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(KAIR)-- Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, enrollment at Atchison's Benedictine College is setting records.
The college on Wednesday reported the largest incoming freshman class and the largest overall enrollment in the 162-year history of the private liberal arts college.
According to the school’s Office of Academic Records & Registration, the first-day, full-time undergraduate enrollment for the 2020-2021 academic year is 1,980 and the freshman class is 581.
August 19 marked the first day of classes.
Of the freshman class, the college said 51% are male. As a group, they represent five foreign countries and 42 states, with Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Texas, and Illinois sending the most students.
The college says it has been steadily expanding its facilities to keep up with the demand. In the past eight years, Benedictine has built six new academic buildings.
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