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As Utah graduates walk the stage and toss their caps, their alma maters are already preparing for coming waves of graduates.

Utah's college student population is expected to swell by roughly 25 percent during the next 10 years.

The current batch of about 174,000 students statewide will likely rise to about 226,000 by 2024, according to new estimates from Utah higher-education managers.

The growth will require more student advisers, class space and other resources, members of the Board of Regents said after their monthly meeting Friday. The panel oversees Utah's eight public institutions.

Snow College, Utah Valley University and Weber State University are expected to see the biggest jumps.

Weber State University President Charles Wight foresees current recruiting programs geared at Weber County's Latino population driving the increase at his school.

The university's Community Education Center runs a number of such programs from its Ogden location. The centers hold information meetings geared at undeserved and nontraditional students ­and their families. A bigger center is set to go up near the university in the next few years.

"That's a large part of getting students in the door," Wight said. "We've begun to move the needle a little bit, particularly in our Latino community, when it comes to getting students energized about college."

At Snow, student numbers are expected to almost double. About 4,800 students attended the college in Ephraim this school year, 3,300 of those full time.

Salt Lake Community College's full-time enrollment is projected to increase about 10 percent during the next decade.

The new estimates forecast a similar trend at the state's flagship school in Salt Lake City.

At the University of Utah, full-time enrollment is expected to bump up by about 13 percent over the next 10 years. About 30,000 full-time students attended the U. during the 2014-2015 school year.

Across the eight colleges, this year's total number of college students held steady from 2013-2014. But enrollment has dipped in recent years.

Higher education Commissioner David Buhler and his colleagues cite an improving economy for the drop in student numbers.

Many who might have gone to college are finding jobs right out of high school, they said.

The decrease also is partly rooted in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' 2012 announcement of a lower minimum age for its full-time missionaries. The historic change — reducing the eligibility age from 19 to 18 for men and from 21 to 19 for women ­— allowed many would-be college freshmen to serve Mormon missions before setting foot on campus.

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