U Welcomes Record-High, Academically Elite Freshman Class

For the fourth year in a row, the U welcomed a record number of incoming students to its campus. Fall 2023’s class of 5,560 first-year students is a 24 percent increase from 2020’s incoming class and is the school’s most academically prepared class yet, with a cumulative grade point average of 3.68. Overall enrollment continues to increase at the U as well, with a student body of 35,310 members as of fall semester, an increase of more than 500 students over the previous fall.