Purdue North Central Spring Enrollment

WESTVILLE – Purdue University North Central continues its trend of enrolling record numbers of full-time students for spring semester.

This semester sees 57 percent of its students taking 12 or more credit hours of classes, a spring semester record. In turn, PNC students set a campus spring semester record, taking an average of 10.2 credit hours each. This comes of the heels of the overall record set this fall semester, of 58.5 percent of the PNC student population considered to be full-time students; with all PNC students averaging a fall semester record 10.3 credit hours. Last spring, 53 percent of PNC students were considered to be full time, averaging 9.8 credit hours.

Overall, PNC has 3,196 students taking a total of 32,682 credit hours. The number of students is down about 5.39 percent from last spring and credit hours are down about 1.9 percent.
Jeff Jones, PNC assistant vice chancellor for enrollment management, acknowledged that this area’s struggling economy may have kept some students out of classrooms, but he encouraged all potential students to consider higher education.

“A college education is the best investment a person can make,” said Jones. “Many more job opportunities await college graduates and those already employed will see the potential for advancement. Our financial aid department will work with all students to help ensure they receive the financial aid they are eligible for, plus our career services personnel are available to assist with job search and job placement.”

More information about becoming a student at PNC can be obtained by visiting the campus Web site at www.pnc.edu or by calling 1-800-872-1231, ext. 5505.

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