enrollment
Americannoun
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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.
Other Word Forms
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."
Example Sentences
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A broker may enroll beneficiaries based not on their needs but rather on which plans compensate them the most through commissions and bonus payments for meeting enrollment targets.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
This increase in renewal fees is the largest driver of the increase in broker spending over time, rather than changes in the fee per enrollment, according to the study.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
As before, the plans for UC and CSU connect some of the funding to goals of increasing enrollment of California residents.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
But it also means their former school has fewer students to educate, and public schools don’t immediately lose funding when enrollment declines.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
In 1962 he had sent U.S. marshals to Oxford, Mississippi, to enforce James Meredith’s enrollment into the University of Mississippi.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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