The University hosted a total of 19,608 students winter
term, the Office of Admissions reported last week.
That number is up from 19,450 in winter 2004, an
8 percent increase.
Martha Pitts, assistant vice president and director of admissions, said the winter enrollment figure included fewer
students admitted out of
high school.
“Where we are this year is very similar to the winter
of 2003,” Pitts said, adding
that last year was an anomaly because of freshmen who
were wait-listed through
fall term.
New applications for spring term are running ahead of
last year’s number, Pitts said.
According to Pitts, retention rates and graduation rates are also up.
“We had good, strong
retention from fall to winter term,” she said. “Freshman
to sophomore (retention) was the highest I’ve ever seen it.”
This year’s fall term
enrollment, which is typically slightly higher than winter
term enrollment, was 20,339. That number was up from 20,033 in fall 2003.
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