Fall enrollment is down at the three state universities The University of Northern Iowa has been trying to get its numbers back up for several years.

In-person classes are back after going online for a time during the pandemic. Woods says they aren’t sure how the pandemic impacted enrollment.

Iowa State’s fall enrollment is 30-thousand-708 — which is down by 11-hundred-17 students. The university saw a six percent increase in new first-year students  The University of Iowa’s total enrollment is 31-thousand-206, down 394 from fall 2020. Iowa has four-thousand-521 first-year students, up 11 from fall 2020.