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UIUC reports largest freshman class ever with 8,303 new students

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The size of the freshman class at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign numbered 8,303 this fall, including 5,835 new students – or 70% of the total – from around the state, UIUC reports

Total UIUC student enrollment now stands at a record 56,299, according to the university report. Within the freshman class, 1,352 come from 44 other states in the union, while 1,112 are international students, UIUC reports. 

Transfer students in the fall numbered 1,266, which is below levels in past years. The top feeder Illinois colleges for UIUC were Parkland College in Champaign (187 students); College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn (105); and William Rainey Harper College in Palatine (77).

In the freshman class, the top home counties for students are Cook (2,690 students); DuPage (742); and Lake (600).

A total of 20.1% of the freshman students are classified as underrepresented minority groups, according to the UIUC report. And about the same share of the class were designated first-generation students, the report says.

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Top 10 Feeder Counties for UIUC Freshmen

RankCountyNumber of First-year Students Enrolled at UIUC
1Cook2,690
2DuPage742
3Lake600
4Will364
5Kane212
6Champaign186
7McHenry133
8McLean86
9Peoria76
10St. Clair57

Top Illinois Feeder Colleges for UIUC Transfer Students

RankCommunity CollegeCityNumber of UIUC Transfer Students
1Parkland CollegeChampaign187
2College of DuPageGlen Ellyn105
3William Rainey Harper CollegePalatine77
4 (tie)City Colleges of ChicagoChicago48
4 (tie)Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos Hills48
6Oakton Community

College

Des Plaines38
7College of Lake CountyGrayslake37
8Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet33
9Illinois Central CollegeEast Peoria25
10Elgin Community CollegeElgin24
11Lake Land CollegeMattoon22
12Waubonsee Community CollegeSugar Grove20
13Rock Valley CollegeRockford16
14 (tie)Illinois Valley Community CollegeOglesby15
14 (tie)Triton CollegeRiver Grove15
16McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake14
17 (tie)Danville Area Community CollegeDanville11
17 (tie)Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfield11
19Kankakee Community CollegeKankakee10
20 (tie)Heartland Community CollegeNormal9
20 (tie)Southwestern Illinois

College

Belleville9
22Black Hawk CollegeMoline8
23Kaskaskia CollegeCentralia6
24John Wood Community CollegeQuincy5
25 (tie)Richland Community CollegeDecatur4
25 (tie)Southeastern Illinois CollegeHarrisburg4
27 (tie)Illinois Eastern

Community Colleges

Olney3
27 (tie)Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfrey3
27 (tie)Richard J. Daley CollegeChicago3
30 (tie)Highland Community CollegeFreeport2
30 (tie)Kishwaukee CollegeMalta2
30 (tie)Shawnee Community CollegeUllin2
30 (tie)South Suburban CollegeSouth Holland2
34 (tie)Carl Sandburg CollegeGalesburg1
34 (tie)John A. Logan CollegeCarterville1
34 (tie)Morton CollegeCicero1
34 (tie)Prairie State CollegeChicago Heights1
34 (tie)Rend Lake CollegeIna1
34 (tie)Sauk Valley Community CollegeDixon1
34 (tie)Spoon River CollegeCanton1
Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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