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UD boasts record applications for fall 2009
The University of Dayton has received a record number of applications for the second straight year, indicating a strong class for fall 2009 despite the economic downturn.
As of mid-February, applications to UD already topped last year’s record total of 11,610, according to university officials.
For the first time in UD history, the number of out-of-state applicants is greater than that of in-state applicants. Out-of-state applications increased 4 percent over 2008.
“We saw substantially more applications this year from Illinois, New York, Kentucky, Maryland and Wisconsin, among others,” said Rob Durkle, UD assistant vice president and dean of admission. “The word is getting out about the quality of our programs and how happy our students are with their educational experience here.”
Nearly all acceptance letters have been sent out for fall 2009, and a wait list has been started for the fall class. More than 100 students already have been placed on the list.
Durkle is “cautiously optimistic” about emerging trends. More students with higher SAT and ACT test scores applied, indicating a class that is academically better qualified. UD also has seen a record number of potential students and families visiting the campus in person.
UD will accept applications though May, the deadline for student deposits. The university is not planning to increase its number of acceptances but will offer wait list spots to some students whose applications arrive before the deadline.
UD enrolled 2,000 freshmen students in fall 2008, its largest first-year class since 1968.
The University of Dayton is Ohio’s largest private university, with an enrollment of more than 10,000 students, including more than 7,100 full-time undergraduates
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By Rudy Flyer
February 24, 2009 3:02 PM | Link to this
Go Flyers!By Carl
February 24, 2009 3:50 PM | Link to this
Wow thats neat. There doing GOOD JOB.By UD Alum
February 24, 2009 3:55 PM | Link to this
The next step is to get Dan Curran to stop gouging the students going there. Since every year seems to be a record-breaking admissions year, there is no excuse for the tuition to have doubled since I graduated less than 10 years ago.By Bob
February 25, 2009 12:53 AM | Link to this
Ummm….check out other schools over the past ten years. Nowhere is tuition going down. UD is still a bargain.By KJ
March 4, 2009 5:43 PM | Link to this
Umm, it’s not a bargain to people living in the midwest. Especially people in Dayton. That’s why you are seeing people in Chicago and NY applying. It is a bargain for them because they make more than double what people in Dayton make in any career. UD needs to go back to the philosophy of educating the local population and not pricing itself based on NY or Chicago.