Tyndale Experiences Significant Enrollment Growth
Nov 06, 2008
Fall Brings Enrollment Boost
TORONTO, November 6, 2008 - The new academic year has brought a major enrollment boost to Tyndale University College & Seminary in the form of an 11% increase in overall enrollment when compared to last year. It is the second highest enrollment falling just slightly behind their results in 2003, the year the University College received university status from the Government of Ontario and Ontario high schools graduated their double cohort. The majority of this increase is based on growth at the university where Tyndale experienced a 64% increase in new students, making their 2008 cohort the largest group of new students in the school’s history.
This is a significant accomplishment for the Toronto based Christian institution, which was formed out of the merger of several smaller bible colleges in the early 1900s, and which only gained university status in 2003. Philip Kay, Senior Director, Admissions and Marketing, says that this growth couldn’t have happened without a lot of hard work.
“There are lots of good reasons for the increase,” Kay noted. “We have become much more strategic in our activities and sponsorships. We have also expanded programs and partnerships that have brought new students to the institution.”
Some of these expansions include the success of their new Bachelor of Education program which launched for the first time in early July. The unique 12 month program is approved by the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) and will graduate their first cohort of teacher candidates in 2009. It is the first program being taught at Tyndale’s new 56-acre Bayview campus that was acquired from the Sisters of St. Joseph in 2006.
Tyndale’s partnership with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland and Labrador (PAONL) has also been a contributor to its enrollment success. Through this new relationship, PAONL students will graduate from Tyndale with the core requirements for ordination along with a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Religious Education degree. The university accepted their first students to this program in January of this year.
The institution has also benefited from the addition of an applied element to the institution’s undergraduate Psychology program, and the recruitment of internationally recognized professors such as Drs. Paul and Lilian Wong to the department. The result has been a 93% increase in new students to the university’s Psychology program.
Kay is also happy to find an increase in the type of student that considers Tyndale to be a viable education option. “We are pleased to see that nearly 40% of our new students for 2008 have attended some sort of post-secondary institution prior to coming to
Tyndale,” says Kay.
Tyndale is committed to continuing this trend of growth in the years to come. Their recruitment plans include referral programs for students, faculty and staff; an intentional campus visit strategy; the continuation of their “What’s your One?” university branding campaign; launching their new “The significance of one” seminary branding campaign; and commencing their Doctor of Ministry program in 2009. With the recent purchase of their new campus, and the development of even more degree offerings, Kay is sure that this year’s growth is just the beginning.
“I truly believe Tyndale is a great institution, with outstanding programs for anyone seeking higher education,” says Kay. “Our main focus now is making sure people know about it.”
Founded in 1894, Tyndale is a Toronto-based transdenominational university college and seminary that prepares Christians for ministry, the marketplace and the global mission of the Church. Tyndale offers fully-accredited degree programs in a wide range of disciplines at the undergraduate and graduate levels and is continuing to expand its programs to prepare Christian leaders to serve in Canada and throughout the world. Tyndale has over 1,200 students and over 9,000 alumni.
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Media Contact:
Rhonda Bowen
Corporate Communications Assistant
communications@tyndale.ca
416.226.2260 ext. 2175
Fall Brings Enrollment Boost
TORONTO, November 6, 2008 - The new academic year has brought a major enrollment boost to Tyndale University College & Seminary in the form of an 11% increase in overall enrollment when compared to last year. It is the second highest enrollment falling just slightly behind their results in 2003, the year the University College received university status from the Government of Ontario and Ontario high schools graduated their double cohort. The majority of this increase is based on growth at the university where Tyndale experienced a 64% increase in new students, making their 2008 cohort the largest group of new students in the school’s history.
This is a significant accomplishment for the Toronto based Christian institution, which was formed out of the merger of several smaller bible colleges in the early 1900s, and which only gained university status in 2003. Philip Kay, Senior Director, Admissions and Marketing, says that this growth couldn’t have happened without a lot of hard work.
“There are lots of good reasons for the increase,” Kay noted. “We have become much more strategic in our activities and sponsorships. We have also expanded programs and partnerships that have brought new students to the institution.”
Some of these expansions include the success of their new Bachelor of Education program which launched for the first time in early July. The unique 12 month program is approved by the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) and will graduate their first cohort of teacher candidates in 2009. It is the first program being taught at Tyndale’s new 56-acre Bayview campus that was acquired from the Sisters of St. Joseph in 2006.
Tyndale’s partnership with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland and Labrador (PAONL) has also been a contributor to its enrollment success. Through this new relationship, PAONL students will graduate from Tyndale with the core requirements for ordination along with a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Religious Education degree. The university accepted their first students to this program in January of this year.
The institution has also benefited from the addition of an applied element to the institution’s undergraduate Psychology program, and the recruitment of internationally recognized professors such as Drs. Paul and Lilian Wong to the department. The result has been a 93% increase in new students to the university’s Psychology program.
Kay is also happy to find an increase in the type of student that considers Tyndale to be a viable education option. “We are pleased to see that nearly 40% of our new students for 2008 have attended some sort of post-secondary institution prior to coming to
Tyndale,” says Kay.
Tyndale is committed to continuing this trend of growth in the years to come. Their recruitment plans include referral programs for students, faculty and staff; an intentional campus visit strategy; the continuation of their “What’s your One?” university branding campaign; launching their new “The significance of one” seminary branding campaign; and commencing their Doctor of Ministry program in 2009. With the recent purchase of their new campus, and the development of even more degree offerings, Kay is sure that this year’s growth is just the beginning.
“I truly believe Tyndale is a great institution, with outstanding programs for anyone seeking higher education,” says Kay. “Our main focus now is making sure people know about it.”
Founded in 1894, Tyndale is a Toronto-based transdenominational university college and seminary that prepares Christians for ministry, the marketplace and the global mission of the Church. Tyndale offers fully-accredited degree programs in a wide range of disciplines at the undergraduate and graduate levels and is continuing to expand its programs to prepare Christian leaders to serve in Canada and throughout the world. Tyndale has over 1,200 students and over 9,000 alumni.
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Media Contact:
Rhonda Bowen
Corporate Communications Assistant
communications@tyndale.ca
416.226.2260 ext. 2175