Slippery Rock University’s enrollment for the fall 2018 semester saw a slight decrease from last year’s record-setting numbers, the school announced Wednesday.

After 15 days of classes, the school reported, 8,824 students are enrolled at SRU. That total includes 7,538 undergraduates and a record 1,286 graduate students.

The enrollment numbers show a slight increase of 29 graduate students, and a slight decrease of 100 undergraduate students compared with enrollment from fall 2017, when SRU set its all-time enrollment record of 8,895 students.

SRU President William Behre said that any dip in enrollment is undesirable, but added it was not cause for concern.

“No one is overly concerned with such a small blip, which is really what this is, especially when you consider the continuing demographic decline of high school graduates,” Behre said in a news release announcing the enrollment numbers.

The school’s overall in-state enrollment decreased by 47 students. Full-time freshman enrollment was down 43 students from one year ago.

Both in-state and out-of-state graduate student enrollment increased by nearly 2 percent and nearly 4 percent, respectively. And new graduate student enrollment was up 58 students, to 490.

SRU’s campus demographics also shifted slightly, with 1.62 percent fewer women (5,171) on campus than last year and a slight increase in men (3,653) on campus.

The university reported a growth in diversity, with more students of American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Hispanic, or mixed race backgrounds on campus.

The school also announced that it had awarded more than $5.8 million in merit- and need-based scholarships for the academic year, with more money already committed to scholarships for next school year.

Behre announced earlier this month that SRU would use $400,000 of its budget surplus from last year to pay for scholarships for students from underrepresented groups over the next four years.