Calvin Announces 2006-07 Enrollment

September 15, 2006 == MEDIA ADVISORY

Calvin College has a 2006-2007 enrollment of 4,199 students, an increase of
ten students from a year ago when the total enrollment numbered 4,189
students.

Calvin's first-year class for 2006-2007 numbers 1,027 students, a jump of 20
students from last year and up 125 from two years ago.

Calvin admissions officials are pleased with the total enrollment, the size
and quality of the first-year class and the total pool of students who
expressed an interest in Calvin.

Vice president for enrollment and external programs Tom McWhertor says Calvin
has strategically chosen to maintain its enrollment at current levels because
it is convinced that this size provides the optimum opportunities for students
and faculty.

"This past year we had some 2,750 students apply to Calvin," says McWhertor.
"That's one of the highest applicant pool numbers we've ever had. We are
reaching many, many high school seniors and that's a good sign."

McWhertor also was excited about the academic make-up of the class of 2010,
and says Calvin's increasingly national academic reputation appears to be
resonating with prospective students.

He notes that 640 or 62.3% of this year's first-year students are top
scholarship recipients. In addition those first-year students have a
significant high school academic track record with 52% of the first-year class
at Calvin having been in the top quarter of its high school class.

Calvin's chief number-cruncher Tom VanEck says that this year's student body
also includes:

~2,264 women (53.9%) and 1,935 men (46.1%), mirroring the national average
among all colleges and universities
~366 international students (8.7%), including 175 Canadian citizens (4.2%) and
191 (4.5%) who are citizens of more than 40 other countries
~235 (5.6%) U.S. students of color, up eight from a year ago
~2,228 students from Michigan (53.1%), with out-of-state students coming from
48 other states (only West Virginia is not represented!)
~1,589 (39.5%) students who have at least one parent who is a Calvin alum, up
41 from a year prior

Contact Tom McWhertor at 616-526-6650

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Received on Fri Sep 15 10:57:07 2006