MSU NEWS SERVICE
BOZEMAN –
Montana State University recently announced its fall enrollment and
its latest graduation and student retention rates, all of which are among the
highest the university has seen in a generation.
In total,
16,766 students are enrolled at MSU this fall. Of those, 9,911 are
Montana residents, representing 59 percent of the student population. This
fall’s enrollment represents the second highest in the university’s
history and is just shy of last fall’s record of 16,902.
The
university has also made dramatic gains in the number of students who graduate
in four years, increasing its four-year graduation rate from 19.6 percent in
2012 to its current 29.7 percent.
Over the
past academic year, MSU also set a new record in the number of students who
graduated: 3,362 students, which is a 4 percent increase, or 130 more than the
prior year.
