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Breaking Records...Again
— Dr. Jonathan Sands Wise,
Vice President of Enrollment Management Breaking records naturally tends to make us complacent. We wait for the drop off, anticipate a slight dip with the knowledge that you can’t break records every year. Unless you’re Georgetown College.
This fall Georgetown College welcomed its largest incoming class of students on record, surpassing last fall’s record-breaking class. The College saw 530 new students, 481 of whom are first-year students, begin their studies at the College.
“I am overjoyed to welcome another record-breaking class to Georgetown College,” said Acting President Dr. Rosemary Allen. “These students now embark on an educational journey in which they will forge lifelong relationships, grow intellectually, and transform into the very best versions of themselves, ready to tackle a changing and challenging world with resilience, kindness, creativity, and resolve.”
EXCITING GAINS
This year’s class builds on that upward enrollment trend. In 2019, the College welcomed an incoming class of approximately 350 students. The next fall Georgetown College exceeded those numbers with an incoming class of 460 students, its largest incoming class on record at that time. This fall the College has again experienced enrollment gains by welcoming 530 students, a 15% improvement on last fall’s record-breaking class.
The incoming group of students also builds on the diversity of previous classes by featuring the most international students the College has ever had in one class.
“It is wonderful to be here and experience the excitement of a full campus!” said Vice President of Enrollment Management Dr. Jonathan Sands Wise. “So many students are choosing GC because they know that this is the place where they can receive a truly exceptional education in a vibrant Christian community, and they want that challenge and that support.”
HISTORIC ENROLLMENT
In addition to these exciting gains with successive incoming classes, the College overall is also experiencing historically great enrollment. Currently, 1,224 students are enrolled as full-time undergraduates at the College, marking the single highest enrollment in a decade.
“We believe in the education we provide students,” said Dr. Sands Wise. “It’s incredible to be able to offer it to more students than we’ve seen in a long time.”
