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BOISE STATE NEWS / February 7, 2008

Boise State Sets Another State Record with 18,860 Students for Spring 2008; Posts Largest Spring Enrollment Increase in Five Years

Boise State University set another all-time spring enrollment record for higher education institutions in Idaho with a head count of 18,860 students this semester and registered its largest spring-to-spring enrollment increase in five years, university officials announced today.

The total number of students is an increase of 682 over last year’s spring head count of 18,178, or a 3.8 percent increase – surpassed in the last half decade only by the 5.6 percent increase in 2002-03.

“Boise State University is very pleased with its continued planned growth,” said Michael Laliberte, Boise State’s vice president for student affairs. “The record increase in the number of students this semester as compared to the previous spring semester is the result of our increased outreach efforts to attract high-achieving students and improved retention of our continuing students.”

The university’s Graduate College continues to grow, with 169 more students than spring 2007 – an 8.8 percent head count increase on top of the 14 percent increase last spring.

The spring 2008 head count of undergraduates increased by 396, a 2.6 percent hike over the spring 2007 numbers, and the head count of applied technology students increased by 117 students, or 10.4 percent.

In addition, the number of full-time equivalent, or FTE, students at Boise State rose to 13,633, an increase of 688 students, or 5.3 percent, over last spring’s enrollment. The larger increase in FTE is an indication that not only has the university’s student body grown, but those attending Boise State are enrolled in more classes, officials said. FTE is based on the number of credit hours students are taking.

The report comes following the 10th day of classes in which the state’s institutions of higher education are required to report enrollment numbers to the State Board of Education.

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Media Contact: Frank Zang, University Communications, (208) 426-5391, frankzang@boisestate.edu

Boise State University is emerging as a metropolitan research university of distinction. This transformation is being powered by the university’s first comprehensive campaign to support students, faculty, strategic initiatives, research and infrastructure. That’s why the campaign to raise $175 million in private support is called Destination Distinction.
 

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