Purdue enrollment record coming – again – leaked projections show

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LEAKED PROJECTIONS: PURDUE SEES ANOTHER BIG ENROLLMENT RECORD COMING

The same week members of the West Lafayette City Council said it might be time to have a frank discussion with Purdue’s new president, Mung Chiang, about record-upon-record enrollment growth and where the city was going to put all those students, schedule deputies for the university’s academic buildings met to get a heads up on what to expect in the fall 2023 semester.

The numbers they saw, according to an agenda shared with Based in Lafayette: Purdue will grow again next school year, likely by percentages that outpace this year.