enrollment
Americannoun
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enrollments
plural
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the act or process of enrolling.
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the state of being enrolled.
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the number of persons enrolled, as for a course or in a school.
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Etymology
Origin of enrollment
Explanation
When you sign up for something, like a new school, a medical trial, or a club, that's enrollment. Your enrollment in that art class is dependent on paying your tuition bill first! In voting, enrollment means adding someone's name to the electoral roll after they've registered to vote. And in college, enrollment means the process of matriculating, or formally becoming a student at a university. You can also use this word for the total number of students at a school: "The preschool's enrollment is down this year." Enrollment is from the verb enroll and its Old French source, enroller which means "write in a register."
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Their collaboration resulted in a 20% increase in enrollment in the college’s dental hygiene program in 2025, leading to an expansion of the regional pipeline of dental professionals.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
The person who most clearly sees the ripples from Tarleton State’s investment in sports is Javier Garza, who oversees enrollment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Amid enrollment pressures driven by a shrinking student population, colleges are implementing antimelt tactics—known as “freeze” strategies—to prevent competitors from poaching their committed students and to keep young people engaged with them throughout the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
They combined school enrollment figures, individual school start times, and geographic coordinates to determine how frequently students would need to travel to school before sunrise.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Oakland’s open enrollment process allowed families to apply to any school in the district, and Oakland High was a popular choice.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
College costs are climbing while college enrollments are declining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
In 2026, computer-science course enrollment declined to 645, driven by a decline in 100-level enrollments, the department chair, Mark Hopkins, shared with MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
This has led to a surge in enrollments at Japanese language schools as well as people signing up to take the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test, local media reported.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The program is on track to reach 5,000 total adaptive sports program enrollments in 2027, LA28 said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Well, there aren’t actually confirmed enrollments for everyone yet.”
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
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