official enrollment numbers

[cyclone87]

wow, looks like the estimates were off by a little over 1,000.
Fall 2013 enrollment: 33,241 (increase of 2,201 students from last year)

Iowa State University enrollment is 33,241 - News Service - Iowa State University

 

[mustangcy]

I'd heard that the thought was that ISU may pass UofI as the largest student body in the state. Any word on UofI's enrollment?

 

[cyclone87]

yes, ISU passed UofI by more than 2,000 students as their enrolment actually decreased slightly (enrollment of 31,065 this fall).

Steady undergraduate enrollment at UI this fall | Iowa Now - The University of Iowa

 

[cyclonestate]

Fall 2013 Official Enrollment

Iowa State University 33,241
University of Iowa 31,067
Univ of Northern Iowa 12,159

 

[CyFan61]

wow, looks like the estimates were off by a little over 1,000.

Something tells me the administration was giving a head-fake to Iowa. Last summer ISU was honest with projections and UI had a huge recruitment push at the end to hold on to the #1 spot.

Clearly that head-fake was unnecessary as UI wasn't even close this year

 

[Trice]

Fall 2013 Official Enrollment

Iowa State University 33,241
University of Iowa 31,067
Univ of Northern Iowa 12,159

Read the Iowa release. It's all a part of their plan. Gag me.

 

[NATEizKING]

I'd heard that the thought was that ISU may pass UofI as the largest student body in the state. Any word on UofI's enrollment?

That's what you heard, but here is reality:

Kirkwood Student Demographics (fall 2011, spring 2012, summer 2012) Total credit enrollment: 26,500.

University of Iowa 31,067 + 26500 = 57567
Iowa State University 33,241
Univ of Northern Iowa 12,159

 

[LindenCy]

I'm shocked that Kirkwood has that many students.

 

[flander1649]

I'm shocked that Kirkwood has that many students.

Well yeah when you can take 1 class online and count plus how many of those are still in high school just taking a class or two.

 

[RoseBowlBound]

It may sound snobby but I would kind of like Iowa to continue slightly decreasing their enrollment numbers and increasing academic admission standards.

 

[LindenCy]

Well yeah when you can take 1 class online and count plus how many of those are still in high school just taking a class or two.

Yeah, their full-time equivalency must be much lower. Anyway, back on track. It is interesting to see how ISU has grown over the years.

 

[NATEizKING]

It may sound snobby but I would kind of like Iowa to continue slightly decreasing their enrollment numbers and increasing academic admission standards.

Chitown kids would really be screwed then

 

[MartyFine]

It is really more about academic integrity at eiu, for example...

‘Vodka Sam’ got arrested, blew a .341, tweeted about it | New York Post

 

[CyFan61]

It may sound snobby but I would kind of like Iowa to continue slightly decreasing their enrollment numbers and increasing academic admission standards.

Their enrollment is already decreasing without high admission standards.

 

[Agclone91]

Yeah, their full-time equivalency must be much lower. Anyway, back on track. It is interesting to see how ISU has grown over the years.

Full time at Kirkwood is the same, 12 credit hours. They are actually quite large, and you have to factor in that they have multiple locations off of the main campus in eastern Iowa that count twords total enrollment.

 

[FarminCy]

Chitown kids would really be screwed then

Eactly. All of my sisters roommates in Iowa City were girls from the Chicago suburbs whom had Iowa as their second choice after Illinois wasn't going to work out for them.

 

[CyFan61]

The best number here is incoming freshmen from the state of Iowa:

Iowa State: 3,540
Iowa: 2,134

It isn't even close. More and more young people from here want to be Iowa Staters - far more than Hawkeyes.

 

[cyclone87]

It may sound snobby but I would kind of like Iowa to continue slightly decreasing their enrollment numbers and increasing academic admission standards.

I'm not so sure their decrease was on purpose. ISU's growth is primarily due to the ag industry being well-off right now and a demand for engineers, if the ag industry takes a dive or the demand for engineers starts to decrease ISU could possibly have some difficulty maintaining growth or could even see some decrease, there is a lot of uncertainty especially with the ag industry so who knows what will happen. At any rate I've heard several times from university officials that campus in its current set-up can't handle much more than 35,000 students so I assume enrollment would be capped there if it reaches that point in the near future. In the long-range if it can obtain some more land for facilities enrollment could increase once again

 

[everyyard]

That's what you heard, but here is reality:

Kirkwood Student Demographics (fall 2011, spring 2012, summer 2012) Total credit enrollment: 26,500.

University of Iowa 31,067 + 26500 = 57567
Iowa State University 33,241
Univ of Northern Iowa 12,159

Looks to me like:

University of Iowa 31,067 + 26,500 + 12,159 = 69,726
Iowa State University 33,241

 

[crash_zone]

It may sound snobby but I would kind of like Iowa to continue slightly decreasing their enrollment numbers and increasing academic admission standards.

I actually don't know if they can do this. ISU and UofI have historically had the same entrance requirements set by the BOR. Now, I'm not apposed to all 3 universities raising their entrance requirements - but you have to be careful about not excluding people who actually are capable college students that didn't catch on fast enough in HS (or had a difficult living situation/other events that lowered grades).