enrollment

The act of officially joining a school, course, or program, or the state of having joined.

• Enrollment begins on Monday.
• You must pay an enrollment fee.
• Her enrollment in the program was confirmed yesterday.

How to use it: enrollment in something (Enrollment in the course opens next week.)

Similar words: registration

Opposites: withdrawal

Common phrases: course enrollment, open enrollment, enrollment fee

The number of people who have officially joined a school, course, or program.

• Enrollment rose to five hundred.
• The school's enrollment has fallen this year.
• Higher enrollment means we need more classrooms.

Common phrases: total enrollment, school enrollment, enrollment figures

An official record showing that someone has joined a school, course, or program.

• The enrollment lists her full name.
• An old enrollment confirms that he attended the school.
• They found his enrollment in the college archives.

Similar words: registration, registration record

Common phrases: an official enrollment, enrollment entry, enrollment record

All the people who have officially joined a school, course, or program.

• The enrollment includes many international students.
• Half the school's enrollment comes from nearby villages.
• The college serves an enrollment drawn from diverse backgrounds.

Similar words: student body

Common phrases: the school enrollment, a diverse enrollment, the current enrollment