MU is carefully monitoring fall enrollment for new and returning students, UM System President Mun Choi said Wednesday at a virtual town hall meeting for community members.
Enrollment is the area of revenue in which MU has the most direct control, he said.
“Thus far, we are higher in both categories for first-time college and transfer students in terms of acceptances for the fall term compared to 2019,” he said.
MU does expect that families struggling financially may be “rethinking their strategy for the fall,” said Choi, who is also MU interim chancellor.
Last week, Ryan Rapp, the system’s chief financial officer, told the UM System Board of Curators the fall enrollment situation could range from “severe to very severe.” He said the best-case scenario would be students returning to their campuses but in fewer numbers.
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