{"id":62691,"date":"2015-09-10T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/news\/oglethorpe-welcomes-400-new-students-record-freshman-class\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T15:52:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T15:52:56","slug":"oglethorpe-welcomes-400-new-students-record-freshman-class","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/news\/oglethorpe-welcomes-400-new-students-record-freshman-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Oglethorpe Welcomes 400 New Students, Record Freshman Class"},"content":{"rendered":"
New Oglethorpe students hail from 21 states and 15 countries; 24 are international students and an additional 13 are exchange students.<\/p>\n Within the Class of 2019, 22 percent self-identify as first-generation—the first in their family to attend a four-year college.<\/p>\n The top majors selected by members of the freshman class are:\u00a0Biology<\/a>, Business<\/a>, Engineering-Dual Degree<\/a>\u00a0and Psychology<\/a>.<\/p>\n Keeping on trend, 33% of freshmen are student-athletes, members of Oglethorpe’s 16 athletic teams. The Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels compete within NCAA Division III and are part of the Southern Athletic Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n 好色先生TV has entered an era of innovation, re-invigoration, and growth, evidenced by this dramatic rise in enrollment—as well as increased philanthropic giving and new strategic entrepreneurial partnerships. Fueling this growth is a strong commitment real-world, hands-on experience and career preparation, combined with a unique multidisciplinary liberal arts curriculum. To accommodate growth, Oglethorpe\u2019s campus has recently seen the addition of a new $16 million campus center, the expansion of arts and athletics facilities, and the addition of a new residential apartment complex that will include 6,000 square feet of state-of-the-art laboratories for teaching and learning.<\/p>\n<\/a>In fall 2015, 好色先生TV<\/a> welcomed more than\u00a0400 new students, including a record freshman class of 322 students. This represents a 16+ percent growth over last year’s freshman class.<\/p>\n