Enrollment drops at SIU’s Carbondale campus
CARBONDALE — Enrollment is down slightly at Southern Illinois University’s campus in Carbondale.
WSIU Radio reports that the number of students attending the university this fall is down 1.1 percent from last year to 19,817. Officials at SIU blame the decline partly on softening enrollment in graduate programs.
But SIUC Chancellor Rita Chen says she believes the university is turning the corner when it comes to undergraduate enrollment. Cheng says new freshman enrollment is up more than 5 percent to 2,344 students. She says SIUC also saw an increase in the number of transfer students this fall.
SIUC officials say another positive trend is the first-year retention rate, which stands at 69 percent.
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