DURANGO, Colo.—Enrollment at Fort Lewis College in Durango has fallen to its lowest level in a decade.
There were 3,685 students enrolled this fall, down 17 percent from a high of 4,441 in 2001.
The slide is reducing tuition revenue at a time when Gov. Bill Ritter has proposed slashing the college’s funding by $1.1 million in 2010-2011 school year. This year, resident students are paying $2,571 in tuition to attend Fort Lewis.
College officials don’t have a clear reason for the drop.
Fort Lewis has been toughening admission standards, including raising the index of the grade-point average and ACT scores required to gain admission.
Among all Colorado’s four-year colleges, enrollment rose 3 percent from 2006 to 2008.
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Information from: Durango Herald,
