Enrollment again hit record and near-record levels this fall at some colleges and universities associated with Churches of Christ. Harding University in Searcy, Ark., posted an all-time high enrollment for the 25th consecutive year, eclipsing 7,000 students. Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn., topped 4,000 students, marking a fifth straight year of record enrollment.

York College officials report that enrollment has reached a 12-year high, hitting 507.

Oklahoma Christian University in Oklahoma City has its second-highest enrollment ever this fall. Rochester College in Rochester Hills, Mich., reports a near-record enrollment and the largest influx of students in its 51-year history. Crowley’s Ridge College in Paragould, Ark., has recorded a 17 percent increase in fall enrollment. These are the latest enrollment figures to flow in from colleges and universities associated with Churches of Christ.

York College in Nebraska reports that fall enrollment has hit a 10-year high of 483 students — a 12 percent increase from a year ago.

Fall enrollment figures at colleges and universities associated with Churches of Christ are starting to trickle in to The Christian Chronicle. Harding University in Searcy, Ark., and Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn., both report record numbers of students. Abilene Christian University in Texas reports about 100 fewer students than last year’s record of 4,838 but has a record graduate enrollment and touts the academic prowess of its freshman class. We’ll update readers on enrollment trends at other Christian universities as those numbers become available.

We reported in April on colleges and universities associated with Churches of Christ drawing fewer students from within the fellowship. As a follow-up to that report, our latest print edition highlights the changing student population at York College, where 58 percent of freshmen listed their religious affiliation as something other than Church of Christ in fall 2009. Read the full story and then share your comments.