At Evergreen, something the Olympia college hasn't seen in years: enrollment growth
Oct. 15—The Evergreen State College's Board of Trustees had plenty to celebrate on Friday after the group learned that new fall undergraduate enrollment rose 17 percent over last fall, finally reversing several years of modest or sharp declines in new students.
The numbers were met with praise during their Friday morning gathering, but it also raised questions about the importance of retaining those students going forward and the need for more on-campus housing solutions amid an off-campus rental market that has little affordable options, but plenty of expensive ones.
The 17 percent increase showed the four-year public college in Olympia added more than 100 new undergraduate students this fall compared to last year.
"One good year doesn't erase years of smaller entering classes, unless it was a very good year, and this is a very good year for Evergreen in terms of enrollment," said President John Carmichael to start the meeting.
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