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Upward trend of first-generation enrollment at UMKC is “something we can all be very proud of,” says Chancellor Agrawal

Dana Valenzuela, Staff Writer
April 30, 2025

  58% of incoming UMKC students in Fall 2024 identified as first-generation. This is a jump from the 40% first-generation undergraduates in 2020.   As a Network Leader in FirstGen Forward institutions, the university is paving the way for first-gen college students to...

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