INCREASED ENROLLMENTS REPORTED AT IOWA LAKES

Another increase in enrollment has been experienced at Iowa Lakes Community College.  This becomes the tenth consecutive fall term for an enrollment record.

College officials report overall enrollment is at 3,931 students – up 4.8 percent from last fall. 

In addition to the student ‘head count’ increasing, the news is also good for the number of credit hours that students are taking.   Students are enrolled in 28,958 credit hours – up 5.7 percent from a year ago.

Julie Carlson, Dean of Enrollment Management, attributes much of the growth to new – and expanded – programs at the college.

“We’ve seen a great deal of interest in our evening and weekend Nursing, our new Wind Energy and Turbine Technology program, our daytime Massage Therapy program and our new Paramedic Science program,” said Carlson.

Iowa Lakes offers more than 100 areas of study at its five locations.  In addition, the college provides training and retraining to employees of area business and industry as well as continuing education courses.