Oklahoma State has released its enrollment numbers for the fall 2016 semester and the Stillwater campus has reached an all-time high, at 20,277 (70 more students than the fall 2015 semester.) The total undergrad enrollment combining the Stillwater and Tulsa campuses also broke the previous record, at 21,093 students, according to the Oklahoman.
Oklahoma State President Burns Hargis presented the numbers to the meeting of the Board of Regents several weeks ago, explaining that despite a 16 percent budget cut for higher education, tuition was only raised 7 percent.
“I think this demonstrates not only do we have record enrollment and record fundraising, but we also are maintaining a lower cost than everybody in the Big 12 and way below the average land grant university,” Hargis said.