<p>Record-Breaking Freshman Class Arrives At MSU</p>
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Admissions officials say they may see another record-breaking freshman class in 2013, as there are already 25 percent more applications than there were this time last year.
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<p>Go State!!! lol</p>
<p>Well UMich did decrease their freshmen class size this year, so more ended up at MSU.</p>
<p>^ Any evidence of that?</p>
<p>I think it has more to do with the fact that they had more applicants than the fact that perhaps some didn’t get into U of M.</p>
<p>ETA: I just checked the numbers. 237ish less students are in U of M’s freshman class than last year. That’s not very many…</p>
<p>Enrollment increase reflects MSU value, quality</p>
<p>Published: Sept. 07, 2012 </p>
<p>EAST LANSING, Mich. Michigan State University student enrollment for the 2012-13 academic year is expected to be about 48,800 students, a record number that reflects MSUs status as one of the worlds top universities and maintains the number of in-state students attending the university.</p>
<p>The preliminary figures were presented today to the MSU Board of Trustees during its Friday meeting.</p>
<p>According to the preliminary numbers, MSU remains a university in demand, particularly among students with increasingly strong academic credentials.</p>
<p>Of the students in this years entering class, the high school grade point average was about 3.6, while the average ACT score is 25.6.</p>
<p>This year MSU received more than 30,300 applications, its highest number ever. The number of first-year students is about 8,100.</p>
<p>MSUs in-state, undergraduate enrollment is among the highest in the Big Ten.</p>
<p>Preliminary enrollment statistics:</p>
<pre><code>Of the undergraduate student enrollment, about 30,190 students, or 80 percent, are from the state of Michigan, similar to last years class.
First-time Honors College enrollment is estimated at 530 students, which is about 6.5 percent of the entering class.
New transfer enrollment is about 1,450 students.
There are about 1,790 new students at the masters and doctoral levels.
Its anticipated that the College of Social Science, the Eli Board College of Business, and the College of Natural Science will have the largest enrollments as of the official enrollment count date.
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<p>The official count of enrolled students will occur on Sept. 24, one-quarter of the way through the fall semester.</p>
<p>Source: [Enrollment</a> increase reflects MSU value, quality](<a href=“http://news.msu.edu/story/enrollment-increase-reflects-msu-value-quality/]Enrollment”>http://news.msu.edu/story/enrollment-increase-reflects-msu-value-quality/)</p>
<p>Well romanigypsies I do think that MSU received more applications from international students and out of state students. However, UMich shrinking the freshmen class helped MSU and other Michigan colleges quite a bit. If you assume that out of the decrease of 237 students, 65% or 154 students are seats for Michigan residents. Assuming an in state yield of 60% at U of M, that means that Michigan decreased its in state acceptances by 250 students. UMich always say that their freshmen classes are 65% in state, but I think its more like 60% in state. Regardless, to get the 3900 in state students, U of M accepts roughly around 6500 in state students a year. Therefore, for the 2012 freshmen class U of M decreased their in state acceptances by almost 4%. Therefore it helps out MSU as well as other Michigan colleges like Grand Valley State University and Michigan Tech enroll more quality in state students. </p>
<p>On another note, I’m glad that MSU is getting more out of state and international students. For Michigan to keep its quality university system, they need the top colleges to enroll more out of state and international students like the University of Michigan.</p>
<p>*higher quality</p>
<p>I disagree. I want MSU to stay true to its purpose of educating Michigan’s students.</p>
<p>And please either call me romani or learn to spell the whole thing. Just don’t invent spellings.</p>
<p>“I disagree. I want MSU to stay true to its purpose of educating Michigan’s students.”</p>
<p>romanigypsyeyes, i think one of the ways a state university serves the in-state students is by providing for them the diverse type of learning/living environment that includes students from out-of-state and out of country.</p>
<p>another thing to consider: our states are funding public universities less and less. without that higher tuition that comes in from out-of-state students, there would be far less money to run a quality education. Kids from Michigan benefit from the extra tuition out-of-staters pay at MSU></p>