New student enrollment at WIU continues upward trend
Canton Daily Ledger
MACOMB/MOLINE Thanks to considerable recruitment efforts by Western Illinois University s Undergraduate and Graduate Admissions and Enrollment Management, there are 44 new freshmen who have enrolled at WIU for Spring 2021 (29, Spring 2020), and 328 new graduate students have started at WIU this semester (209, Spring 2020). Two hundred and eighteen (218) new transfer students have enrolled in Spring 2021 (204, Spring 2020). The University s Spring 2021 total enrollment remains steady, decreasing by 29 students to 6,965 (6,994, Spring 2020).
In spite of the ongoing pandemic, the drive and dedication that WIU students have shown the past semester, combined with support initiatives put into place from the Division of Enrollment Management, Retention Initiatives and throughout the University, the fall-to-spring retention for new, full-time freshmen has remained stable at 89.3%.