UNO enrollment continues to decline, but no further budget cuts expected

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There are 5,670 students enrolled at the university this semester, UNO President Kathy Johnson said in a campuswide email this week. “The future remains incredibly bright as we prepare to transition back to the LSU System with a realigned budget.”The decrease in enrollment at UNO has spanned two decades. For several years before Johnson took over the university in 2023, university officials did not align spending with enrollment. The enrollment decline comes as the school is preparing to transition back to the LSU System. Despite national trends of falling enrollment, every school in the LSU System has reported increasing, often record-breaking enrollment over the past several years.