please help me calculate the rough size of this universities college please...........?

Question

I am trying to determine the size of this nursing college at this university.

for some reason the nursing college staff are suspicious about telling me the exact number inside their campus who are nursing students.

I am looking to attend there, but wanted to figure out roughly the size of it, and be able to imagine the class sizes , etc.

they replied back only that they have 68 intakes twice per year for adult care nursing and 26 intakes twice per year for mental health care.

several people have told me that if you take the total number of intakes they take each year by the number of years for their program , then you can determine their approximate number of nursing students at their college.

and if ANYONE CAN PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THIS INFORMATION WOULD BE CONFIDENTIAL, IT WOULD HELP MY SANITY HERE!!

THANKS!!

also the number of years to complete their nursing program here is 3 years.

But is this calculation going to be accurate???

sorry, explain to me, as i am not good at logical math here.

Answer 1

If you'll share the name of the university and the name of its college of nursing (if it's different--some are), we can poke around a bit.

I'd be wary of a place that won't release its statistics. They tell you how many start, but not how many stay to completion or what the current enrollment is? That suggests to me that they have an unacceptably high drop-out rate. Maybe they select students poorly, or maybe the education is second rate and people realize it after a while, or the coursework is far too difficult...

Answer 2

You seem to be so focused on a number that it would be enough to make anyone suspicious, which is probably why they won't give you any more than they have already. I would take the 188 students/year they have already told you they accept, multiply it by the number of years (2?4?), and subtract 10% for those who might drop out, change majors, etc. They have essentially already given you a rough figure this way, so when you keep pushing like this, they either think you aren't bright enough to do the math, or that you are being obnoxious by insisting that you provide the numbers in your own preferred format, rather than that which they have already given you!

Answer 3

the answer is in the question no secrecy 68 INTAKES + 26 INTAKES TWICE A YEAR THIS GIVES YOU A MAX INTAKE OF 90 TIMES TWO = 180 MORE THAN LIKELY ON TWO SEPERATE COURSES.
IT WAS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE WAS IT

AND YES IF THE COURSE IS FOR INSTANCE 5 YEARS THE TOTAL WOULD BE APPROX 800 IN TOTAL NOT COUNTING OR ALLOWING FOR THOSE THAT MAY HAVE DROPPED OUT LETS ASSUME 10% drop out each year the actual total will be 750 using simple maths

Answer 4

(68 + 26) x 2 x 3 = 564