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  • Illinois sets another freshman record as enrollment tops 60,000

    Sep 11, 2025 9:00 am by Thomas BruchCampus Life
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students walking on the Main Quad during the first day of classes.

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    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students walking on the Main Quad during the first day of classes.

    With freshman enrollment tallied at 9,207 (compared to 9,008 last year), the new class brings total student enrollment — undergraduate, graduate and online students — to more than 60,000 for the first time in university history at 60,848 students.