The University of Toledo achieved the highest fall-to-spring retention rate on record with spring semester 2025 student enrollment.
The enrollment headcount of 13,513 students for spring, recorded on the 15th day of the semester, includes 10,202 undergraduate students and 3,311 graduate students.
The University’s focus on supporting student success has led to a 92.5% retention rate for full-time, first-year baccalaureate students from fall 2024 to spring 2025, an increase from 90.6% the previous year.
The spring enrollment numbers are aligned with projections following the fall 2024 student enrollment and are within budget. The spring 2024 headcount was 13,951.
As UToledo continues efforts to diversify enrollment, new student enrollment was up in the University’s graduate and professional programs, particularly in the 100% online degree offerings. UToledo enrolled an additional 54 new domestic first time graduate and professional students this year compared to the spring before, which is a 63.5% increase.
In addition to diversifying the enrollment mix and continuing to improve student retention, the Strategic Enrollment Plan completed in 2024 outlines efforts to stabilize and grow enrollment through additional priorities that include developing pipelines to graduate programs, increasing marketing and outreach, and improving processes to benefit the prospective student experience.
“We are strategically and creatively evaluating the ways we recruit students and making data-informed decisions to update our practices to turn enrollment around,” said Tony Bourne, vice president for strategic enrollment management. “We are working with urgency while understanding that reversing this trend will not occur overnight. Collaboration with our faculty and staff across the University is key to recruiting students who will be successful at UToledo and supporting them through graduation and beyond.”
“I want to recognize the efforts of our Enrollment Management team, college deans, faculty and others who are working collaboratively to implement our Strategic Enrollment Plan to make an impact on our student enrollment for fall 2025 and beyond,” UToledo Interim President Matt Schroeder said. “As we have said before, this is a strategic effort. There are no quick fixes. We are working our plan to increase market share and grow the number of Rockets who will benefit from a world-class education at UToledo.”
