Official fall enrollment at 橘子视频 rose by approximately 3.45% over 2019, thanks to a record-breaking class of first-year students. Also contributing is a post-consolidation record-high 79% retention rate from freshman to sophomore year.

Newly released figures from the University System of Georgia show Georgia Southern鈥檚 official fall enrollment for 2020 was 26,949, an increase from the previous year鈥檚 official total of 26,054. The data show the increase is attributable to a freshman class of 5,247 students, which is a 42% increase over the 2019 freshman class of 3,675 and the largest freshman class ever recorded at Georgia Southern, buoyed by the largest freshman class recorded at the Armstrong campus in Savannah since at least 2012.

Other record highs were recorded when evaluating how many students returned for their sophomore year after their freshman year. That rate of 79% last year was up from 78% the year before. Additionally, the university鈥檚 six-year graduation rate rose to 53.6%, a record high rate going as far back as 2010.

鈥淭hese important measurements, and the growth in our freshman class is nothing short of remarkable,鈥� said Georgia Southern President Kyle Marrero. 鈥淲e are very pleased with the final figures for fall 2020. This not only shows the result of the work we are doing to attract new students, but it also affirms the expanding reputation of the university, and the ability of our faculty and staff to prepare students for the next chapter in their lives.鈥�

Georgia Southern鈥檚 next highest record freshman class enrollment was 3,900 in fall of 2018.

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Georgia Southern’s freshman classes:	Georgia Southern’s total enrollment:
Fall 2020: 5,247	Fall 2020: 26,949
Fall 2019: 3,675	Fall 2019: 25,054
Fall 2018: 3,900	Fall 2018: 26,408

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A deeper dive into the numbers reveals encouraging growth trends across various measures. Online enrollment continues to climb while enrollment at the Statesboro and Armstrong campuses showed tremendous improvement after declines last year.

First-year student enrollment on the Armstrong campus in Savannah this year was 895, the largest freshman class on that campus in at least six years. Previous freshmen class sizes at the Armstrong campus were: 2015: 846, 2016: 829, 2017: 778, 2018: 476, 2019: 538, 2020: 895.

Enrollment for the Statesboro campus increased by approximately 3% in fall 2020 after a 1.3% decrease last year from 2018. Enrollment at the Armstrong campus in Savannah decreased by less than 1% in fall 2020 after a 6% decline last year from 2018.

Fall 2020 enrollment at the Liberty Campus in Hinesville is up approximately 3% after remaining flat last year from 2018. Also this fall, enrollment in fully online programs (not including classes that were moved to partially online to account for social distancing and public health protocols) increased by 16.8% in fall 2020 after a 12% increase last year from 2018.

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Total Enrollment by Campus/Online
	Fall 2020	Fall 2019	Fall 2018
Statesboro	18,834	18,256	18,499
Armstrong (Savannah)	5,249	5,278	5,610
Liberty (Hinesville)	517	502	501
Online	2,356	2,018	1,798

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Georgia Southern’s New Freshman Class Enrollment by Campus
	Fall 2020	Fall 2019	Fall 2018	Fall 2017	Fall 2016
Statesboro	4,215	3,031	3,295	2,915	3,056
Armstrong (Savannah)	895	538	476	778	829
Liberty (Hinesville)	104	93	120	115	83
Online	33	13	9	7	3

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鈥淲hile the freshman class growth is noteworthy on its own, I am particularly pleased with how our numbers are trending across a variety of measures,鈥� said Scot Lingrell, vice president of enrollment management. 鈥淲e saw increases in dual enrollment, graduate and out-of-state students. Even in the face of a pandemic, Georgia Southern has shown it鈥檚 ready to serve a new generation of students.鈥�

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Enrollment by Classification
	Fall 2020	Fall 2019	Fall 2018
Total undergraduate	23,424	22,715	23,130
Graduate	3,480	3,339	3,278
Out of state	2,443	2,050	1,952
Out of country	462	565	503
Dual enrolled	953	721	583

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鈥淥ur enrollment success this fall is the result of hard work and extensive collaboration amongst many teams across the institution as well as community and education partners,鈥� Marrero said. 鈥淭he strength of our academic programs and regional academic plan, combined with our new strategic enrollment and marketing plans, have come together to effectively articulate the value of receiving a degree from Georgia Southern and the impact that our students can have on the communities we serve.鈥�

The full enrollment report is available .

Preliminary enrollment projections for the fall 2020 semester at 橘子视频 indicate a record-setting freshman class may be enrolled this year.

