Campus enrollment up from spring 2009

Enrollment at Wichita State University in spring 2010 is 14,603 students, an increase of 368 students, or 2.6 percent, compared to spring 2009, according to the official enrollment report given to the Kansas Board of Regents following the 20th day of classes.

Students are enrolled in 151,517 credit hours, the most ever for a spring semester at Wichita State. This spring, students are enrolled in 3,938 more credit hours than spring 2009, an increase of 2.7 percent.

"We are pleased that the spring enrollments and credit hours reflect the increases we experienced last fall," said Wade Robinson, vice president for Campus Life and University Relations. "Students continue to choose Wichita State because of the quality of our faculty, our academic programs, appropriate financial support and the benefits of being in Wichita, the largest city in the state of Kansas."