Fresno Pacific University sees overall growth during fall semester when it comes to enrollment

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- This fall, Fresno Pacific University saw wide maturation erstwhile it comes to enrollment.

"The connection I think, astir campus, is 'momentum.'" FPU President André Stephens, Ph. D. said.

Stephens says the assemblage exceeded goals successful each colonisation with much than 1,000 caller students.

"Another twelvemonth retired of COVID, and we're seeing students truly valuing higher education, and truthful it's breathtaking for us," Stephens said.

Undergraduate enrollment accrued 3.9% compared to past year.

Graduate programme enrollment accrued 1.9% compared to past year, bringing the full enrollment to conscionable implicit 1,000 postgraduate students.

That's the largest successful schoolhouse history.

Enrollment for grade completion students, oregon those who transferred, remained level compared to past year.

However, the full fig of units those students are taking has accrued 10%.

"Those units that they're taking, much units that they're taking, are due to the fact that we person created a program that works for students," Stephens said.

In general, President Stephens believes opportunities for students and field upgrades are helping to pull learners.

Earlier this year, FPU received a backstage donation to revitalize aged classrooms with caller carpet, furniture, and ample whiteboards.

The schoolhouse besides received the largest acquisition successful its history, $21 cardinal from the King Richter Estate, to make endowed scholarships.

"So those are the things that, successful summation to different twelvemonth retired of COVID, that it's conscionable truly helping to marque the field attractive," Stephens said.

In the spring, the assemblage volition motorboat an RN to BSN programme arsenic good arsenic a insignificant successful forensics.

President Stephens says helium hopes to summation enrollment arsenic the years spell on, but much importantly, helium says helium hopes students permission the assemblage amended than they arrived.

"Super important to maine that they're not conscionable getting an intellectual, a grade that's conscionable for their mind, but for america arsenic a backstage Christian institution, for their bosom -- that we privation to spot their hearts transform," Stephens said.

President Stephens says they are presently moving connected a semipermanent maestro plan.

Over the adjacent 5 to 10 years, you tin expect to spot much world programs, renovated buildings and a renovated campus.

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