2021 NSU Fact Book

108 NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Student Enrollment As mentioned in the 2020 Historical Highlights of this Fact Book, in the fall of 2020, NSU merged the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) and the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography into the new, combined Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS). Additionally, the Department of Family Therapy was renamed the Department of Couple and Family Therapy. The new Halmos College of Arts and Sciences included all programs from the original colleges except the following, which moved to the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine: • Certificate in Family Studies • Certificate in Solution-Focused Coaching • B.S. in Human Development and Family Studies • M.S. in Couple and Family Therapy (formerly Family Therapy) • Doctor of Marriage and Family Therapy • Ph.D. in Couple and Family Therapy (formerly Family Therapy) and the M.S. in College Student Affairs, which moved to the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice. Table 3 reflects these changes retroactively. In winter 2020, the sole program in the College of Medical Sciences, the Master of Biomedical Sciences, moved to the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, effectively dissolving the former college. Table 3 reflects this change retroactively. Table 3 documents changes in enrollment by college over the past five years. Fall Enrollment 2016–2020 by College College Fall 2016 Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Fall 2019 Fall 2020 5-Year % Change HPD Total 7,897 7,928 7,926 8,237 8,913 12.87% College of Dental Medicine 611 621 597 606 618 1.15% College of Optometry 442 445 438 440 437 -1.13% College of Pharmacy 1,021 1,025 999 985 985 -3.53% Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine 46 53 103 155 226 391.30% Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine 1,243 1,244 1,318 1,592 2,082 67.50% Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences 2,987 2,950 2,877 2,769 2,761 -7.57% Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing 1,547 1,590 1,594 1,690 1,804 16.61% College of Computing and Engineering 853 752 699 684 627 -26.49% College of Psychology 1,887 1,863 1,996 2,131 2,215 17.38% H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship 3,217 2,857 2,530 2,304 2,113 -34.32% Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice 4,257 3,666 3,480 3,223 3,238 -23.94% Halmos College of Arts and Sciences 2,618 2,800 2,916 3,131 2,984 13.98% Shepard Broad College of Law 896 927 888 866 798 -10.94% University Total 21,625 20,793 20,435 20,576 20,888 -3.41% Table 3