[040] Summer Enrollment of 9,318 shows 8.31% Increase

Release date: Aug. 5, 2010

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Enrollment Services contact: Dr. Deb Sells, 615-898-2440 or dsells@mtsu.edu

Summer Enrollment of 9,318 shows 8.31% Increase


(MURFREESBORO) — MTSU’s summer enrollment surpassed 9,300 students, said Dr. Deb Sells, vice president for Student Affairs and vice provost for Enrollment Services.
The total of 9,318 is an 8.31 percent increase from summer 2009, when the university’s head count was 8,603.
MTSU officials have made final edits to the data, which have been submitted to the Tennessee Board of Regents.
The 2010 summer total for May through August enrollment marks an increase of 715 students from last summer.
Sells said she attributes the increase of students to the availability of the federal Pell Grant during the summer terms and more students taking courses online.
There have been 2,170 students utilizing Pell Grant money this summer compared to 389 in 2009, she said.
Enrollment Services noted a 46 percent increase in the number of online courses, 227 offered this summer compared to 155 offered in 2009, Sells said.
MTSU Enrollment Services and other administration officials anticipate another record enrollment this fall. In 2009, 25,188 students were registered for classes.

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