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<\/a>The University also recorded a 90 percent overall increase in international students, with 55 undergraduate and 277 graduate students representing 39 countries.<\/p>\n\u201cIn the midst of all the challenges presented by the pandemic, SAU feels very fortunate to have this solid enrollment for the fall of 2021,\u201d said Dr. Trey Berry, president. \u201cThis is a direct reflection of a team effort on our campus among faculty, staff, and our student leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n
Berry also praised the enrollment services staff as it has worked tirelessly this year in the face of ever-changing obstacles. \u201cWe are especially pleased with the significant growth of our graduate enrollment,\u201d Berry said. \u201cThat growth can be seen in almost every graduate program.\u201d<\/p>\n
While SAU is excited to welcome a new class of Muleriders, the Office of Admissions is already gearing up for opportunities to share SAU with new students for next year.\u00a0 Interested students are encouraged to schedule a campus tour to learn more about the more than 80 degree programs in undergraduate and graduate studies.\u00a0 The University continues to grow its offerings for students and refine its existing courses into best-of-class programs.<\/p>\n
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Despite the second year in a world-wide pandemic, Southern Arkansas University increased enrollment for the fall semester.\u00a0 Returning to in-person classes, headcount is slightly up overall with a total of 4,434 students. SAU was pleased to see its graduate enrollment up by 29 percent this year. Some of the largest growth areas include the Master… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":8748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[271,94,276,32641,7753,288],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-academics","8":"category-admissions","9":"category-community-corner","10":"category-featured-layout","11":"category-homepage","12":"category-regional-news","13":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}