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

The Los Angeles Unified School District alone has an enrollment of more than a million students, making it the second-largest district in the nation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Though her job at a bank offers health insurance, she said she missed the enrollment window in the fall because she had planned to keep the ACA plan, not realizing how much it would cost.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Centene expects its Affordable Care Act enrollment to drop to 3.5 million by the end of Q1, from 5.5 million in December.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

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 • Mar. 6, 2026

But the South Bronx dancers, violinists, painters, and flute players will probably have the highest- average college enrollment in the city.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers

Related Words

• admission
• enlistment
• recruitment