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STORRS, Conn. (WTIC Radio) - About half of the new first-year students at Storrs started to move in Thursday morning, with others scheduled to arrive Friday and returning students moving back on Saturday and Sunday ahead of the 2023-2024 academic year.
At UConn Stamford, the only regional campus with student housing, all students move in over the weekend.
About 5,800 incoming first-year students are joining UConn at its campuses statewide, including 4,200 at Storrs.
About 12,300 students will live in UConn Storrs residence halls and university-run apartments this fall, and about 470 will live at Stamford student housing.
Overall, UConn will have about 24,000 undergraduates across all campuses this fall, including about 19,000 at Storrs.
The University also notes about 47.5% of the incoming freshmen at Storrs are students of color, a new record.
About 30% of the new students are the first generation in their families to attend college.
UConn’s overall undergraduate student body will comprise about 75% from Connecticut, in the same range as throughout the recent past and as expected to continue moving forward. This year’s freshmen come to UConn from 156 of the state’s 169 towns and cities.
