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With its buildings and grounds virtually brimming with students,
enrollment at Brigham Young University-Idaho is approaching its
limit. This fall, total enrollment pushed upward 748 students
compared to the same time last year.
Official fall enrollment is 11,273 full-time equivalent
students, compared to 10,767 for Fall Semester of 2004.
(Full-time equivalent or FTE is calculated by dividing the total
number of credits being taken by 15.)
“The FTE level that we are targeting as maximum enrollment is
11,600. The target is to reach this by Fall 2006,” Registrar
Kevin Miyasaki said.
The actual head count stands at 12,303, compared to 11,555 for
last fall. Enrollment includes 4,127 freshmen, 2,610 sophomores,
2,428 juniors and 3,138 seniors.
“Added faculty, building additions and renovation have
accompanied the steady growth of BYU-Idaho,” said Miyasaki.
“Every office has gone through changes and innovations with the
change to BYU-Idaho and its growth.”
The number of married students has increased slightly and stands
at 2991, or 24.3 percent of the student body. Last year at the
same time, there were 2982 married students (25.8 percent of the
student body).
The number of students who served missions for The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is at an all-time high of 4807
students.
University status has brought about changes in the workload
students carry. “As our student body has evolved, we have seen a
steady decrease of the average number of credit hours per
student, as compared to when we were a junior college,” Miyasaki
said.
The university has 8,556 continuing students, with 3,134 new
students and 613 returning after an absence of one or more
semesters, including those who are re-entering after serving
church missions.
There are 6,724 females (54.7 percent) compared to 5,579 male
students.
The number of students from Idaho continues to increase,
standing at 4,302. However, Miyasaki attributes this increase to
married students originally from other states now using Idaho as
their home address.
Other states with high numbers of students are Utah, 1,214;
California, 1,131; and Washington, 920. There are 330
international students representing
45 countries.
The most popular majors are business (1,249 students), general
studies (1,164 students), elementary education (806 students),
biology
(745 students), and communication (700 students).
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