August 25, 2004 Print this page

La Salle Welcomes 846 Freshmen and New Programs
for 2004-05

846 freshmen will begin their college education as La Salle University starts its fall semester. Estimated total undergraduate enrollment is 3,360; graduate enrollment is 1,725; and 936 students are enrolled in the University’s Continuing Studies program. This is the largest campus-wide enrollment since 1990, and the largest undergraduate enrollment since 1992. Overall, campus-wide enrollment has grown 20 percent in the past seven years.

Demand for University housing gone up dramatically-- 63 percent of undergraduates live on campus. This increase has led La Salle to begin building a residence hall and dining facility on its South Campus. Construction is on schedule and the facility, which will house 430 students, will be completed in June, 2005.

Some “new” developments on campus this fall include: the University’s 14th graduate program, an MA in history, starts this semester; La Salle’s is offering its Master of Arts in Clinical Counseling Psychology at Gwynedd-Mercy College in Gwynedd, Pa. (La Salle has offered its Master’s in Business Administration program there for several years.)

And this summer, the University’s program in Speech-Language-Hearing Science received full accreditation from the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology of the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association.