Ohio University is on track to welcome a larger freshman class this coming fall than the year prior, a first for the institution in recent years as fewer first-year students enrolling is said to be a source of the universityâs financial turmoil. The number of freshmen enrolling at the university has steadily fallen each year since 2016âs near-record numbers, hitting in fall 2020 amid the pandemic the lowest point since the â90s. Just under a month ago, a snapshot of mid-April confirmation data showed the incoming class was lagging behind that monthâs year-to-date 2020 numbers, but a flurry of students who committed at the eleventh hour turned the universityâs fortunes.