final count on this Fall's enrollment and that of the other state schools????

[NewsCopy]

  Enrollment at UL is at its highest since the university ended open enrollment in 1999, a UL vice president said Tuesday.

That excludes a brief enrollment spike in 2005 because of Hurricane Katrina. An official fall 2010 14th-day enrollment count puts 16,763 students on UL's campus, a 2.5 percent increase from fall 2009's enrollment of 16,361, Vice President for Enrollment Management DeWayne Bowie said.

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Tina Marie Macias
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[keithj]

Was there a final count on this Fall's enrollment and that of the other state schools????

Jeeze, Boomer, have you got some pull or what. You ask a question on RP and you get a newspaper article written for you the next day. You should ask more questions!

[Boomer]

Well I am still wondering about the other schools' numbers---saw where N'Western was at a plus 2!!!! Along with the drawings of the new stadia we need to have sketches of the new campus designs for the "MALL"/"Village" look that will be incorporated with the new dorms and student union!!!!!!

[Boomer]

Anybody see the stats for the rest of the state schools yet????

[wcd35]

Southeastern - The total headcount for this fall, including all classifications, is 15,351 compared to last fall’s 15,160

http://www.hammondstar.com/articles/...ation/5738.txt

NW State - An increase in student retention helped Northwestern State University maintain its enrollment for the Fall 2010 semester. This fall’s enrollment of 9,244 was an increase of two students above last year’s figure of 9,242.

http://news.nsula.edu/home/article/398

[RCAJUN90]

Southeastern in the new UNO. I live in the top feeder parish for SLU and nobody goes there by choice. I would love to know the average age of a student at SLU. There campus would look more at home in Baghdad. Who in the world would pick to live in Hammond anyways?

[Boomer]

Isn't UL's enrollment more than the Mississippi schools main campus??? If UL is about 17k then the main campus population I think is larger---and then you look at FIU and they will be at 65K in 10 years-----I think that they are at about 35K now!!!!!

[cajun4life]

_ Isn't UL's enrollment more than the Mississippi schools main campus??? If UL is about 17k then the main campus population I think is larger---and then you look at FIU and they will be at 65K in 10 years-----I think that they are at about 35K now!!!!! _

FIU is around 44K according to their website and the charge a $176 athletic fee per semester with $87 going directly to football.

[Oiler]

_ FIU is around 44K according to their website and the charge a $176 athletic fee per semester with $87 going directly to football. _

44K x $87 = $3,828,000.00 per semester going just to football. Thats $7,656,000 per year for football alone. That almost equals our entire annual athletic budget. Meanwhile, we struggle with budget cuts but our legislature steadfastly refuses to allow student athletic fees. It is ridiculous that we aren't allowed to access a fee for what every other state allows schools to access a fee for. The LSU homers in the legislature do not intend for anyone other than LSU to have a successful football program. What we need is a grass roots effort by constituents of the legislators that represent the fan bases of UL, La Tech, ULM, McNeese, SLU, Nichols, NW State, Grambling, and Southern to demand that they support a bill that would allow student athletic fees. This is an issue that would help us all a lot, but the biggest difference would be made right here at UL. All we're asking for is a level playing field.