Student Population
The University comprises 5,913 students. Students come from 41 states and 40 countries.
Of the student population, 4,859 are undergraduate students while 1,054 are graduate students. The student body is 32 percent male and 68 percent female. The University has 1,548 African-American students, 212 international students, 24 Native American students, 76 Asian students, 76 Hispanic students and 3,855 non-Hispanic white students. Sixty-seven(67%) of 2008 freshman returned in 2009.
The University's average size of undergraduate lecture courses is 22 students. All freshman and second-year students are required to live on campus, unless they live at home with their parents or legal guardians.
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