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Northern sees slight enrollment drop

Montana State University-Northern's student population is 1 percent smaller than it was last year, according to the college's 2015 Fall headcount, an annual student census taken three weeks into the beginning of a semester.

Overall, 1,234 students are attending classes at Northern, 11 fewer than at this point last fall. Of those, 390 are first-time enrollees.

Northern officials said the slight drop came as no surprise to them.

“We had a number of last-minute withdrawals because people were unable to make proper financial arrangements,” said Tracey Jette, the college's senior direct...

 

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