North Dakota
Increasing freshmen enrollment highlight increases at ND colleges and universities
BISMARCK, N.D. (KUMV) – Representatives of the North Dakota University System gave lawmakers an update on how enrollment looks.
More than 47,000 people are attending one of the 11 public colleges in the state. That number includes online-only and dual credit students.
Brent Sanford, the University System Commissioner, said they’re seeing positive trends in various demographics, including an eight percent increase in freshmen.
“That’s something we’re not seeing nationwide so it’s a positive thing for our system. We have different demographics in North Dakota. We don’t have the cliff that some of our neighbors do like Minnesota and Iowa, so maybe that helps. We hope it’s also because we have good offerings,” said Sanford.
The university system said colleges and universities also saw a 17% headcount increase in high school students taking dual credit.
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