Preliminary numbers indicate that nearly half of this year’s first-year students come from diverse backgrounds. The university also set a new record for first-year and transfer student applications, even amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The University of Arizona’s newest class of Wildcats, which begins classes yesterday, will be its most diverse class ever.

Nearly half of the 7,500 first-year students enrolled for the fall 2020 semester – 48% – self-reported as non-white, according to preliminary enrollment numbers. That’s up from 43% at the start of the 2019-20 academic year.

More students are continuing to enroll.

Many fall courses will begin in an online format, as the university takes a data-driven, on-ramp approach ( https://news.arizona.edu/story/data-will-determine-ramp-person

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