USI sets record with more than 10,500 total students

EVANSVILLE – The University of Southern Indiana has set an enrollment record with nearly 400 more students than a year ago.

The university in Evansville says it had 10,516 students register for fall semester. School officials say it is seeing higher rates of returning students and more transfers from elsewhere.

Interim Provost Nadine Coudret said more than 15 percent of the transfers to the university come from Ivy Tech Community College in Evansville. She said a university admission official who works at the Ivy Tech campus is helping make its students aware of opportunities beyond a two-year degree.