Daily Staff Writer

Summer enrollment shows increase

There are 309 more ISU students on campus during the 2000 summer sessions than in 1999, sparking enrollment increases in almost all of the colleges.

There are 9,200 students registered for summer-session classes. Of those numbers, 6,198 are undergraduate students and 3,002 are graduate students.

Graduate-student enrollment has increased by 144 students, while there are 165 more undergraduates this summer.

Pete Englin, interim dean of students, said he thinks a four-year degree is much more feasible if students take summer classes.

“I believe it assists to get through their degree program faster,” he said. “It allows them to keep pace and to graduate.”

The following numbers were released by Iowa State:

* The College of Veterinary Medicine’s undergraduate enrollment increased to 129 from 106 students in 1999. Graduate students have also increased to 66 from 61.

* Interdisciplinary students increased from 377 to 447.

* College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is up to 1,823 students from 1,781 in 1999. Graduate enrollment is also up 754 from 732 in 1999.

* The College of Family and Consumer Sciences has increased in undergraduate students to 438 from 422 in 1999, but has dropped in graduate students from 136 to 130 in 2000.

* The College of Engineering is up to 999 undergraduate students from 996 in 1999. Graduate enrollment increased to 464 students from 442.

* The College of Education has also experienced increases in both undergraduate and graduate students. Undergraduates are up to 718 from 676 students in 1999. Graduates are up to 444 students from 381 in 1999.

* The College of Design’s undergraduate program numbers were 378 students in both 1999 and 2000, while graduate-student enrollment dropped to 70 from 79.

* The College of Business has increased undergraduate enrollment to 1,226 students from 1,188 in 1999. Graduate-student enrollment increased to 135 from 116 in 1999.

* The College of Agriculture’s undergraduate student enrollment increased to 487 from 486 students, while graduate-student enrollment decreased to 492 in 2000 from 534 students in 1999.

— Tara Payne