WSU releases enrollment numbers
A full parking lot sits adjacent to Eck Stadium on Wichita State’s campus.
Wichita State released its fall 2017 enrollment numbers Friday morning.
Total enrollment is at 15,081 students for this semester, an increase of 607 students, or 4.2 percent, from the fall 2016 semester. Total student credit hours increased 0.5 percent from to last fall.
A university news release said that this semester’s first-time freshman class of 1,436 students is the largest in school history.
President John Bardo said in the news release that the university’s recruiting efforts are “bearing fruit.”
The Sunflower will break down these numbers in Monday’s issue.
Eagle • Sep 30, 2017 at 8:32 pm
Nice story in the Eagle that gives the numbers of students who got free classes to help pad enrollment. Without the free enrollments they report, WSU enrollment and credit hours would have been down.
Fire Sale • Sep 29, 2017 at 7:06 pm
Lots of “free” classes the two weeks before census date. That was the special run on the WSU web page.
The 600 student growth made 300 credit hours with the half credit badges for high school students.
Who paid the application fees and tuition for the free classes for high school badge students and retirement home people who meet four times for a class? NIAR funds?
Investing a million dollars a year on Royal & Company the last four years should pay. That is in addition to hundreds of thousands for other consultants.
Look for “Yuge” enrollment growth next fall with the WATC absorption.
Still behind Fort Hays State.
Steve • Sep 29, 2017 at 4:39 pm
Are they counting retirees taking free non credit classes again? WSU plays so many shenanigans with the enrollment numbers that it renders them meaningless.
Fake Pres. Bardo • Sep 29, 2017 at 1:52 pm
A large drop out looks to be expected, hopefully that doesnt happen. How else do you expain a 4% increase in enrollment but only a .5% increase in total credit hours? Are 3.5% of the new students not taking classes?
Or is it that my ploy of reducing class sizes in order to keep students in college longer not working the way i wanted it to?
As always,
Fake Pres. Bardo