Ivy Tech-Bloomington Enrollment
Continues to Grow

Bloomington, Indiana — Officials at Ivy Tech Community College-Bloomington announced today that enrollment for the summer term has increased 10.9% from the campus’s 2006 numbers.  Ivy Tech - Bloomington has 2,155 students enrolled for the summer semester which runs through August 4, 2007.  In addition, full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment climbed 10.8%.  Both headcount and FTE figures are records for the Bloomington campus. 

Summer enrollment continues a trend of double-digit growth at the Bloomington campus in recent years.  Enrollment growth has forced the college to move its workforce and economic development staff to a leased off-campus site, and the Indiana Legislature recently approved $350,000 for architectural and engineering work to begin planning for an addition to the current facility on the west side of Bloomington. 

John Whikehart, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana – Bloomington Chancellor, said the current campus is beginning to burst at the seams, and growth will necessitate moving additional classrooms and offices to off-campus locations.  “Our continued growth, while exciting, is bringing the need for an additional facility to the forefront,” said Whikehart.  “The Legislature has initially recognized the need for additional space by granting us planning dollars for an addition to the current building.  If our enrollment growth continues, we will need every bit of this additional space to accommodate our growth.”

Ivy Tech-Bloomington’s surging enrollment growth is credited, in part, to a significant increase in credit hours that transfer to four-year universities throughout the state.  The number of credits transferring between Ivy Tech – Bloomington and its closest four-year partner, Indiana University Bloomington, has swelled from 39 credits less than five years ago to well over 400 transferable credit hours today. 

Ivy Tech Community College and Indiana University recently identified more than 100 courses that will transfer between the two institutions and added six liberal arts concentrations that will articulate.  These moves are expected to add to the explosive growth of the Ivy Tech – Bloomington campus in the coming years.