Enrollment at the state's public universities and colleges climbed more than 4 percent this fall as a slumping economy sent thousands of students searching for lower tuition costs, education officials said.
The number of students attending the public system's 28 undergraduate institutions rose by about 7,000 from last fall to an all-time high of 176,314, the state Department of Higher Education said yesterday. The enrollment increase was the highest in at least a decade, the officials said.
Many schools also attributed sharp enrollment rises in online classes to high gas prices, and said a tighter job market has spurred people to return to school to improve their job prospects.
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