Southern Indiana Business Report
JASPER – Enrollment at the Vincennes University campus and the Jasper campus made positive gains for the 2025-26 academic year.
During a meeting of the Board of Trustees, VU Director of Admissions Sarah McLin shared encouraging enrollment numbers. She reported that the fall semester 2025 enrollment at the Vincennes campus rose to 2,481 students, a 5% increase and the highest since 2023. At the Aviation Technology Center in Indianapolis, enrollment surged 39% over last year.
VU Jasper also saw its enrollment increase. Assistant Vice President and VUJ Dean Adam Watkins said the Jasper Campus exceeded its new full-time student enrollment target, achieving a 23% increase. Attendance at PreVU events rose 133%, and applications increased 19% over the previous year.
Watkins also highlighted VUJ partnerships, including with the Patoka Valley Career and Technical Cooperative, where high school students will again collaborate with Habitat for Humanity to build a home for a local family as part of their coursework. He noted that another partner, Deaconess Memorial Medical Center, has been instrumental in helping develop VU Jasper’s new Emergency Medical Services/Paramedic certificate program, which has its first cohort for fall semester 2025.