While final figures will not be released until October, officials say a larger freshman class has registered for classes this year and is pushing fall 2020 projections past last year鈥檚 final enrollment figure of 26,054.

鈥淲hile we cannot release any official figures until they are verified by the University System Georgia later this fall, I believe we will set a record in terms of first-year student enrollment,鈥� said Scot Lingrell, Ph.D., vice president for enrollment management.

Georgia Southern鈥檚 new freshman class in fall 2018 was 3,900 students; in fall 2019, it was 3,675. Lingrell predicted the fall 2020 freshman class will be approximately 35 percent larger than last year. Because of the size of the freshman class, Lingrell predicts the final fall enrollment figure for the Fall 2020 class will end up slightly higher than the fall 2019 class.

Lingrell hopes the fall enrollment will build upon summer 2020鈥檚 official enrollment of 13,695, a 1.1% increase when compared to the 2019 summer semester figure of 13,541, according to official census figures from the University System of Georgia. The number of credit hours taken this summer were 92,993, an increase of 4.4% over summer 2019.

If a record can be achieved for the number of students entering Georgia Southern this fall, it will complement a record number recently recorded for students finishing the university. 

The latest 4-year graduation rate of 31 percent for the fall 2015 cohort, and 5-year graduation rate of 49 percent for the fall 2014 cohort are the highest recorded in the last six years. 

鈥淚 am very excited that we are seeing numbers that capture the momentum we have created,鈥� said Georgia Southern President Kyle Marrero. 鈥淓ven in the face of a pandemic, we are succeeding at many levels because we are putting our students first, and ensuring we are ready for what’s next. I am very proud of how our faculty and staff are continually keeping our strategic priorities at the forefront of their plans and actions.鈥�

橘子视频, a public Carnegie Doctoral/R2 institution founded in 1906, offers 141 degree programs serving more than 26,000 students through nine colleges on three campuses in Statesboro, Savannah, Hinesville and online instruction. A leader in higher education in southeast Georgia, the University provides a diverse student population with expert faculty, world-class scholarship and hands-on learning opportunities. Georgia Southern creates lifelong learners who serve as responsible scholars, leaders and stewards in their communities. Visit .

Preliminary enrollment projections for the fall 2020 semester at 橘子视频 indicate a record-setting freshman class may be enrolled this year.

While final figures will not be released until October, officials say a larger freshman class has registered for classes this year and is pushing fall 2020 projections past last year鈥檚 final enrollment figure of 26,054.

鈥淲hile we cannot release any official figures until they are verified by the University System Georgia later this fall, I believe we will set a record in terms of first-year student enrollment,鈥� said Scot Lingrell, Ph.D., vice president for enrollment management.

Georgia Southern鈥檚 new freshman class in fall 2018 was 3,900 students; in fall 2019, it was 3,675. Lingrell predicted the fall 2020 freshman class will be approximately 35 percent larger than last year. Because of the size of the freshman class, Lingrell predicts the final fall enrollment figure for the Fall 2020 class will end up slightly higher than the fall 2019 class.

Lingrell hopes the fall enrollment will build upon summer 2020鈥檚 official enrollment of 13,695, a 1.1% increase when compared to the 2019 summer semester figure of 13,541, according to official census figures from the University System of Georgia. The number of credit hours taken this summer were 92,993, an increase of 4.4% over summer 2019.

If a record can be achieved for the number of students entering Georgia Southern this fall, it will complement a record number recently recorded for students finishing the university. 

The latest 4-year graduation rate of 31 percent for the fall 2015 cohort, and 5-year graduation rate of 49 percent for the fall 2014 cohort are the highest recorded in the last six years. 

鈥淚 am very excited that we are seeing numbers that capture the momentum we have created,鈥� said Georgia Southern President Kyle Marrero. 鈥淓ven in the face of a pandemic, we are succeeding at many levels because we are putting our students first, and ensuring we are ready for what’s next. I am very proud of how our faculty and staff are continually keeping our strategic priorities at the forefront of their plans and actions.鈥�

橘子视频, a public Carnegie Doctoral/R2 institution founded in 1906, offers 141 degree programs serving more than 26,000 students through nine colleges on three campuses in Statesboro, Savannah, Hinesville and online instruction. A leader in higher education in southeast Georgia, the University provides a diverse student population with expert faculty, world-class scholarship and hands-on learning opportunities. Georgia Southern creates lifelong learners who serve as responsible scholars, leaders and stewards in their communities. Visit .