CMU sees largest freshmen class since 2011
Central Michigan University officials announced Wednesday they are expecting the largest freshmen class in the last three years.
The university will see an influx of more than 3,700 new students on Aug. 25. This is a 25 percent increase over last year’s freshman class.
Steven Johnson, vice president for Enrollment and Student Services, said the growth is from the sense of community new students feel when visiting CMU.
“When students and families visit campus, they sense it,” Johnson said in an Aug. 19 press release. “They see that CMU is a major university with a strong sense of community. They understand that every student is important here, and that we support them in the classroom and beyond as they discover their personal paths to successful careers.”
Joan Schmidt, director of Resident Life, said every room in the residence halls has been assigned.
“It’s great to have every room full,” she said. “In addition to a much larger freshmen class, we were able to retain more students from last year. We did have a higher number (of sophomores) stay than we normally do.”
Full enrollment numbers will be released mid-September. Central Michigan Life will have more information on this when the full-enrollment report is released.
