"The university increased admission standards two consecutive years requiring first-time undergraduate students to have a minimum high school grade point average of 2.75 and a score of 20 on the ACT beginning fall 2015. Students were required to have a minimum high school grade point average of 2.75 and a score of 21 on the ACT for fall 2016. The average high school GPA for first-time students has gone from 3.3 in 2014, 3.4 in 2015 to 3.5 in 2016.
Graduate enrollment increased slightly from 1,867 in 2015 to 1,872 in 2016. Total fall 2016 enrollment is 11,487. Enrollment for fall 2015 was 11,754. First-time undergraduate enrollment was 2,044 in 2015 and 1,877 in 2016.
“Although our enrollment is down slightly, it was expected and is primarily a result of our increasing admission standards over the last two years,” Courtway said. “We will continue our aggressive recruitment efforts in Arkansas and surrounding states, continue to recruit transfer students from Arkansas’ two-year colleges and most importantly, continue to stress student success and graduation. That is what really matters.”"
- Does anyone else think our Enrollment being down 2.2% YoY is a big deal? Or the fact that it's down 11.5% since it peaked at 12,974 in 2008. I get that the state is reevaluating how it funds schools, and retention rates will be more important moving forward but, starting to get sick of hearing AR Tech, UALR, State, and even the piggies brag about growth in # of students. While UCA shrinks along with the likes of Pulaski Tech...
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