MU reports record enrollment at Columbia campus

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri reports record enrollment at its flagship Columbia campus as fall classes begin.

KRCG-TV reported Monday's first-day enrollment totaled 34,935, an increase of 2.4 percent from last year. The total includes 27,411 undergraduates.

The university reports a record number of minority students with 5,386, up 5.3 percent from the start of last year's fall semester.

Slightly more than 2,300 international students are enrolled at the Columbia campus. The university says that's also a record, and a 10 percent increase from the start of classes last fall.

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Information from: KRCG-TV, http://www.krcg.com