{"id":927,"date":"2017-09-07T09:20:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T13:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/?p=927"},"modified":"2017-09-07T09:20:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T13:20:46","slug":"good-news-about-enrollment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/2017\/09\/07\/good-news-about-enrollment\/","title":{"rendered":"Good news about enrollment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The freshman class is shown with Detroit Mercy President Antoine M. Garibaldi Ph.D. This class of 554 is larger than last year’s, which was larger than the year before. Average high school GPA is 3.6 and average ACT score is 25. One quarter of the class was in the top 10 percent of their high school, including 10 valedictorians or salutatorians. They come from 14 states and 13 countries. Seventy seven are the first people in their family to attend college and 128 will be the first in the family to receive a bachelor’s degree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The final figures aren’t official yet, but the University announced Sept. 6 that there is good news on the enrollment front. <\/span><\/p>\n

Detroit Mercy\u2019s preliminary full-time undergraduate enrollment is eight percent higher than last year on this date and total enrollment is 5,037 students. That compares with 4,828 at this time last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

First-time freshmen enrollment is 554, four percent higher than fall 2016. This marks the third consecutive year that Detroit Mercy\u2019s first-year undergraduate enrollment has increased. The University also has a 24 percent increase in freshmen enrollment from Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Detroit. The major reason for this increase is the University of Detroit Mercy Catholic Education Grant, which was established three years ago. <\/span><\/p>\n

The number of full-time transfer students is 56 percent higher than last year at this time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Preliminary second-year retention data for fall 2016 freshmen is 86.8 percent, an increase of almost four percent from 2016 and the highest second-year retention rate since 1993.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cUniversity of Detroit Mercy\u2019s numerous strategies to recruit academically talented students in the metropolitan area, Michigan and other states are proving to be successful,\u201d said Detroit Mercy President Antoine M. Garibaldi. \u201cAnd it is evident that our service-oriented students are choosing Detroit Mercy because of the University\u2019s neighborhood and community engagement initiatives, such as The Live6 Alliance, and because they want to be a part of the city\u2019s revitalization.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Final enrollment census data for fall 2017 will be available in early October.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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