National American University announced an increase of 39 percent in the overall credit hours this fall, as compared with last year. The university has 7,890 students enrolled and 72,567 registered credit hours, which is the highest enrollment recorded since National first opened its doors in 1941.

This includes undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in all of the 16 physical NAU locations throughout the central United States, as well as the online enrollments through its distance learning virtual campus.

The Rapid City campus increased 5.5 percent compared to fall 2008 enrollment.