Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, LSU has set a record for enrollment at 34-thousand students and for the third-straight year, the school has broken a record for the largest and most diverse freshman class in university history. Interim President Tom Galligan says these gains speak to the reputation of LSU.
“That is this is a great place to be a student, it’s a great place to get an education, it’s a wonderful university with a fabulous culture in a great town and a wonderful, wonderful state,” said Galligan.
Freshmen enrollment is a record 6,690 students and Galligan says the freshman class is made up of 17% Black students, which is a record and Hispanic students in the freshman class is also a record at 9%.
“We are really, really proud of those numbers, it’s a signal that LSU is perceived as a welcoming environment,” said Galligan.
LSU has also broken records for retention rate as the first to third-year retention is 75%.
LSU has received criticism for its holistic admission approach, which considers a student’s background, the rigor of curriculum they took in high school and life circumstances.
Some say the school has lowered its standards, but Galligan says the quality of student entering LSU has not wavered.
“This class set a record for highest incoming GPA ever 3.45. That’s within the context of holistic admissions,” said Galligan.
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