Dayton Daily News: Wright State’s enrollment continued to tick upward this year

Despite experiencing a decline in international students, Wright State University’s enrollment continued to tick upward this year, following the last two years of increased enrollment overall.

Wright State officials announced this fall’s headcount was 11,924 students across both the Lake Campus in Mercer County and the main campus in Fairborn, up from last fall’s 11,822 students.

“These are tremendous numbers,” said Susan Schaurer, vice president for enrollment management and student success. “Certainly, they’re buoyed by our impressive retention strategies that we’ve implemented over the last several years.”

Undergraduate enrollment at Wright State University rose to 7,963 students this fall, a 4.7% increase from last year.

“The momentum we are experiencing and the positive energy related to Wright State’s future are noticeable, and that feels promising,” said Wright State University President Sue Edwards.

But the university, like many throughout the country, saw a decrease in the number of new international students. Overall, new, undergraduate international student enrollment fell by about 11%, according to Wright State numbers.

Other public Ohio universities have gotten fewer international students than Wright State, Schaurer said.

Other universities have announced budget cuts due to fewer international students. Schaurer said the university made budget plans in the spring expecting there would be fewer international students and the university had more international students than predicted in the spring’s plan.

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