Spring semester enrollment at Slippery Rock University is 8,100 students, down 148 from spring 2020, according to the official 15-day count that was released Tuesday.

While overall enrollment is down, the graduate student population has increased by 161 students to a record 1,450.

Of the 1,461 freshmen from fall 2020, 91% have returned for the spring 2021 semester, a percentage comparable to last year when 92% of spring semester freshmen were retained from the fall 2019 semester.

Out-of-state enrollment rose slightly, by 23 students to 789, as nearly a tenth of the student population is from outside of Pennsylvania.