Record Applications Lead to Strong Class of 2028

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — Starting this week, the University of Richmond will welcome more than 840 traditional undergraduate students to campus for the 2024–25 academic year.

More than 300 additional students also will begin their journey at UR as transfer, law, graduate business, or professional and continuing studies students.

The first day of classes is Monday, Aug. 26.

“In a year where we saw a record high number of more than 16,000 applications, the undergraduate applicant pool had the strongest academic profile and was the most diverse in UR history,” said Stephanie Dupaul, vice president for Enrollment Management. “UR’s new enrolling students excel in and beyond the classroom, and their academic excellence, leadership, work experiences, and community service will be a valuable addition to our community.”

The Class of 2028 includes:

• Students from 44 states and 35 countries,
• 11% international students,
• 11% first-generation college students, and
• Students from 635 different high schools.

“In addition to exceptional academic records and strong research experiences, our incoming students often bring something more. We have beekeepers, students who have run marathons or taken a polar plunge, artists, a puppeteer, bakers, gardeners, woodworkers, tutors and mentors, authors, entrepreneurs, and more,” Dupaul said.

New and continuing UR students will return to new academic offerings on campus this year, including:

A cognitive science interdisciplinary program will now be offered through the University of Richmond School of Arts & Sciences. The field of cognitive science is focused on understanding the nature of the mind by drawing on perspectives from anthropology, computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, philosophy, and psychology. Students have been able to major in cognitive science through the psychology department since 2006, and it is being formalized into a program due to the growing interest. The new program includes an advisory board of faculty from a variety of departments and disciplines whose scholarship intersects with this major.

The Spider Business Hub in UR’s Robins School of Business brings business students together with organizations in the Richmond area to build client relationship skills through project-based learning. The hub is expanding its reach this year both in terms of clients and industries and will now work with students and faculty in more than a dozen marketing and management courses.

The Richmond School of Law is launching an Access to Justice Clinic. The clinic, led by a UR law alum, advances the rights of Virginians experiencing poverty through civil litigation services in housing, public benefits, family, and education law matters.

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Note: The data in this release is current as of Aug. 1, 2024. Official information will be available after the University’s census date, Oct. 1.