Montana State University Bozeman - Montanan Yearbook (Bozeman, MT)

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Reaches Record High Why do people come to Why does enrollment here cori=S P K tinue to increase while at the Ml of M it is decreasing? Only thcQ students themselves know foGg B ' sure, but there are a variety reasons often given: the skiing, the scenery, the people, the individual curriculums, and just being, the closest. Whatever the reason, more and more of them keep coming. • -4

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Enrollment at MSU According to Joe Frazier, Registrar, enrollment at MSU reached a record high 9340 students Autumn Quarter, 1976. This total represented a four percent increase over the previous year, and was 39 percent of the total number of students enrolled in the Montana University System. The total also represented an 18 percent increase over the 1972 level of 7898. During this same time, the U of M has experienced an overall decrease in enrollment of two percent. While the U of M could boast of a larger enrollment by over 600 students in 1972, MSU has not only made up the difference, but now can claim an enrollment which is some 900 students greater than its crossstate rival. TOTAL MONTANA STUDENTS MSU % Change UM % Change Autumn 1972 6621 -2.13r 6476 -3.6% Autumn 1973 6703 + 1.23c 6285 -2.9% Autumn 1974 7007 + 4.5% 6321 + 0.6% Autumn 1975 7443 + 6.2% 6343 + 0.3% Autumn 1976 7669 + 3.4% 5898 -7.0% AUTUMN 1976: TWO LARGEST ENROLLMENTS BY UNIT WITHIN COUNTY By: John B. Deeney 89 MSU 25 UM 42 MSU 14 UM 62 MSU 37 UM 96 UM 62 MSU 75 MSU 34 UM 112 MSU 47 NMC 53 MSU 43 UM 12 MSU 2 UM 2 EMC IMwn 13 MSU 5 EMC CvM ' 1883 UM 266 MSU tlOMOUO 39 MSU 26 EMC 29 MSU 22 UM 39 MSU 14 EMC 16 MSU 6 EMC 136 MSU 57 UM amti 58 MSU 28 EMC 59 EMC HO COUNTIES WITH MAJORITY EMC WMC ENROLLMENT 8Y UNIT MCMST NMC [IT] MSU NUMBER OF MSU 132. UM 118 MCMST 639. MSU 349 'MSU is first in 42 counties end second in the other 14 counties SOURCE: Registrar's' Reports. Autumn, 1976

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 1776 BicudMChiial 197t Contrary to Popular Belief . . . Students From Places Outside Montana MSU served as a home-away-from-home for 1349 out-of-state and out-of-country students in ’76-’77. Students came from every state in the Union except Arkansas, for which there were no representatives. From states not represented by the surrounding license plates there were 81 from New York, 73 fromdoee-by Washington, 52 from (New) 'Jersey’, 51 from neighboring North Dakota, 36 from 'Famous Potato’ Idaho, 33 from Massachusetts, 29 from distant Maryland, and 16 from Hawaii. Seventy-three students from foreign countries attended MSU during the academic year 1976-77, adding a cultural variety to the University, which can sometimes become a touch isolated in its exposure. There were very few students from Europe and South America, with Africa, the Middle East and the Orient having the majority of representation. This is the numerical breakdown, courtesy of Dennis at the Registrar’s Office in Montana Hall: Belgium I Korea 1 Canada Carolina Is. Denmark England Hong Kong India Iran Israel Japan Jordan Morocco Nigeria Pakistan Singapore Taiwan Thailand Trinidad Venezuela Vietnam West Indies