enrollment

American  

[en-rohl-muhnt] / ɛnˈroʊl mənt /

especially British, enrolment

noun

1. the act or process of enrolling.

2. the state of being enrolled.

3. the number of persons enrolled, as for a course or in a school.

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Other Word Forms

• preenrollment noun
• reenrollment noun
• superenrollment noun

Etymology

Origin of enrollment

First recorded in 1525–35; enroll + -ment

Example Sentences

Though dual enrollment is typically designed for high school students, Honey’s case is different.

From Los Angeles Times

School staffing has also grown even as enrollment has dropped.

From The Wall Street Journal

SNPs are driving growth in Medicare Advantage at a time when the private-insurance alternative to Medicare is seeing its once-robust enrollment increases falter.

From MarketWatch

Each fall during open enrollment, Medicare enrollees have the chance to select a new stand-alone Part D drug plan or Medicare Advantage plan that includes drug coverage.

From Barron's

Divorcing at your age without a job constitutes a “qualifying life event,” which opens special-enrollment windows for health insurance outside of the standard annual enrollment period.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• admission
• enlistment
• recruitment