January 25, 1996
1995 ELCA COLLEGE ENROLLMENT
96-01-002-LC
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The 28 colleges and universities of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America opened the 1995-96
academic year in September with total full-time enrollment at
44,036. The academic year opened with "mixed emotions," said Dr.
James M. Unglaube, ELCA director for colleges and universities.
"It marks the first year that Upsala College, East Orange, N.J.,
is missing from the scene since its founding in 1893." The
college closed its doors at the end of the 1994-95 academic year.
This academic year for the 28 ELCA colleges and universities
has been a very good one measured in enrollment terms. The
44,036 total is just 28 students below the 1994-95 figure which
included more than 700 students at Upsala College. The remaining
28 institutions saw their enrollments rise by 679 students or 1.5
percent.
Part-time enrollment fell by 71 students or 0.8 percent, from
8,440 to 8,369. Full-time enrollment rose at eighteen of the 28
institutions. Part-time enrollments have fallen 11 percent since
1989.
"In losing Upsala the church lost the institution which was
serving communities of persons of color to the greatest extent,"
said Unglaube. Thus, the representation of persons of color
among full-time students fell from 9.1 percent in 1994-95 to 8.3
percent. However, if Upsala is excluded for 1994-95, the
remaining 28 institutions saw their full-time enrollment of
persons of color rise by 162 students, from 3,513 to 3,675, an
increase of 4.6 percent. This number rose at 20 institutions.
International student enrollments have been declining for a
number of years at ELCA institutions. The total of full-time
international students is 1,304, or three percent. If the Upsala
figures are excluded for 1994-95, the remaining institutions saw
this number rise by nine students. "There is encouragement in
the fact that 1995-96 marked the end of a decline in this figure
going back to 1992. International students from developing world
settings place a great burden on the limited financial aid
resources available to them on campus. This has likely been at
least partly responsible for the decline," said Unglaube.
Thirteen of the 28 institutions experienced increases here.
The enrollment of Lutheran students totaled 14,072, or 32
percent of the whole. This is a decline from last year's total
of 14,291.
ELCA COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minn.
Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill.
Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan.
California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks
Capital University, Columbus, Ohio
Carthage College, Kenosha, Wis.
Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.
Dana College, Blair, Neb.
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa.
Grand View College, Des Moines, Iowa
Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn.
Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, N.C.
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
Midland Lutheran College, Fremont, Neb.
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa.
Newberry College, Newberry, S.C.
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Wash.
Roanoke College, Salem, Va.
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn.
Suomi College, Hancock, Mich.
Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa.
Texas Lutheran College, Seguin, Texas
Thiel College, Greenville, Pa.
Wagner College, Staten Island, N.Y.
Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa
Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa Wittenberg University,
Springfield, Ohio
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