{"id":217480,"date":"2024-08-22T07:35:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T11:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=217480"},"modified":"2024-08-22T08:20:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T12:20:41","slug":"uconn-welcomes-record-setting-new-class-at-storrs-regional-campuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2024\/08\/uconn-welcomes-record-setting-new-class-at-storrs-regional-campuses\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Welcomes Record-Setting New Class at Storrs, Regional Campuses"},"content":{"rendered":"

UConn is welcoming a record number of first-year students this week, who rose to the top of a highly competitive applicant pool as UConn\u2019s quality continues to attract interest from talented young scholars worldwide.<\/p>\n

Today marks the start of the move-in period at UConn Storrs, where about 4,500 first-year students in the Class of 2028 will join returning and transfer students to comprise an undergraduate student body of about 19,800 on the flagship campus.<\/p>\n

The Storrs first-year students will be joined by about 2,000 starting their UConn academic careers at the regional campuses in Hartford, Stamford, Waterbury, and Avery Point.<\/p>\n

Overall, UConn\u2019s undergraduate student body across the system for 2024-25 is projected to total about 24,900. The figures are preliminary, with final numbers determined on the semester\u2019s 10th day.<\/p>\n

In addition to the undergraduates, thousands of additional students are also enrolled in UConn\u2019s schools of law, medicine, and dental medicine along with students undertaking graduate, postgraduate, and professional program studies.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur new and returning students throughout UConn come from all backgrounds and have an incredible range of skills and ambitions, but they have at least one thing in common: They all bring us immense pride as Huskies,\u201d says Nathan Fuerst, UConn\u2019s vice president for student life and enrollment.<\/p>\n

Continuing an annual trend, UConn this year set new records<\/a> in the numbers of applications received, with almost 58,000 submitted for Storrs by the February deadline and thousands of others received afterward and\/or for the regional campuses.<\/p>\n

Of the first-year applicants who were offered the chance to enroll, a record number accepted, resulting in the largest first-year student class in UConn\u2019s history and reflecting its national reputation for providing strong academics at a good value.<\/p>\n

Among UConn\u2019s Class of 2028, about 35% of students are the first generation in their families to attend college \u2013 up from 32% last year — and 148 led their high school graduating classes as valedictorians or salutatorians.<\/p>\n

About 27% of the incoming first-year Storrs students come from races or ethnicities that are traditionally underrepresented in higher education, a category that includes Black, Hispanic\/Latino, Hawaiian\/Pacific Islander, American Indian, and Alaska native students.<\/p>\n

Overall, more than 46% of the newcomers are students of color, a category that includes the underrepresented students along with Asian populations.<\/p>\n

The highly talented incoming class also includes 600 first-year students whose achievements earned them a spot in the highly competitive Honors Program.<\/p>\n

First-year students from Connecticut come from 157 of the state\u2019s 169 towns and cities, with the overall UConn student body comprising almost 70% from in-state. The first-time students joining UConn from elsewhere this year originate from 37 states and 77 countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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