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6.4% Growth is
Most in State System of Higher Education
EPHRAIM, Utah—September 30, 2003—Snow College today announced that fall 2003 enrollment is 4,008 – a 6.4% increase from last fall’s 3,768. The increase in enrollment includes students on the Ephraim and Richfield campuses enrolled in higher and applied technology education courses.
Snow’s 6.4% growth is the largest among Utah’s institutions of higher education. Weber State is second to Snow with 4.2% growth. In contrast, the University of Utah, in the midst of an enrollment freeze, grew only .4%. While some institutions are discouraging enrollment, Snow hopes to attract many more students over the next few years. The Utah State Regents project a 3,300 annual increase of students over the next 20 years in the statewide higher education system.
“We are particularly interested in communicating to students on the Wasatch Front many of the exciting things happening at Snow College,” said Michael T. Benson, president of Snow College. “Growth will create some challenges for us but we are prepared to meet them.
“We are delighted with the new George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Performing Arts Center that houses our music and theatre students. Also in the works is a new library/classroom building, which will service our students and community for many years to come. These new facilities – coupled with our efforts to provide more scholarships for incoming freshmen – will hopefully attract more students to Snow College.”
Snow College
Snow College, founded in
1888, serves approximately 3,000 students at its Ephraim campus. The college
provides general education and applied technology programs leading to Associate
of Arts, Associate of Science, Associate of Applied Science and Associate of
Pre-Engineering degrees, and certificates of completion in a number of
occupational areas. Once owned by The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Snow College became a state
college in 1932.
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