Southeastern Louisiana University sees growth in enrollment
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
by: Tonya Lowentritt
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University today reported a solid increase in
enrollment across both undergraduate and graduate students, reaching its highest number
of students in three years. Undergraduate enrollment rose by 1.5 percent, while graduate
enrollment experienced an increase of .7 percent.
“We are pleased to see an increase in fall enrollment this year,” said Chief
Enrollment Management Officer Kay Maurin. “In the midst of peak enrollment and recruiting
season this past spring, the university switched to an online environment. As a result,
recruiting, advising, new student orientation, financial aid counseling and many other
functions that impact enrollment also shifted to the online environment. I believe
we were successful because we created a seamless transition to that environment for
current and future students and continued to offer a top notch educational experience
rooted in our core values of excellence and caring.”
With an overall enrollment of 14,461, an increase of 1.4 percent, Southeastern
experienced growth in several categories. Southeastern’s commitment to adult education
yielded a 15.2 percent increase in enrollment of new graduate students. Enrollment
of students from Southeastern’s top three feeder parishes of St. Tammany, Tangipahoa
and Livingston increased by 2.3 percent.
“Our recruitment strategy is to remain mission centered. As such, our recruitment
efforts focused on providing outstanding educational experiences for students on the
Northshore and in the Southeast Louisiana parishes,” Maurin said.
Southeastern currently offers over 150 programs of study including many that
are regionally and nationally ranked.
