It’s a trend that keeps repeating itself.

Enrollment on Kansas University’s Lawrence campus is down slightly and enrollment at the KU Medical Center is slightly higher, according to the 20th day of class figures released Thursday.

“We are pleased to see stable enrollment overall for the university,” Chancellor Robert Hemenway said in a statement. “Our entire student body benefits from the talented, diverse mix found on our campuses.”

According to KU, 27,786 students are enrolled this spring, with 2,928 of those at the medical center. Medical center enrollment increased by 159 students from spring 2007 to this spring semester, while Lawrence campus enrollment declined by 158 to 24,948 during the same period.

Enrollment on the KU Edwards Campus is counted as part of the Lawrence campus, but leaders there said the campus had a 3 percent increase in enrollment.

Edwards Campus vice chancellor Bob Clark credited growth in the engineering and education departments for the increase. Regionally, he said, economic demands are driving the growth in these fields, and the burgeoning areas of biosciences, biotechnology and health care.

KU’s Lawrence campus was the only campus among the six state universities to see a decline, according to data from the state. Kansas State’s enrollment increased by 261 students to 21,008, a 1.3 percent increase, while Fort Hays State saw the largest increase, 5.7 percent.

Overall, enrollment in all regents universities increased 1.1 percent to 83,701.

Fall enrollments are always higher than spring enrollments. In the fall, the regents reported an enrollment of 90,063 students, with 29,260 of those at KU. In the fall, KU’s Lawrence campus experienced a decline of 431 students, while the medical center added 78 students.

KU spokeswoman Jill Jess said spring enrollments are lower because a number of students graduate in December, some students leave for academic or personal reasons, and there is only a small number of new enrollees.

“We had more than 1,600 graduates in December, which more than makes up the difference between fall and spring,” Jess said.