Statewide Iowa — Fall enrollment is down at the three state universities.
The University of Northern Iowa has been trying to get its numbers back up for several years. Vice President for enrollment, Kristin Woods, says they do have more new students coming in.
In-person classes are back after going online for a time during the pandemic. Woods says they aren’t sure how the pandemic impacted enrollment.
She says things haven’t gotten back to normal for international students.
While the overall enrollment is down slightly, she says there are positives.
Iowa State’s fall enrollment is 30-thousand-708 which is down by 11-hundred-17 students. The university saw a six percent increase in new first-year students The University of Iowa’s total enrollment is 31-thousand-206, down 394 from fall 2020. Iowa has four-thousand-521 first-year students, up 11 from fall 2020.
