Traditional undergraduate enrollment totals 916 students, compared to 902 last year. Of that total, 878 are full-time students, up 11 over last fall.

Stephanie C. Shafer, director of , said that EMU’s first-year class of 207 students represents 23 states, with Virginia heading the list with 48 percent of the class. Multi-ethnic students make up 23 percent of the first-year class, she noted.

Last year’s first-year class had an 81 percent retention rate, which is “very good,” Shafer reported, along with a retention rate of 87 percent for transfer students, both figures above the national average.

“This new group of students represents exactly what EMU wants – diverse, adventurous, well-rounded, high-achieving students both in and outside the classroom,” Shafer said. “They bring a lot to the campus community and seem eager to take advantage of all the opportunities at EMU.”

, a graduate program of theological studies on the EMU campus, has 114 students enrolled this fall compared to 141 last fall. There are 54 students enrolled full time at EMS, nine fewer than this time last year.

The (ADCP), an accelerated, non-traditional baccalaureate degree program, has 103 students enrolled this fall on the Harrisonburg campus, seven more than last fall, while EMU’s , ADCP program has 34 students compared to 36 last fall.

The (IEP), which prepares international students for undergraduate collegiate work, has 37 full- and part-time students this fall, up four over last year. The IEP students come from Benin, Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Costa Rica, Haiti, Korea, Japan, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Bosnia, Iran and Nepal.

Modest Growth in Grad Programs

The has a total enrollment of 42 students compared to 38 a year ago; the master of business administration program has 42 students compared to 31 last fall. Of this group, eight persons are enrolled in the new health services administration track in the .

The (Conflict Transformation) program has 58 students compared to 62 last fall, while the has 98 students enrolled compared to 172 last fall.

EMU’s total enrollment of 1,593 students – undergraduate, seminary and graduate – compares to 1,660 last fall, according to figures released by David A. Detrow, university registrar.

EMU President Loren Swartzendruber attributed a lower total headcount than last fall “largely to having graduated a larger than usual seminary class of 33 students” and to the fact that last fall “we enrolled the first class of part-time elementary and high school teachers in our MA in Education program. This is a special arrangement with Mennonite schools across the country.

“We’re very pleased with the increase in undergraduate enrollment at EMU this fall,” Swartzentruber added. “EMU’s distinctive mission as a Christian university, to prepare graduates to serve in a global society, is one that attracts students.”

An anticipated total enrollment of 1,660 students – undergraduate, seminary and graduate – compares to 1,511 last fall, according to figures released by David A. Detrow, university registrar.

Traditional undergraduate enrollment numbers 902 students, compared to 933 a year ago. Of that total, 867 are full-time students.

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The record total enrollment of 1,513 students – undergraduate, seminary and graduate – compares to 1,436 last fall, according to the university registrar’s office.

Total undergraduate enrollment numbers 933 students, compared to 922 a year ago. Of that total, 228 are first-year students, up 18 over last fall.

“The new first-year class has more racial/ethnic diversity than any previous class,” said Shirley B. Yoder, vice president for enrollment and marketing at EMU. “U.S. minorities make up 21 percent of this class, doubling the composition of the previous class.

“Until this year, we weren’t particularly successful in attracting local Spanish-speaking students,” Yoder said. “But this year, we are pleased to welcome a significant number to campus.”

The number of international students is down this fall, “due primarily to visa difficulties,” she added.

Eastern Mennonite Seminary, a graduate program of theological studies on the EMU campus, has 134 students enrolled this fall compared to 131 last fall. There are 74 students enrolled full time at EMS, two more than the same time last year.

Students in the university’s graduate programs continued modest growth, with 239 enrolled this fall over 229 last fall. The largest increase came in the M.A. in education program at EMU’s Lancaster, Pa., location, up 35 students, from 16 to 51 this fall.

The Adult Degree Completion Program (ADCP), an accelerated, non-traditional baccalaureate degree program, has 94 students enrolled this fall on the Harrisonburg campus, down five from last fall, while the Lancaster campus’ ADCP program climbed from 27 to 40 students.

The Intensive English Program (IEP), which prepares international students for undergraduate collegiate work, has 38 full- and part-time students this fall, up eight over a year ago.

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