C.W. Post Caps Freshman Class in Response to Third Straight Year of Record Applications
Residence halls filled to capacity; enrollment of international students also increases

Brookville, N.Y. - For the third consecutive year, the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University has capped the size of its incoming freshman class in order to preserve the small classes and low student-faculty ratio for which the campus is known.

C.W. Post will enroll 1,000 new freshmen for the 2006-2007 academic year, which begins September 5. The Campus has established a waiting list for other qualified freshman applicants. C.W. Post has received over 5700 applications from prospective freshmen, an increase of over 350 from last year. The class is one of the largest in 25 years.

"The incoming freshmen are academically strong, with many qualifying for scholarships that recognize high SAT scores and talent," said Gary R. Bergman, the associate provost for enrollment services at C.W. Post.

The freshman class, which includes two high school valedictorians, includes 675 students from Nassau and Suffolk Counties, 185 from the five boroughs of New York City, 75 from Upstate New York, 50 from New Jersey and 15 from other states.

Campus officials attribute the strong demand for a C.W. Post education to elite accreditations, new and updated facilities, generous financial assistance, award-winning career and academic counseling, small classes with vibrant student-faculty interaction and the overall quality of the higher education experience at the C.W. Post Campus. The student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1 and classes average 20 students.

The campus'10 residence halls, which can accommodate almost 2,000 students, will be filled to capacity. The University has made arrangements for additional off-campus housing to lodge students seeking residential placements. As in years past, these students are expected to transition to on-campus residence halls as beds become available through normal attrition.

Enrollment of undergraduate and graduate international students is also up markedly, with approximately 450 students from other nations enrolled in the fall, an increase of about 50 from spring 2006. Campus enrollment officials expect international student enrollment to further increase by an additional 50 students for the Spring 2007 semester.

The larger international student enrollment is due to increased recruiting efforts and enhanced on-campus programming such as new cultural events; workshops on employment, visas and immigration rules; and programs to develop fluency in conversational English, said Karen Convey, director of the office of International Student Services at C.W. Post.

In addition to the freshman class, the C.W Post Campus is expected to enroll more than 600 new transfer students and 900 new graduate students. Applications for transfer and graduate students are still being accepted for the Fall 2006 semester.

For more information about the C.W. Post Campus visit www.liu.edu/cwpost or call 516-299-2900.

Posted June 20, 2006