SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Nathaniel Taylor, of Warsaw, is among the 5,361 students who make up the University of Utah's Class of 2025 - the largest freshmen class in school history. Taylor's major is listed as computer science.
Enrollment of first-time freshmen increased 19.6% from fall 2020 and is the first class of over 5,000 students at the U. Last fall, first-time freshmen increased 5.5%.
Overall enrollment increased 4.2% to 34,424 - up from 33,047 in fall 2020. The number of new transfer students also increased, up 2.3% to 1,448. The university also saw record highs in undergraduate and graduate enrollment with graduate students up 2.3% and undergraduates up 4.8%.