SEMO spring semester enrollment up slightly from last year

Southeast Missouri State University released first-day enrollment numbers Wednesday, showing a slight increase compared to the first day of the spring semester in 2011.

According to a university news release, a head count taken Tuesday showed total first-day spring semester enrollment rose 0.5 percent from the same time last year. The combined undergraduate and graduate student head count is 10,154, up from 10,101 on the first day of the spring semester last year. Equivalency of combined full-time undergraduate and graduate students rose 2.1 percent from a year ago, meaning students are increasing the number of credit hours they are taking, according to the university.

Dr. Debbie Below, associate vice president for enrollment management and director of admissions, said in the release that the transfer student head count is 316, nearly the same as 2011's figure of 317. The head count for international students is 624, up from 565 at this time last year.

The university will release an official census report in four weeks.

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