Minot State University reported its Fall 2024 enrollment as 2,751 students, a 0.4% increase over its Fall 2023 semester enrollment.

The university saw its biggest growth area in transfer students, with a 7.1% increase, and its largest fall transfer class since 2020, according to a news release. A total of 271 students transferred to Minot State for the fall semester, combined with 353 new freshmen and 84 new graduate students, for 708 new students attending in the fall.

“This is our second consecutive semester of year-over-year growth at MSU,” said MSU President Dr. Steve Shirley. “With our largest enrollment of transfer students since 2020, it is also heartening to see a significant number of students who initially began at another institution now opting to continue their education at MSU.”

Minot State’s Hometown Pride Scholarship, now in its third year, paid dividends as MSU saw a 4.6% increase in students from Ward County. Minot State’s 1,298 students from Ward County are the most since 2021.

The North Dakota University System (NDUS) also reported a rise in total enrollment for the fall 2024 semester with a headcount of 45,806 students, the highest number since fall 2018, according to a news release. Additionally, full-time equivalent enrollment (FTE) has increased for the third straight year at 34,781 students, the highest since 2020.

The jump in headcount from last fall represents a 3.6% increase from 44,227 in 2023, while the FTE count increased by 4.1% from 33,442. Additionally, total credit hour production increased by 4.2% with 511,484 hours recorded for 2024, up from 490,643 in 2023.

Eight of NDUS’s 11 institutions reported enrollment gains for the fall 2024 semester. Williston State College had the largest increase at 16% while other large gains were at Mayville State University, 8.2%; North Dakota State College of Science, 7.2%; and the University of North Dakota, 6%.

The uptick in systemwide enrollment is driven by a 10.1% increase in new undergraduate students.

Other demographic breakdowns depicting enrollment increases for fall 2024 included:

– New North Dakota freshmen, 8.9%.

– New Minnesota freshmen, 9.8%.

– New international undergraduate students, 2.5%.

– New transfer undergraduates, 7.6%.

– Graduate and professional students, 1.3%.