{"71587":{"#nid":"71587","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Enrollment Reaches All-Time High","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s fall enrollment was more than 18,000 for the first time in its history.  The increased number of students can be attributed to several factors, including higher retention and an increase in the number of new graduate students\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are retaining more students in larger classes at the undergraduate level while we are more successfully recruiting graduate students, particularly at the master\u0027s level,\u0022 said Sandi Bramblett, director of institutional research and planning.  \u0022For example, we enrolled a larger-than-usual freshman class last fall (2,839 students) and according to preliminary studies, we\u0027ve retained 92 percent of them.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBy retaining more undergraduates each year, the enrollment naturally increases, but attracting more graduate students has increased enrollment as well.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E \u0022In addition to continuously improving retention of current students, much of the total enrollment increase can be attributed to the growth of the graduate population,\u0022 said Ingrid Hayes, director of undergraduate admission.  \u0022Undergraduate enrollment has only increased about 2 percent since last year, but graduate enrollment has jumped 10 percent since last year and 22 percent over the last five years.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s director of graduate studies, Gail Potts, suggests that the increase in graduate admissions can be attributed to several factors including the favorable economy, new automated systems that make the application process accessible worldwide, a concerted effort to remain in contact with potential graduate students throughout the admissions process, and a national resurgence in master\u0027s programs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are very pleased and proud of our accomplishments in attracting more and better graduate students,\u0022 said Potts.  \u0022It appears that early application numbers for fall 2008 would indicate that this trend likely will continue since we are already seeing application numbers in excess of this same time last year.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech has also increased its housing capacity as the growing student population has heightened the demand for more housing. The university added more than 1,400 beds this year, most of those coming from North Avenue Apartments.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We increased our capacity and increased it where we needed it most,\u0022 said Dan Morrison, associate director of residence life.  \u0022North Avenue Apartments are made up mostly of sophomore students who want to extend their on campus living experience.  You won\u0027t see this type of capacity at other universities with our size and urban location.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENearly 9,500 students currently live on campus - 8,100 students live in campus housing (that number of people living on campus increases to 8,300 when you factor spouses and children that live in family housing), and about 1,300 additional students live in Greek housing on campus.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Fall 2007 enrollment and housing capacity set records"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s fall enrollment was more than 18,000 for the first time in its history.  The increased number of students can be attributed to several factors, including higher retention and an increase in the number of new graduate students","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Enrollment passes the 18,000 mark"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2007-12-07 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:10","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-12-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2007-12-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"71588":{"id":"71588","type":"image","title":"Students interacting","body":null,"created":"1449177386","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:16:26","changed":"1475894639","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:59"},"71589":{"id":"71589","type":"image","title":"North Avenue Apartments","body":null,"created":"1449177386","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:16:26","changed":"1475894639","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:59"}},"media_ids":["71588","71589"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.housing.gatech.edu\/","title":"Housing"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gradadmiss.gatech.edu\/","title":"Graduate Admissions"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.admission.gatech.edu\/","title":"Admissions"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"91","name":"enrollment"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"790","name":"Housing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}