It’s a new semester at the University of North Florida, where fall classes are underway for more than 17,000 students, and the numbers are in: UNF has admitted the smartest and largest incoming freshman class in the university’s history.
According to the university, about 2,500 of those students are incoming freshman, who make up one of the most academically talented first-year classes. UNF’s fall freshman have an estimated high school grade point average of 4.31.
“This academic year, we received another phenomenal freshman class,” UNF President David Szymanski said. “Our beautiful campus was the first school of choice for these high-achieving, focused students who are eager to learn.”
According to UNF, this fall semester has also had the largest incoming freshman class ever, nearly 7 percent larger than last year, with a new record high in full-time equivalent students, almost 4 percent higher from last fall. This freshman class also has set a new high in the number of credit hours attempted, nearly 4 percent higher over last fall semester.
Here are some other interesting facts about the freshman accepted at UNF this fall semester:
· This class includes students from 56 Florida counties and 23 states or U.S. territories.
· After Florida, the states with the most freshman are Georgia, North and South Carolina, New York and Puerto Rico.
· This incoming freshman class has 19 international students, with a majority coming from Brazil and Venezuela.
· Fifty-eight percent of the new freshman class are female, while 42 percent are male.
· Overall, one in five UNF students are first in their families to attend college; approximately 21 percent of this year’s incoming freshman are first generation college students.
