Blacks Making Solid Enrollment Gains at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville announced that this fall it has its largest enrollment in history. There are 14,107 students on campus this fall. Black enrollments increased by 7 percent from a year ago.

The number of new freshmen at the university also set a record with 2,030 students, an increase from 1,940 last fall. A whopping 19 percent of incoming freshmen are African Americans.

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