Applications To UM Highest In School History
ANN ARBOR -- For the sixth consecutive year, the University of Michigan received a record number of applications from prospective freshmen: 42,535 applications for academic year 2012–2013, an increase of 7.5 percent over the previous year's record of 39,570.
As of the first week of June, 15,523 of the applicants were offered admission to the university's Ann Arbor campus, and 6,449 had paid the enrollment deposit, a 41.5 percent yield rate (number of students who pay deposits as a percentage of those who are offered admission). Enrollment deposits do not directly correspond to the number of students who enroll in the Fall semester because some students ultimately choose not to attend.
Approximately 6,000 first-year students are expected to enroll by fall term 2012.
These are preliminary numbers; final enrollment figures will be available in October.
"To maximize the educational experience of all our students, we work toward a total undergraduate enrollment of approximately 27,000 students," said Ted Spencer, associate vice provost and executive director of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. "We overshot our freshman enrollment target last year, so the 2012 numbers reflect a corresponding adjustment."
