Fall enrollment stable at Northern

Despite a larger-than-usual graduating class last year, the preliminary enrollment figures for Montana State University-Northern show the student population staying about the same as last year.

Registrar Steve Jamruszka said Northern graduated 425 students in the last academic year, compared with 371 in the 2001-2002 year. But a combination of increases in the freshman class, transfers and returning students has offset that.

"It appears at this point to be close to even to last year," he said.

The preliminary figures show about 1,525 people enrolled as full- or part-time students, compared...