Enrollment at Southeast Missouri State University has reached an all-time high this fall, according to the four-week official census released by the university Wednesday. The total number of undergraduate and graduate students this semester is 11,729, a 1.9 percent increase from the same time last year. The university is in its 18th consecutive year of enrollment growth. There is also an increase of full-time students and a decrease of part-time students, according to a news release. The university is additionally experiencing its second-highest retention rate in the past 10 years, now at 73.8 percent.
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