Students move to campus Aug. 14-15

View larger image — Volunteers, like these from 2014, make moving into a campus residence hall a speedy process for freshmen beginning their college career at Appalachian State University. (Photo by Marie Freeman)

Posted July 27, 2015 at 10:14 a.m.

BOONE—Appalachian State University will welcome an expected 3,050 freshmen to campus beginning Aug. 14 when they move into campus residence halls. All other students living on campus will move into their residence halls Aug. 15.

Total enrollment is expected to be 18,142, about a 0.6 percent increase over the fall 2014 enrollment numbers, according to Susan Davies, associate vice chancellor for enrollment management. The increase will largely be with main campus undergraduate students.

A total of 1,170 new transfer students are expected on campus as well as 460 new graduate students. The total graduate enrollment will be stable for fall, reversing a five-year trend of declining graduate student enrollments. Graduate student enrollment on campus will total about 1,000 students.

Distance education enrollment is expected to total 1,383 students, 733 of whom will be enrolled in off-campus graduate programs and 650 who are undergraduates.

The diversity of the new student class continues to increase, according to Davies, with nearly 15 percent of freshmen and 16 percent of transfer students who have submitted advanced deposits indicating they are racially diverse students.

Classes will begin Aug. 17.

About Appalachian State University

As the premier public undergraduate institution in the state of North Carolina, Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all. The Appalachian Experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, and to embrace diversity and difference. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Appalachian is one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System. Appalachian enrolls more than 19,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate majors.