Call it effective advertising and marketing or the result of the expansion of programming, either way Mary Baldwin University is celebrating the new year with a record high increase of new applications.
For 2018-2019, MBU has received 6,500 applications. Last year, the university received 1,900 and for 2016-2017 MBU received 4,000 applications.
“So we’ve been delighted by how much interest students and families have shown in a Mary Baldwin education,” Ty Buckman, provost and vice president for academic affairs, said.
While difficult to pinpoint definitively the reason for the increase in applications, Buckman said MBU staff think several initiatives have “led to the increase in interest.”
