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Female enrollment sets record

(AP) — Missouri University of Science and Technology is reporting record enrollment, including record numbers of female and minority Screen Shot 2013-09-19 at 6.32.48 AMstudents.

The Rolla campus of the University of Missouri system released the figures Wednesday from the first four weeks of the fall semester.

Registrar Deanne Jackson says total enrollment stands at a record 8,130 students, up 6.3 percent from September 2012.

Female enrollment is at an all-time high, with 1,839 women attending. And the number of minority students rose 9.6 percent from last year, to an all-time high of 881.

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