UMC On-campus Enrollment Down, Online Enrollment Up

The University of Minnesota Crookston (UMC) has released their fall 2018 enrollment numbers and the report is a mix of bad news and good news.  UMC’s trend of declining on-campus enrollment continues.  UMC has 1,834 total degree-seeking students, 1,031 online and 803 on-campus.  Of those 1,156 are full-time students and 678 are part-time. 
On-Campus enrollment has decreased every year since 2011, fell 3.3 percent from 830 in the fall of 2017.  Online enrollment reached a new high, topping 1,000 students for the first time.  Online enrollment has nearly doubled since 2011 when it was 478.  “It’s been a trend state-wide and across the region with online increasing,” said UMC’s Elizabeth Tollefson.  “Usually it’s a different student, an older student who might be juggling a lot of things, but believe the degree will help them in their career.”
In 2011, 70 percent of UMC student were on-campus, just 43.8 percent of students this fall are enrolled on-campus.
Total enrollment increased 2.1 percent with an additional 37 students enrolled in 2018.  Total enrollment is the highest it’s been since Fall 2014 and 2015 when enrollment totals were 1,876 (2014 – highest ever) and 1,874 (2015).

The enrollment breakdown by Department *

 *Numbers reflect students enrolled in more than one major in more than one department
**First-Year Agriculture and Natural Resources has been offered online