by Laura Czingula
Editorial Director
Enrollment at the University of La Verne was 13 short of its goal of 350 new students for the 1997-98 academic year
There are currently 133 freshman females, 78 freshman males, 52 transfer females and 74 transfer males.
Compared to last year’s enrollment reports, there was more than 350 new students in the 1996-97 academic year with 137 transfers and 224 freshman. That is where they came up with its 350 enrollment goal. Also, the number of applications received was less this year than last year.
The acceptance rate into La Verne this year concentrated on grade point averages more so than other years.
An average incoming student’s GPA was 3.19 for freshman and 2.77 for transfers, which is higher than previous years.
“There was a rejection of 16 percent more students this year than last year,” said Dr. Bill Cook, vice president of academic affairs.
The 16 percent rejection was due to the fact that the University is trying to improve the class standings and students with lower GPAs were not admitted into the University.
“With this class that we have just brought in there is a good strong honors class,” said Dr. Cook. “There are 20 freshman higher than a 4.0 GPA.”
Because of the higher GPA requirement, some students were denied entrance to La Verne, leading to a lower enrollment for the University.
“If we kept it the same GPA rate as we have had it before we would of had a full enrollment for the semester,” said Dr. Cook. “We focused more on improving class standings.”
According to Dr. Cook, the low enrollment may also be due to the fact that the University cost $15,100 for tuition.
“A lot of students are going back to Cal State schools for their education because of low cost, compared to private universities such as ours,” said Dr. Cook.
ULV is counting on making its enrollment goal even higher for next year to get back the 13 students lost this semester.
