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Enrollment up for 13th straight year at Western KY University

Total WKU enrollment climbs by 143 over 2009; freshman class is up by 90 students. Western Kentucky University is the state's third largest public institution of higher learning behind only the University of Kentucky at just over 27,171 and the University of Louisville, at 22,031, according to a data published in the Lexington, KY Herald-Leader

News from Western Kentucky University

Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, reports a record enrollment for the fall semester of 20,855.

Enrollment has increased for the 13th consecutive year, and WKU has set a new record with a projected enrollment of 20,855 students for fall 2010, according to preliminary enrollment report submitted last week to the Council on Postsecondary Education.

The report shows an increase of 143 students over fall 2009, according to WKU Registrar Freida Eggleton.

The number of new freshmen is up 90. WKU's African-American student population continues to grow with 78 more African-American students this year than last.

WKU has shown an increase in enrollment every year since 1998 when there were 14,882 students registered for the fall semester.

CPE reports more than 270,000 students studying in public and independent colleges and universities in Kentucky, up 4 percent from 2009. Final enrollment numbers will be submitted to CPE in October.




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