Large freshman class helps give St. Thomas a record-high undergraduate enrollment

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Another large freshman class this fall helped to give the University of St. Thomas its highest undergraduate enrollment on record. A 4 percent undergraduate increase offset a 3 percent decrease at the graduate level to give St. Thomas an overall increase this fall of 1 percent.

Total enrollment this fall is 10,712, up 71 from last year. Undergraduate enrollment is 5,807, an increase of 223. Graduate enrollment is 4,905, a decrease of 152. This marks the second-consecutive year of slight overall growth, after three years of slight declines. The university’s peak total enrollment of 11,570 was set in 2001.

St. Thomas’ official enrollment report, prepared by the Office of the University Registrar, can be found on the Web site of the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis (pdf file).

This year’s freshman class of 1,299 is the second-largest on record. Last year’s freshman class was 2 percent larger, at 1,325. Contributing to this year’s undergraduate record are 1,464 sophomores, 1,350 juniors and 1,477 seniors. [....snip] St Thomas Bulletin