College Announces Spring 09 Enrollment Figures

For Release - February 9, 2009     

Officials at UNM-Gallup have announced enrollment numbers for spring, which are reported on the third Friday of the semester.

Student credit hours totaled 24,142, up 2 percent from last Spring, for an increase of 486 credits. Headcount is 2628, which is down 4.8 percent from last Spring, a decrease of 129 students.

Funding to universities from the state can be reduced if student credit hours drop below 5 percent of an identified baseline. Because student credit hours were up for the Fall semester and appear to be up again for Spring, the Gallup campus should be spared any cuts in funding based on this formula.

“Official numbers are not available until late summer and involve much more than simply adding up credit hours and comparing them to our baseline year,” said Paul Kraft, director of Student Services. “Some credits are counted, some are not, depending on funding sources. The numbers I have been reporting are only comparing date to date from a year ago. Second mini-mester courses will be developed for the second eight weeks, and will contribute to an increase in both head count and credit hours for the semester.”