Ill. (KWQC) – The Illinois Board of Higher Education released its fall enrollment report for the state’s public universities for the fall semester of the 2024-25 academic year.
Illinois public universities also achieved progress across a range of key variables including:
- Increased undergraduate enrollment by 2%,
- Increased new full-time transfer student enrollment by 5.1%,
- Increased African American undergraduate enrollment by 2.8%,
- Increased Latino undergraduate enrollment by 1.4%, and
- Increased freshmen enrollment by 0.6%, the fourth consecutive year of growth.
There are an additional 2,993 students across all state universities this fall, which represents an overall enrollment increase of 1.6% and a total overall enrollment of 185,590 students – the highest overall enrollment in eight years.
“Achieving the highest enrollment in eight years not only marks a significant win for our students and state, but it also demonstrates that our investments in higher education are working,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “We have higher transfer rates, more freshmen, and more Black and Latino students enrolling in our public universities, which means that we’re building a stronger, more equitable educational system.”…