WINONA LAKE – Grace College & Seminary welcomed 1,278 undergraduate students to its Winona Lake campus this fall – the second-largest undergraduate enrollment in Grace history.
A growing number of students are choosing to pursue accelerated and blended degrees, according to a Grace news release. Since 2011, Grace College has offered a three-year bachelor’s degree in all of its 70-plus majors. This year, nearly one-third of Grace undergraduates are on track to earn an accelerated bachelor’s degree. In addition, students pursuing a blended degree – a bachelor’s and master’s degree in four years – have increased to its greatest number ever.
Cindy Sisson, vice president of enrollment management and marketing at Grace College & Seminary, commented on Grace’s 2017-18 enrollment. She said, “We are very pleased to again have a strong entering class of more than 400 students. We’ve made this benchmark for six years in a row now. It’s also encouraging to see an increasing number of students choose accelerated and blended degrees. It seems clear that our efforts in innovation and affordability are paying off.”
Nontraditional students, including online, graduate and seminary students, number 877 for the 2017-18 school year. Grace continues to offer Jump Start and dual credit for high school students as well as a bachelor degree completion program, Grace Opportunities for Adult Learners, both online and on campus. Last year, Grace added its ninth online master degree in nonprofit management.
