Figures in the table below come from Report C and Report G, which are submitted by the Registrar's office to the Commissioner of Higher Education. Headcount enrollment is presented below in four categories:

• First Degree Undergraduates (1st Deg Under) - Students who have not yet earned a bachelor's degree.

• Second Degree Undergraduates (2nd Deg Under) - Students who have earned at least one bachelor's degree and are working toward another.

• Nondegree Graduates (Nondeg Grad) - Students who have earned a bachelor's degree and are taking additional course but are not enrolled in an MSU degree program (includes WAMI medical students, teacher certification students, graduate applicants not yet admitted to a degree program, and students taking MPA courses in Helena).

• Degree-Seeking Graduates (Degree Grad) - Students who are working toward a master's or doctoral degree.

The second degree undergraduates and nondegree graduates are frequently referred to as "postbaccalaureate students." This group of students complicates answering the question "How many undergraduate and graduate students do you have?" There are three possible answers to this question. Some consider graduate students to be only those working toward graduate degrees, and group the postbaccalaureates with undergraduates. Some consider undergraduates to be only those working toward a first degree and group the postbaccalaureates with undergraduates. Finally, some consider undergraduates to be those working toward baccalaureate degrees and group nondegree graduates and degree-seeking graduates as graduate students.

Full-time equivalent students are based on credit hours of courses taken by students regardless of the student's class level. Undergraduate courses are those numbered below 500, and graduate courses are numbered 500 and above. Note: The Commissioner of Higher Education approved including 400-level courses taken by graduate students for graduate credit the graduate FTE calculation, beginning in fall 1999.

FALL		FALL HEADCOUNT ENROLLMENT						FALL FTE ENROLLMENT
		1st Deg Under	2nd Deg Under	Nondeg Grad	Degree Grad	TOTAL		Undergrad	Graduate	TOTAL
2008		10188	331	315	1535	12369		9508.40	824.17	10332.57
2007		10255	317	271	1327	12170		9494.40	798.33	10292.73
2006		10508	324	279	1227	12338		9688.60	753.42	10442.02
2005		10495	347	235	1173	12250		9822.86	791.92	10614.78
2004		10315	353	215	1120	12003		9674.40	782.75	10457.15
2003		10419	331	247	1138	12135		9825.53	757.50	10583.03
2002		10396	293	227	1018	11934		9756.27	738.25	10494.52
2001		10278	259	254	954	11745		9532.67	685.42	10218.09
2000		10268	261	294	938	11761		9521.73	701.92	10223.65
1999		10307	235	288	923	11753		9564.87	688.66	10253.53
1998		10254	254	306	932	11746		9607.87	561.25	10169.12
1997		10178	263	320	901	11662		9513.27	517.58	10030.85
1996		10177	287	223	924	11611		9592.47	541.42	10133.88
1995		9864	286	203	914	11267		9444.33	562.92	10007.25
1994		9533	270	263	896	10962		9158.27	549.67	9707.93
1993		9430	237	247	884	10798		9143.87	538.42	9682.28
1992		9249	201	247	843	10540		9011.00	480.00	9491.00
1991		8851	202	261	797	10111		8557.00	495.17	9052.17
1990		9154	226	248	764	10392		9197.87	456.33	9654.20
1989		9016	224	249	762	10251		9062.27	509.75	9572.02
1988		8777	246	248	753	10024		8811.13	477.58	9288.71
1987		8625	241	275	737	9878		8662.73	490.08	9152.81
1986		8942	260	308	723	10233		8765.46	492.75	9258.21
1985		9375	288	302	745	10710		9571.27	487.33	10058.60
1984		9734	333	265	703	11035		9821.73	466.00	10287.73
1983		10049	337	304	757	11447		10242.93	496.17	10739.10
1982		9905	304	287	737	11233		10141.14	444.42	10585.56
1981		9963	282	262	680	11187		10253.80	405.92	10659.72
1980		9654	216	217	658	10745		9870.94	423.42	10294.36

Updated October 26, 2006

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