IUP is reporting another increase in the number of first-time full-time bachelor’s degree-seeking students staying at the university.
Enrollment numbers released yesterday showed that the retention rate for students from Fall 2023 to Fall of this year increased to 75.3%, a more than four percentage point increase from Fall of 2022 to Fall of 2023.
Total enrollment for IUP this year is 9,081, which represents a drop of 1.9% from last year when it was 9,254. 7,011 students are in undergraduate programs, including 1,742 new first-time students; another 1720 in graduate programs and 350 students are in career prep programs. New, first-time student enrollment for fall 2024 is down by 12.9 percent from fall 2023 new, first-time student enrollment of 2,000.
In a statement, IUP president Dr. Michael Driscoll said that enrollment of new, first-time students would be affected by the challenges that came from the FAFSA application process changes and the delayed release of those forms. He also said that there are fewer high school graduates in the region, so those demographics have not changed.
