2016 Fact Book

84 The reduction in undergraduate enrollment due to increased admissions standards appears to be dissipating as better-prepared undergraduate students are retained at higher levels than past entering classes and new strategic recruiting initiatives are implemented. As shown in Table 3, recent reductions in enrollment at the graduate level have occurred primarily in the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship. Professional student enrollment and FTE has declined slightly from approximately 3,900 to more than 3,700 over the past five years. This is related to national trends in the reduction of students pursuing law degrees. Figure 4 shows enrollment trends by full-time and part- time enrollment status. Although overall enrollment has decreased, it has shifted to a greater proportion of full-time students from, 51 percent full time in fall 2012 to 56 percent full time in fall 2015. Full-time undergraduate and graduate student enrollment showed increases in fall 2015, after several years of declines. Figure 4 Full-Time and Part-Time Fall Headcount Enrollment 12,000 9,000 6,000 3,000 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Headcount PF UF GP GF UP PP Source: IPEDS Enrollment Survey Degree Level Fall Term Enrollment Full/Part-Time Status 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Undergraduate 6,174 6,397 5,739 5,156 4,699 4,641 Full-Time 4,257 4,165 3,592 3,452 3,162 3,194 Part-Time 1,917 2,232 2,147 1,704 1,537 1,447 Graduate 18,619 18,135 17,120 16,635 15,667 14,871 Full-Time 7,044 6,883 6,230 6,127 5,923 6,397 Part-Time 11,575 11,252 10,890 10,508 9,744 8,474 Professional 4,040 4,025 3,949 3,879 3,782 3,724 Full-Time 3,936 3,942 3,877 3,811 3,546 3,495 Part-Time 104 83 72 68 236 229