The Daily Illini

UI’s largest first-year class, visualized

The University released its Fall 2025 first-year enrollment report on Sept. 10. Presented as a series of tables and charts, the annual report visualizes data from the largest class in its 158-year ...
The Chronicle

Duke reopens waitlist, enrolls roughly 50 more students to Class of 2029

Duke has enrolled around 50 additional students to the Class of 2029, with less than two weeks until first-year move-in on Aug. 16. The reversal comes nearly two months after the Office of ...
The Chronicle

The Class of 2028’s first year: A strong sense of community, diminishing interest in Greek life

Editor's note: This story is part of a series about the Class of 2028 based on a survey conducted by The Chronicle in March and April 2025. You can read more about our methodology and limitations here ...
Princeton University

Princeton welcomes the Class of 2029, which includes the largest-ever number of Pell-eligible students

Princeton continues to enhance its groundbreaking financial aid program as it welcomes a first-year class with the largest-ever number of lower-income students. The financial aid enhancements reflect ...
Yahoo

UConn hits record enrollment for freshman class. Here’s what’s new in student housing, too.

The University of Connecticut is set to welcome its largest incoming freshman class in the history of the university, officials said. A record 4,715 new first-year students in the class of 2029 will ...
Medicine Buffalo

Record first-year class, AI momentum highlight new academic year

UB opened the fall semester of 2025 with more than 30,000 students, a record first-year class, 92 new faculty members, AI momentum and new bridge funding to help researchers with the loss of federal ...
University of New Haven

Class of 2029 Is Most Selective in University of New Haven’s 105-Year History

The University’s incoming first-year class includes more than 1,300 students who hail from 40 states and 23 countries. They were selected from an applicant pool of more than 24,000. August 18, 2025 ...
The Daily Pennsylvanian

Two months in, Penn first years express mixed reactions to new pilot College curriculum

The new program, titled College Foundations, consists of four classes that fulfill up to six general education requirements.
Daily Bruin

Q&A: Director Anthony Friscia discusses ethos of UCLA first-year cluster program

Anthony Friscia, the director of the UCLA Cluster Program – a year-long general education program for first-year students – ...
Yahoo

Alabama A&M’s First-Year Class Includes High Enrollment Of Black Male Students, Bucking National Trend

Alabama A&M University is celebrating important milestones this year. Not only is it celebrating its 150th academic year, the HBCU is also welcoming its largest first-year class in years. A large part ...
The Daily Princetonian

The first-year Class Council election, explained

Sept. 29 marks the first day of voting for the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) freshman class council elections. 17 candidates are running for five spots on the 2029 class council. Fall ...