A total of 1,558 students began classes Monday morning for the first day of the 2019 fall semester at Missouri State University-West Plains, university officials announced.
That is the number of students enrolled as of Sunday evening, Aug. 18, the end of the regular registration period for the fall semester. Last year, 1,594 students were enrolled for the first day.
The figures included enrollment numbers from Missouri State-West Plains’ extended campus in Mountain Grove, online courses and early enrollees in the dual credit/dual enrollment classes being offered this fall at several area high schools.