A record number of students are attending Purdue University Calumet this fall.

Enrollment of 10,133 tops the previous high mark of 9,607 students in 2007. This year’s total also represents a 9 percent increase over last year’s count of 9,325.

“Surpassing 10,000 students is an important milestone for Purdue Calumet,” Purdue Calumet Chancellor Howard Cohen said. “We are committed to providing a high quality education for students who, for a variety of reasons, must remain in Northwest Indiana to pursue their education. Our growth in graduate enrollments and international students are strong indicators that our quality is appreciated beyond our regional boundaries.”

Purdue Calumet’s enrollment includes substantial increases among graduate students (1,128 total, up 16 percent/156 students) and international students (557 total, up 22 percent/100 students). Also included in the total are 315 dual credit, Crown Point High School students, who are enrolled in specific Purdue Calumet classes for high school and university credit.

Among other enrollment data:

• Students of color total 3,349, up 310 from last year.
• There are 8,516 in-state students, compared to 7,875 last year.
• Full time students, comprising 61 percent of total enrollment, total 6,151, up 415.
• There are 1,298 students enrolled at Purdue Calumet’s Academic Learning Center in Merrillville, up 229 from a year ago. Some Indiana University Northwest students also take classes there.

Additionally, Purdue Calumet’s University Village I and II apartment complex is at nearly 80 percent capacity with 590 residential students. The newly-constructed, 369-student University Village II opened this fall.

Undergraduate academic programs reporting the largest enrollment increases are engineering, electrical engineering technology, accounting, nursing, mechanical engineering technology, construction management & engineering technologies, and biology-pre-medicine.