Applications to SU reach record high
UPDATED: Jan. 25, 2011
In a Jan. 25 article titled ‘Applications to SU reach record high,’ the number 3,500 was incorrectly stated as the number of students Syracuse University accepted for the 2010-2011 school year. 3,500 is the approximated number of accepted students who enrolled. The Daily Orange regrets this error.
For the second consecutive year, undergraduate applications to Syracuse University set a record high.
The Office of Admissions received more than 25,270 first-year applications as of Monday, a 13 percent increase over last year, said Nancy Rothschild, associate dean of admissions, in an e-mail. The admissions office is still receiving new applications daily, she said.
The admissions office plans to admit fewer students this year than it did last year and has set an enrollment goal of 3,350, Rothschild said.
SU welcomed an uncharacteristically large incoming class in fall 2010 when more students accepted admission than anticipated. After receiving about 23,000 applications in fall 2010, the university saw the enrollment of nearly 3,500 students, according to an article published on The Daily Orange on May 4. SU received a 9 percent increase in applications in 2010 than in fall 2009, according to a Feb. 18 SU News Services release.
The applications are from more diverse student populations and geographic areas, Rothschild said. There is a 9 percent increase in ‘typically under-represented students’ and a 46 percent increase in international students, she said. There has also been significant application increases from U.S. states in the southeast and west, she said.
There is also an increase in applications in all of the colleges at SU for fall 2011, including a 26 percent increase in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, a 23 percent increase in the School of Information Studies and a 17 percent increase in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, Rothschild said.
The increase in applications is due to the growing recognition of SU around the country, said Don Saleh, vice president for enrollment management, in a Jan. 24 SU News Services release.
The Office of Financial Aid and Scholarship Programs also awarded more than $178 million this year in institutional grants, which included enhanced aid for lower- and middle-class families, according to the release. Saleh said in the release that accessibility will remain a top priority at SU down the road.
SU’s recruiting methods also continue to change, as there is a new focus on ‘geographies of opportunity,’ according to the release. Saleh said the university is recruiting in regions in the United States and abroad where there is a high concentration of alumni and partners.
The increase in applications is nothing that SU hasn’t seen during the past decade. Applications were about 12,900 in fall 2001 before growing to 14,300 in 2005, according to the release.
— News Editor Dara McBride contributed reporting for this article.
Published on January 24, 2011 at 12:00 pm
