Report: Enrollment Down at 2 University Centers

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota Board of Regents says enrollment at two of the state's off-campus university centers dropped during the last academic year.

University Center-Sioux Falls served 3,117 students over the past year, a decrease of 2.5 percent from the prior year.

Capital University Center in Pierre reported a 25 percent decrease in the number of credit hours in the 2012-2013 academic year to 2,112 total credit hours. Total unduplicated headcount also decreased by 14 percent.

In its first full year of classes at its new location, University Center-Rapid City saw its credit-hour delivery increase 1.2 percent to 21,693 hours in the 2012-2013 academic year.

The state's three off-campus centers reported program delivery and enrollment figures Wednesday to the Board of Regents at the board's monthly meeting in Vermillion.

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