noun

enrollment

in-ROHL-muhnt/ɪnˈroʊlmənt/

Registration as a participant in an institution or program.

Enrollment in the summer program opens at the end of March.

At a school admissions counter, an adult learner signs a registration form while a registrar hands him a student identification card, making the act of officially joining visible.

Etymology

enOld Frenchput in

+rollOld Frenchroll, register

+mentAnglo-Frenchact or result

Enrollment names the act of putting people into an official register. Its meaning also extended from the act of registering to the total number of people registered.

In context

Vanderbilt University73:00

send their children to to private schools? Number one, why is the white white enrollment in the city schools so much less than the percent of white population in the city?

Desegregation, re-segregation, immigration in schools

More examples

You must complete enrollment before attending your first class.
The college reports higher enrollment this fall.
The program accepts new enrollments throughout the year.

Forms

enrollment · enrollments

enroll verb — Register as a participant in a program.

enrollee noun — A person registered in a program.

Similar words

registration: Broader; also covers officially recording vehicles, documents, or events.
signup: Usually suggests informal registration for an activity or service.