Emporia State University has 97 more students than it did at this time last spring, the university reported Wednesday.
The increase kicks the university up to a total of 6,120 students, its highest total in 35 years. Of those, 4,611 take classes on the ESU campus while the remaining 1,509 are off-campus students.
“Our excellent faculty and staff work very hard to provide an excellent learning and living environment,” ESU President Michael Lane said in a press release. “This increase in enrollment reaffirms our values of placing the education of our students at the forefront of our mission.”
Jim Williams, ESU’s vice president for student affairs, said he was pleased to see that the on and off-campus figures went up by a similar amount. The university has 49 more off-campus students than last spring and 48 more off-campus students.
“There seems to be a balance in the enrollment,” Williams said.