UNM sees jump in freshman enrollment
ALBUQUERQUE — University of New Mexico officials are predicting a jump in freshmen enrollment after seeing years of decline.
KOB-TV reports school Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs James Holloway said this week the university’s enrollment has stabilized and officials are noticing a slight upward trend.
Officials say 2,171 freshmen have signed up for school — 482 less than last year.
However, officials said those numbers are five weeks from the deadline to enroll and they expect to see a small uptick in the final weeks.
Last year, freshman enrollment dropped more than 17 percent to 2,653.
Total enrollment has decreased steadily since 2012.
Despite a 3.1 percent increase in tuition, the university said it had received 10 percent more applications than last year.