Colorado State reports another enrollment record

Colorado State University is reporting an enrollment record for a fourth straight year.

The school on Thursday reported its largest-ever freshman class of 4,544 students and total enrollment of 26,769 students. The overall enrollment is just above last year’s total of 26,735 students, which was then an all-time high.

CSU says 872 racially and ethnically diverse freshmen make up 19.2 percent of this year’s incoming class, while out-of-state students make up about one-fourth of the freshman class. The university says nearly one in four new freshmen will be the first in their family to earn a college degree.