Oklahoma universities tout record freshmen classes

Tim Stanley

Tulsa World Reporter

With fall enrollment numbers now largely finalized, several area universities are celebrating record numbers of first-year students.

Leading the way, the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University welcomed their largest ever freshmen classes respectively this fall, continuing a string for each school of ever increasing first-year numbers.

Meanwhile, Oral Roberts University, the state’s largest private school, also is reporting its largest incoming class of first-year students.

For OU, the 6,251 freshmen enrolled at the Norman campus also represent the largest incoming first-year class in state history, officials said.

It marks the fifth-straight year for OU of record first-year enrollment, with a 30% jump over just the past three years.

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