UConn Class Of 2023: 'Talented And Diverse'

STORRS, CT — UConn's incoming freshman class was touted Wednesday as being "overwhelmingly from Connecticut," and one "bringing talent and unprecedented diversity" to its campuses.

Here's a fact sheet on the UConn Class of 2023:

Enrollment

• About 5,450 freshmen are enrolling this fall across all UConn campuses.
• About 77 percent are Connecticut residents, coming from 162 of the state’s 169 towns and cities.

• About 3,650 of the freshmen are enrolling at UConn in Storrs.
• The overall undergraduate student body will be about 24,200, a record high.
• Overall, about 4,600 of those undergraduates will be enrolled at the campuses in Hartford, Stamford, Waterbury and Avery Point.

• Another 1,000 transfer students, about 87 percent from in-state, are also enrolling this fall in UConn, including from the state’s 13 community colleges.

Freshman Demographics and Accomplishments

• Average SAT of incoming Storrs freshmen is 1,296, highest in UConn history behind only last year’s 1306 score.

• This year’s class sets records for diversity, with 41 percent being students of color (not including international students).

• UConn attracted a record 176 valedictorians and salutatorians among this year’s freshmen.

• About 580 freshmen at Storrs and 22 at Stamford will be joining the UConn Honors Program, a new high.

Appication Trends

• More than 39,000 people applied for UConn’s freshman class, a new high.
• By comparison, UConn received 13,600 applications in 2001.
• Overall, about 80 percent of UConn undergraduates are Connecticut natives.