CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - The University of Illinois Chicago is welcoming its largest incoming class this fall with gains in first-generation freshmen and students of color.
UIC’s undergraduate enrollment rose from about 21,800 to over 22,000, an increase of nearly 1.5%. The new class brings UIC’s total student enrollment to 33,522.
Forty six percent of the freshmen, about 2,100 are the first in their families to attend college. An increase over last year by more than 8%.
The number of Black or African American students grew by nearly 28% among new freshmen.
Some of the larger increases were in the College of Engineering and the College of Nursing.
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