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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Medicare spending on hospice care is rising faster than enrollment in the end-of-life care.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Both Alum Rock and Berryessa union school districts, which house Kidango early learning campuses, have struggled with declining enrollment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Declining enrollment in California public schools is spawning a new and growing partnership that is helping to keep child-care centers in business — vacant classrooms are being filled with toddlers and babies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Notre Dame brought students back to the classroom in the fall of 2020, but enrollment still fell and the college’s financial outlook weakened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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
He urged Notre Dame to close scores of courses with tiny enrollments and suggested students be required to live on-campus because about 25% of the dorm rooms were vacant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The federal government removed some improper enrollments, but the price increase appears to have played a major role.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
CMS also imposed a six-month nationwide freeze External link on new Medicare enrollments for hospices and home health agencies starting mid-May.
From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026
ACA health plan enrollments roughly doubled to 19.3 million from 9.7 million in the three years after the subsidies were increased.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
“Well, there aren’t actually confirmed enrollments for everyone yet.”
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
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