Enrollment dropped 0.3 percent from last years 15,554 students
(AP) -- Enrollment for the University of Georgia's summer semester fell 0.3 percent compared with last year's figures with 15,554 students in Athens and four satellite campuses.
The university said 14,619 students are attending classes in Athens this summer - 10,021 undergraduates, 4,177 graduate students and 421 students enrolled in the professional schools. Enrollment at UGA extended campuses includes 197 at Buckhead; 75 at Griffin; 27 at Tifton; and 351 at UGA's Gwinnett Campus.
An additional 279 students are enrolled in UGA independent-study programs, a 19.7 percent increase from last summer.
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