University of Missouri official enrollment figures show expected decline
The University of Missouri, by a scant four students, maintained its position this year as the public four-year school that attracts the most new freshmen from within the state.
MU enrolled 2,754 new freshmen who reside in the state, compared to 2,750 for Missouri State University in Springfield. The enrollment report comes a week after MU’s claim to be the No. 1 choice of Missouri high school seniors was called into question by the data from ACT tests taken in the spring of 2016.
It is a position MU is not willing to give up without a struggle.
“We do have a very aggressive recruiting campaign and we are working very diligently to make sure prospective students and their parents understand the opportunities that await them at the university,” MU spokesman Christian Basi said.
Missouri State is not making any secret of the fact that it wants to overtake MU.
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