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With US still in the midst of an economic crisis, a many colleges expected smaller freshmen classes than normal. But according to some colleges and universities, the opposite has occurred.
UC Riverside admitted a total of 23,640 students this year, compared to 21,224 last year. The University acceptance rate actually increased by three percent from last year
It seems that as a result of the financial crisis, some colleges anticipated a smaller number of students would accept offers. Not wanting to see the numbers of students decline dramatically these schools admitted larger classes than normal. Perhaps partially as a result of other colleges cutting their incoming class size, these universities saw an increase in the acceptance of their offers. As a result these colleges, public and private have far more students moving in this fall than planned for.
John Hopkins University in Baltimore, increased the number of students admitted to such an extent that the University does not have enough housing for all Freshmen students. Gonzaga University also had an abnormally large incoming freshmen class. As a result of the school’s policy, which requires that all students live on campus for 2 years, the administration has had to rent an entire wing at the Red Lion River Inn just to house the school’s record breaking 1,200 new students.
What does this information imply? In spite of the problems the US is facing, parents will still pay for their children to attend college.