Student enrollment has grown steadily at East Carolina University's College of Allied Health Services but state budget woes could put the brakes on that trend.

Steve Thomas, dean of the college, told the ECU's board of trustees' health sciences committee on Thursday that a hiring freeze on vacant professor positions likely will make it difficult to add classes to accommodate more students.

“If the budget is going to be tough on us, our enrollment will peak,” he said. “The people that have left, we're not going to be able to replace.”

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