UNM-Gallup reports a 5 percent increase in both credit hours and head count for fall 2008from fall 2007 figures. The numbers were recorded on Sept. 12, the third Friday of the fall semester, the day colleges take the official enrollment census to report to the state for funding purposes.
Last year’s student credit hours were 24,098, while this year’s student credit hours at census were 25,341, for an increase of 1,243 student credit hours or 5 percent. Last year’s student head count at census was 2,691, while this year’s is 2,839, up 148 students for an increase of 5 percent.
“We’re also reporting a significant jump in the number of enrolling freshmen,” said Paul Kraft, UNM-Gallup student services director. “We’ve enrolled 25 percent more freshmen this fall than a year ago.”
Kraft attributed the boost in enrollment to “aggressive recruiting.” “We’re doing a better job of getting the UNM-Gallup story out,” he said.