DWC welcomes record number of students in Class of ’11

(Nashua, NH) -- It was standing room only when family and parents gathered in the Vagge Gym of Daniel Webster College (DWC) recently, waiting for the official welcoming ceremony for the Class of ’11, the largest in the college’s history.

 

Daniel P. Monahan, DWC’s dean of admissions and financial assistance, led 300 students into the auditorium accompanied by a bagpiper from the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Enrollment in the Class of ’11 represents a nearly 40 percent increase over last year’s enrollment, and more than a 25 percent increase over the last two years.

 

“We are delighted that these students have chosen Daniel Webster College as their educational community and are part of this historic class,” Monahan said. 

 

“We are even more pleased that the academic caliber of students is also one of the best in our history. The class of ’11 represents a strong and diverse academic profile,” he added.

 

Monahan attributes the increased enrollment to the college’s widely known baccalaureate programs in business, aviation, engineering, social sciences, and gaming, simulation and robotics as one of the primary reasons for the increased enrollment.

 

“Our engineering enrollment is up nearly 30 percent,” he said, “while computer science is seeing an astonishing 200 percent increase.”

 

“Here at DWC the entire college community is involved in the admissions process, especially when prospective students are visiting campus,” Monahan explained.  “Prospective families expect to see people from the admissions office, but when they can sit down with the faculty and staff, they see what our community is all about.”

 

Of the 300 students in the Class of ’11, 14 students are from Nashua, another 55 are from the surrounding communities, with a total of 95 students from the Granite State. Although the majority of the class is from New England and the Upper East Coast, students hail from as far away as Florida, Taiwan, Illinois, Texas, Utah, Sweden, China, California, and Colorado.  

 

Daniel Webster College, a small, student-centered institution, features innovative programs in business and management, computer science, information technology, mechanical and aeronautical engineering, sport management, and social science, as well as its nationally ranked degree programs in aviation.

 

Through its division of Graduate and Continuing Studies in Nashua and Portsmouth, the college offers an accelerated evening MBA program, an online MBA in Applied Management for Aviation Professionals, the EXCEL undergraduate degree completion program, and evening or online baccalaureate programs in Organizational Leadership and Software Development, as well as several certificate programs. For more information, visit www.dwc.edu or call 603-577-6500.