Cal State Fullerton’s
Record Enrollment Leads CSU
Cal State Fullerton has surpassed the
35,000-student enrollment mark to emerge as the most populous
campus in the 23-campus California State University system.
October 14, 2005 :: No. 45
Cal State Fullerton has surpassed the
35,000-student enrollment mark to emerge as the most populous
campus in the 23-campus California State University system.
The official census count for the fall semester
shows that enrollment has climbed to an all-time high of 35,040
— an increase of more than 2,000 from last fall’s
count of 32,744.
“It’s a good feeling to know there
are so many students who want to come to our university,”
said CSUF President Milton A. Gordon, noting that almost 44,000
applications for admission were received for the 2005-06 academic
year. “The faculty and staff work so well with these
students, and that’s the reason why they want to come
to Cal State Fullerton,” he added. “The word is
getting out that we have the faculty and staff to work with
these young people to fulfill their dreams of a college education.”
The university welcomed more than 11,000 new
students this fall, including 3,935 first-time freshmen.
Cal State Fullerton’s Irvine Campus,
where more than 3,000 students are attending classes, is a
key factor in making it possible for the university to accommodate
enrollment growth, noted Gordon. “We’re serving
the students where the need is in Orange County and Southern
California,” he said.
Since the branch campus opened in 2002 on the
grounds of the former El Toro Marine base, it has offered
an increasing number of upper-division and graduate courses
for students pursuing bachelor’s and master’s
degrees. The university envisions developing 275 acres adjacent
to the Great Park to establish a permanent site for the branch
campus, which has been leasing facilities. Of the more than
3,000 students attending classes at the CSUF Irvine Campus,
one-third are taking all of their classes there this semester.
Other data from the fall 2005 census indicate
that more than 64 percent of the student body is enrolled
in 12 or more units. Additionally, the full-time-equivalent
student (FTES) count is a record high at 25,975, an increase
of more than 1,800 from fall 2004. One FTE equals 15 units
of student course work and is the basis for allocating state
funding to the campus.
| Media Contact: |
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